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March 28 Meet me in Pasadena! I'll be participating in their second annual LitFest. Schedule and details are still being worked out, so save the date now: Saturday, May 11 in Pasadena's Central Park.
March 1 I'm teaming up with Sally Shore's landmark New Short Fiction Series to host videos of her Emerging Voices alumni on GuerrillaReads. Look for them beginning in mid-April.
February 12 Check out my newest guerrilla reading of Practical Photovoltaics. Solar power never looked so literary - or so fashionable.
February 5 Remember Madeleine L'Engle's wonderful young adult sci-fi novel, A Wrinkle in Time? Hope Larson has adapted it into a wonderful-in-another-way graphic novel. On Saturday, February 16 I'll be presenting her graphic novel at The Last Bookstore, along with some terrific local sci-fi and fantasy authors. RSVP here!
January 21, 2013 Tomorrow afternoon I'll be "special guest" at the Poets and Writers L.A. Literary Roundtable Meeting, talking about social media and writers. Here's a quick preview of what we'll discuss.
November 20 You can now buy issue four of The Coffin Factory - in stores now or online. Includes my prize-winning story, Měiguó, alongside work by Roberto Bolaño, Lydia Davis and Charles Simic.
March 1 I'm teaming up with Sally Shore's landmark New Short Fiction Series to host videos of her Emerging Voices alumni on GuerrillaReads. Look for them beginning in mid-April.
February 12 Check out my newest guerrilla reading of Practical Photovoltaics. Solar power never looked so literary - or so fashionable.
February 5 Remember Madeleine L'Engle's wonderful young adult sci-fi novel, A Wrinkle in Time? Hope Larson has adapted it into a wonderful-in-another-way graphic novel. On Saturday, February 16 I'll be presenting her graphic novel at The Last Bookstore, along with some terrific local sci-fi and fantasy authors. RSVP here!
January 21, 2013 Tomorrow afternoon I'll be "special guest" at the Poets and Writers L.A. Literary Roundtable Meeting, talking about social media and writers. Here's a quick preview of what we'll discuss.
November 20 You can now buy issue four of The Coffin Factory - in stores now or online. Includes my prize-winning story, Měiguó, alongside work by Roberto Bolaño, Lydia Davis and Charles Simic.
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About the author
Bronwyn Mauldin is creator of GuerrillaReads, the online video literary magazine and author of The Streetwise Cycle. Bronwyn won The Coffin Factory's 2012 very short story contest, and her writing has appeared in CellStories, The Battered Suitcase, Blithe House Quarterly, Clamor magazine and From ACT-UP to the WTO (Verso). She's also a programmer and host for Indymedia on Air on KPFK radio.
Bronwyn's newest book is the Kindle single, Body Of Work.
Bronwyn created and wrote the Workforce Developments blog from 2006-09, on labor and workforce training issues.
She teaches courses for writers (and others) about blogs, podcasting and social media. Check the UCLA Extension Writers Program and Writers at Work for upcoming courses.
photo by Colm Ryle
Body Of Work: My new Kindle single now available for download
An aging astrogeologist prepares to give his farewell address to an audience of indifferent young scientists. They may think he's a doddering old fool, but he has one last discovery to announce that will shock the world.
Body Of Work is available as a Kindle Single, sci-fi noir, with an environmental twist.
Watch me reading from the beginning on this GuerrillaReads video.
Body Of Work is available as a Kindle Single, sci-fi noir, with an environmental twist.
Watch me reading from the beginning on this GuerrillaReads video.
The Streetwise Cycle - in print, ebook and podcast
The Streetwise Cycle is a series of nine interconnected stories about people living unexpectedly interconnected lives on the streets of Los Angeles. It's a view of the city, as seen by the people who sleep on its streets.
You can read the stories, listen to the podcast, map it and more at StreetwiseCycle.com.
You can even get an old-fashioned hand-held copy in paperback.
Or if you prefer to read on your mobile device, download the book at Smashwords.
You can read the stories, listen to the podcast, map it and more at StreetwiseCycle.com.
You can even get an old-fashioned hand-held copy in paperback.
Or if you prefer to read on your mobile device, download the book at Smashwords.
More news
October 25 My story, Měiguó, won a very short story contest at Brooklyn literary magazine The Coffin Factory. It will appear in their next edition, coming out in November 2012. Look for it online or on the shelves of your local bookstore.
June 26 Another terrific literary event in LA: a Wearable Texts Fashion Event on August 23 at the Last Bookstore. I'll be wearing my text with four other fantastic LA writers, including event organizer and iPrincess, Kate Durbin. Here's a quick preview of what "Wearable Texts" means. Update August 1: Wearable Texts has been canceled. Kate promises to reschedule. I promise that even if it doesn't get rescheduled, I'll put together my wearable text and you'll get a chance to see it here.
May 18 Join me this afternoon at the Cypress Park Public Library for a reading with LA author Jim Marquez. I'll be reading from The Streetwise Cycle, and I'll have my GuerrillaReads video camera on hand to shoot writer videos. 3:30-5 pm - click here for the details.
March 10 Join me on March 24 in Los Angeles for a video walk with GuerrillaReads. If you've always wanted to create a guerrilla reads video but weren't sure how to get started - or if you just want to find out what it's all about - this is the event for you. Click for all the details.
January 14, 2012 Save the date! Tuesday, February 21, GuerrillaReads hosts a fabulous evening of 99% Guerrilla Lit at The Brickbat Revue in downtown LA. I'll be reading, along with playwright Lucy Wang and writer/artist Mathew Timmons. Plus we'll have guerrilla reading videos from Occupy LA. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Click for a flyer you can download and share.
June 26 Another terrific literary event in LA: a Wearable Texts Fashion Event on August 23 at the Last Bookstore. I'll be wearing my text with four other fantastic LA writers, including event organizer and iPrincess, Kate Durbin. Here's a quick preview of what "Wearable Texts" means. Update August 1: Wearable Texts has been canceled. Kate promises to reschedule. I promise that even if it doesn't get rescheduled, I'll put together my wearable text and you'll get a chance to see it here.
May 18 Join me this afternoon at the Cypress Park Public Library for a reading with LA author Jim Marquez. I'll be reading from The Streetwise Cycle, and I'll have my GuerrillaReads video camera on hand to shoot writer videos. 3:30-5 pm - click here for the details.
March 10 Join me on March 24 in Los Angeles for a video walk with GuerrillaReads. If you've always wanted to create a guerrilla reads video but weren't sure how to get started - or if you just want to find out what it's all about - this is the event for you. Click for all the details.
January 14, 2012 Save the date! Tuesday, February 21, GuerrillaReads hosts a fabulous evening of 99% Guerrilla Lit at The Brickbat Revue in downtown LA. I'll be reading, along with playwright Lucy Wang and writer/artist Mathew Timmons. Plus we'll have guerrilla reading videos from Occupy LA. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Click for a flyer you can download and share.
