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in 1968 from a storefront in Venice, which became a meeting place with workshops and space for readings, art, and music. Although 10,000 copies of the first issue were printed offset, subsequent issues were printed in-house using a four-color process. Later the magazines were printed on bound
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Beyond Baroque archives and sells chapbooks, small press poetry and experimental fiction. Center series include experimental music, film screenings, and visual art, including the Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival. Other festivals organized by Beyond Baroque include
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Since Smith, an experimental fiction writer, founded the center in 1968, the center's staff and board has typically included writers and artists. Beyond Baroque's first artistic director and the founder of its reading series was the novelist
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In 1998, the center launched its own imprint, Beyond Baroque Books, dedicated to experimental and alternative writing and poetry in Los Angeles. Launched by Fred Dewey, the imprint has published 14 books, including works by
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newsprint and distributed free. Over the years, the workshops have been attended by numerous well-known Los Angeles writers and poets, including founders
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met at the Wednesday Night Poetry Workshop. Some of LA artist
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