Mike Sonksen a.k.a. Mike the Poet is a third-generation Los Angeles native. Poet, professor, journalist, historian, and tour guide, his latest book&nbsp;Letters to My City&nbsp;was just published by Writ Large Press.

Mike Sonksen a.k.a. Mike the Poet

A Teacher of History: On Nina Revoyr and Los Angeles

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?" — Dashiell Hammett

Noir

Naomi Hirahara’s Los Angeles

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw

History

A Higher Form of Politics: The Rise of a Los Angeles Poetry Scene

Beyond Bukowski

"I have nothing to say, and I am saying it, and that is poetry." — John Cage

Poetry

Every Thing On It

Growing Down

Mike Sonksen a.k.a. Mike the Poet is a third-generation Los Angeles native. Poet, professor, journalist, historian, and tour guide, his latest book&nbsp;Letters to My City&nbsp;was just published by Writ Large Press.