National Poetry Month 2021 | Cal State LA University Library

By creating a forum for the discussion, celebration, reading, and performance of poetry, the Center for Contemporary Poetry and Poetics at Cal State LA serves as a vehicle to bring together scholars, students, poets and the public for purposes of, establishing community connections and other academic and cultural partners through the dynamic vehicle of poetry.

Check out their Facebook page for recent happenings, including a link to Marilyn Chin's video reading of "Urban Love Poem" about love and San Francisco. The Center hosted a visit with Marilyn Chin in February of 2020.

Statement Magazine is an award-winning publication at CalState L.A. that gathers and publishes students' creative works, which include poems, fictional short stories, creative nonfiction, artwork and photography. The magazine is peer-edited and published by the English department.