Beyond Baroque

Join us in The Wanda Coleman Theater for the book launch of Rogue Astronaut, the debut poetry collection by Mitchell Jacobs.

A finalist for the 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, Rogue Astronaut moves through family lore, grief, q***r desire, science fiction, and spiritual longing with wit and wonder. At the center of the collection is an uncanny mystery: Was the poet’s father abducted by aliens as a teenager? 👽🛸

Jacobs will be joined by Darren Donate, Maxwell Suzuki, and Jorrell Watkins for an evening of poetry, followed by a reception and book signing.

Come gather with us for a night of strange orbit, tenderness, and poems that reach across distance 🫴🏽

As we close out the month of May, we’d like to leave you with a poem by Jeanette Clough from her collection Fire Roulette (Cahuenga Press). Please enjoy “Lost,” and take time to think about the path you find yourself on at this moment.

Celebrate Cahuenga Press’s newest title, To Ask For Love by Harry E. Northup, this Saturday! Cahuenga Press authors Jeanette Clough, Phoebe MacAdams, and James Cushing will also give readings and book signings. Tickets available here www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-to-ask-for-love-by-harry-northup-cahuenga-press-tickets-1988522609655!

Beyond Baroque will be tabling at LITLIT (The Little Literary Fair) on June 6 & 7! Visit our booth to get a copy of our latest anthology “Poetry Goes to the Movies” and select from our wide selections of zines, poetry & fiction books, and BB original merch available during the festival! 🧳📚

This is a free two-day festival celebrating West Coast literary culture and independent presses and magazines. Hosted by the Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB), LITLIT will return in June 2026 for two full days of access to over 50 West Coast presses and literary organizations, as well as panel discussions and workshops. Join us June 6 - 7 at SCI-Arc in the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles. 🌿🏙️

Join us for “Unmodern Love” A poetry reading with 4 L.A. based poets celebrating new work! Welcoming Los Feliz Poet Laureate Derrick C. Brown, with Brendan Constantine, Aman K. Batra, and Micah Bournes. ❣️

Derrick C. Brown’s new collection A Little Grief Break (Write Bloody Publishing) collects three decades honing in his unique poetic style with sharp humor, bar-stool philosophy, and the raw immediacy of performance.
Brendan Constantine’s The Opposite Games (Red Hen Press) is his fifth collection, presenting a framework of odes, lists, memoirs, and classroom assignments, where the poet asks us to think critically about how we define and understand each other.
Aman K. Batra’s Stolen Thing produces a lyrical meditation on hyphenated identity. This collection traces the subtle ways xenophobia and cultural erasure surfaces—at a concert, during a Fourth of July celebration, and relationship patterns and Micah Bournes’s Don’t Look Away (Sideshow Media Group) is a book linked to his hip-hop album “Til We All Free”––a song by song breakdown containing protest and social justice themes behind each track.
Book signings & reception to follow 💞🦶🏽
Doors Open: 7:00 PM I Readings: 7:30 PM