# Event Details - **Event Name**: Poetry Reading: Catching Fire - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 07 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sun, 07 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-07:00) - **Event Description**: Poets explore the devastation of the California wildfires and seek hope through solidarity.About this EventJoin us for a reading from the contributors to Catching Fire: The Los Angeles Wildfires, a collection of poetry exploring the devastation of our recent fires and our resilience in recovery.About the book:Fueled by dry conditions and relentless Santa Ana winds rushing over the landscape with speeds upwards of 100 miles per hour, everything bending to the will of the wind, the spark of Los Angeles’s January 2025 fires exploded into an unprecedented gut wrenching apocalypse.In this superbly curated collection, edited by award—winning L.A. poets S.A. Griffin and Richard Modiano, contemporary poets and writers from L.A. and beyond explore the intense horror of devastating loss, the helplessness of watching from across the country, the grief in the aftermath, and the resolve to rise again together from the ashes.About the participants:Phil Abrams (Pacific Palisades) has been delighting film and television audiences for over 30 years with his matchless, endearing work. With over 170 episodic television and film credits, Phil is a go-to favorite of many of the industry’s top producers and directors. He is also a respected audition coach, The Audition Physician.Land Flowers (Baldwin Hills) is a Jamaican-American poet, author, essayist and musician based in Los Angeles. His poetry has been featured in publications such as Sparring Artists Literary Anthology #2. He attended Santa Monica College, where he studied philosophy. His upcoming album as well as debut poetry collection are set to arrive in autumn of 2026.S.A. Griffin (Silver Lake) is a Carma Bum, father, husband, Vietnam era veteran of the USAF, co-editor of The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Firecracker Award) and most recently author of Pandemic Soul Music. Editor and publisher of Catching Fire: The Los Angeles Wildfires, publishing on his Rose of Sharon imprint since 1988.Susan Hayden (Santa Monica) is author of Now You Are a Missing Person, a Kirkus Reviews’ Best Indie Book of 2024. Published in numerous anthologies, including From Venice to Venice: Poets of California and Italy, Beat Not Beat and The Black Body. She is Creator/Producer of Library Girl, now in its 17th year.Steve Hochman (Santa Monica) has covered music for 40 years, most prominently with the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, KPCC and KQED. Currently he’s a featured writer in SPIN, New Orleans’ OffBeat and the Bluegrass Situation, and serves as a frequent moderator of events at the Grammy Museum.Tom Laichas (Venice) is author of Three Hundred Streets of Venice California. His work has appeared in Prairie Schooner, Plume, The Los Angeles Times, The Irish Times and Blue Unicorn. Featured American poet at the High Window Review (UK), his work has won awards from Jabberwock Review, Puerto del Sol, and Prime 53.While active with the Poetry Project in New York, Richard Modiano (Mar Vista) came to know Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, William S. Burroughs and Ted Berrigan. From 2010 to 2019 he served as Executive Director of Beyond Baroque. Joe Hill Prize for labor poetry and a Pushcart Prize nominee, his collection The Forbidden Lunchbox is published by Punk Hostage Press.K.R. Morrison (San Francisco) is a poet who splits her time between the Bay Area and Southern California. She is three-time Puschart nominee. Her first collection Cauldrons is available from Paper Press Books.Jim Natal (Los Angeles) is a poet and literary presenter and the author of five full-length poetry books including Spare Room: Haibun Variations and Memory and Rain as well as the chapbook Étude in the Form of a Crow. A new collection, Everything Changes Everything, is forthcoming in 2026. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/culver-city/poetry-reading-catching-fire/100001988597291029 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment, music - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Culver City - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: Village Well Books & Coffee - **lat**: 34.0209334 - **long**: -118.3965777 - **full address**: Village Well Books & Coffee, 9900 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Poetry Reading: Catching Fire - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/57e7e3617fa31b40082a39a87833fd969a357b2245148e57c06c382a7ffc9548-rimg-w1200-h600-dc4264aa-gmir.jpg?v=1778385454 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Poetry Reading: Catching Fire being held? - **A:** Poetry Reading: Catching Fire takes place on Sun, 07 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Sun, 07 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Village Well Books & Coffee, 9900 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Poetry Reading: Catching Fire? - **A:** Poetry Reading: Catching Fire is organized by Village Well Books & Coffee. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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