The Angel and the City: Dana Gioia & The Poets of Los Angeles

Former California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia curates an evening celebrating the voices that define Los Angeles poetry today. The Angel and the City brings together a constellation of writers whose work captures the spirit, contradictions, and radiance of Southern California — a place of deserts and freeways, faith and reinvention.

In this intimate program, Gioia and guest poets share readings that explore the city’s layered identities — its beauty and struggle, its languages and music, its quiet neighborhoods and public dreams. The result is a portrait of Los Angeles through poetry: luminous, searching, and alive with the energy of one of the world’s most creative cities.