The Southern California Poetry Festival returned after its pandemic hiatus. Like L.A. itself, it's a sprawling, diverse stage for art and communion.
Poetry can spark conversations or social change. Five poets explain how they fell in love with the art form -- and how you can too.
“Community is a life force” for marginalized artists and writers, said Drake. “Personally, I would not have been a writer if I didn’t have spaces like this where I could go and be with other Native artists, specifically poets.” The focus of the festival on diversity and intimate connection — rather than privatized networking events — aligns with the mission of Beyond Baroque, according to its executive director, Quentin Ring. That mission: to expand the idea of what people think of as poetry and to reach as large a population of Southern California’s readers and storytellers as possible.
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