Mike Sonksen, a third-generation Angeleno, is a poet, an essayist, and the author of Letters to My City.
Learning from Mike Davis.
Man One paints the faces of Los Angeles.
A Los Angeles poet draws inspiration from the cosmos and John Coltrane.
A mural serves as a gateway for Los Angeles pedestrians.
A prose poem in tribute to the late author, historian, political activist—and mentor.
Reading a poet with deep SoCal roots.
The decades-spanning Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra “passes the magic” to a new generation.
A new Judy Baca mural honors UCLA’s past, present, and future.