Student Writing Gallery
A Valentine’s Day poem wishing you well from 826LA
Michael Rodriguez, a Coeur d’Alene Avenue Elementary School student in our tutoring program, recently wrote this poem after we inspired him with the challenge of assisting our Valentine’s Day store promo. We hope you find it just a little bit … read more
Smooth as a limousine, Venice kids publish another book
After-school tutoring is a place where the Los Angeles student who walked by you today might be famous. We’re pleased to announce we’ve been doing plenty of writing with our Westside families in the new year (as if that had … read more
Created Equal
A Los Angeles student named Elizabeth, 9, visited our space in Venice this morning as part of her class’ free writing field trip to work on sense- and feeling-based poetry. Her teacher Holly Clark (like many others) was interested in … read more
Read The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get, our Smiths- and Morrissey-inspired story collection, from your computer!
Happy New Year and hello to a glorious and promising 2012! To welcome in the calendar year, we at 826LA would like to offer our dear internet friends something special. We’ve put our first book into readable digital format using … read more
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center hosts its first 826LA student reading for a new letters chapbook
One of 826′s two centers, which offer student tutoring and resource support to local teachers, occupies a historic space in Venice Beach. Dating back to the early 20th century, the Art Deco building at 685 Venice Boulevard served the the … read more
Twelve days until Christmas? Our students want to give their love!
Oh my! There are twelve days left until Christmas, and we’re 99% sure that there’s a song that this reminds us of. Of course, regardless of which holidays our students and tutors celebrate (and that encompasses a great number of … read more
A literary laboratory and a thunderstorming spoken word morning wake up Mark Twain Middle School
We work hard identifying the potential partners in our Los Angeles community who benefit the most from the unique magic of 826LA help. As a result, we’re proudest to accomplish great leaps in literary achievement with some of the students who … read more
Cricket in the Grass
There are many projects afoot at 826LA, and we find ourselves with little time to talk. This first week of December is a whirlwind of work: holiday preparations, pondering the new year, and delivering plain old student writing help. That … read more
Logomisia (The Hatred of Words) released – and more upcoming chapbooks
Local tutoring students are more than just pupils: they’re published authors. We hope you’re as excited as we are to see their chapbooks being rolled out in the months ahead (they’re coming out under the name Dogtown Books in Venice and Echo Press … read more
The development’s in the details: teaching detail lessons and more
What a week! We’ve had no shortage of postings lately about the bigger-than-ever 826LA field trip program, which welcomes an entire classroom (sometimes even two) to our Venice or Echo Park space for a day of fun-filled, project-based writing work … read more
