Lit Crawl LA

Shahé Mankerian is the principal of St. Gregory Hovsepian School in Pasadena. His manuscript, History of Forgetfulness, has been a finalist at the Bibby First Book Competition, the Crab Orchard Poetry Open Competition, the Quercus Review Press Poetry Book Award, and the White Pine... Read More →

Gerda Govine Ituarte, Ed.D. is the author of four poetry collections. Book five is  a-work-in-progress.  She established the Pasadena Rose Poets in 2016 and February 2017 she instituted poetry readings at Pasadena City Council Meetings. She is the editor of the Pasadena Rose Poets... Read More →

Hazel Clayton Harrison was born in the Deep South into a family of artists. To escape the poverty and terror of Jim Crow, her parents moved her and her brother to Ohio in the early 1950’s. Hazel serves as the Altadena Poet Laureate for Community Events (2018-2020) and reads with... Read More →