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Dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative & expository writing skills. The Time Travel Mart benefits our free programs. ✨🚀⌛️✏️🤖
Los Angeles
Joined October 2008
We’ll be at Lit Lit today with The Time Travel Mart, hope to see you there!
Save the date: LITLIT officially back for 2024! Join us at The Pit LA on November 2 for Los Angeles's annual fair celebrating small presses, small mags, and indie publishers from all over the West Coast. Learn more at
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@EisnerFound @MIAging @houseofruthinc @LACMA @LALGBTCenter @LAPhil @BreseeLA We’re so grateful! Thank you!
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RT @EisnerFound: We're proud to announce our latest grantees: @826LA @MIAging @houseofruthinc @LACMA @LALGBTCenter @LAPhil @BreseeLA and S…
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Hey @jack we heard you're looking for organizations to support. We're throwing our hat in the ring! #$826la #girlauthors #mindfulnesswriting #startsmall
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A lot has happened since we were last active on here! But excited to share that our team continues to shine to ensure we can continue providing our free #creativewriting and expository writing programs for #la youth! Congrats on the promotion Carinne!
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Congratulations to all the winners of North East Trees' annual Poet-Tree contest, including 826LA students Sophia, Lilly, Fatima, Naomi, and Bernardo! Teaching artist Jessica Wilson led a poetry workshop with our students (pictured), and new nature poets bloomed!
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Grown With Love is the title of a new chapbook by students in Dr. Bamotra's class at Roosevelt High School's Medical Pathway (it's also a good description of all our programs). Students celebrated by reading aloud their vulnerable, evocative poems that explore identity.
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I Ain't No Scooby Doo, But I Think I Just Solved a Mystery is the latest collection of mysterious stories from students in our tutoring program...and one of many titles that could be yours when you join 826LA's Future Bestsellers Club. Sign up at
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It's June, but it was sprinkling in LA this morning. Time will definitely mess with your mind, and we agree with Elvia—that's a crime.
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RT @hammer_museum: ⛱️ Make family memories at the Hammer this June! 😎 🎥 June 11—Family Flicks: A Hard Day’s Night 🎸@uclaftvarchive 🖍️ June…
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826LA is looking for a Tutoring Programs Coordinator and two Writers' Room Coordinators (one at Manual Arts HS, one at Roosevelt HS). Do you love working with students and volunteers? Maybe you're the next member of Team 826LA! See for details.
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Stephen King @StephenKing said, "Books are a uniquely portable magic." The Time Travel Mart carries dozens of tiny time machines in the form of books both by and for children and adults. Find your next vehicle at
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826LA's student authors are a prolific bunch! This spring, we're publishing FIVE books—by students in our tutoring programs, at Roosevelt High School, and at Helen Bernstein High School. Visit our blog for more about each book.
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Bored? Try a board game! The Echo Park Time Travel Mart is hosting our first Board Game Night tomorrow at 6:30pm. For just $8.26, you'll enjoy snacks and games with fellow time travelers. You can also BYOFG (Bring Your Own Favorite Game).
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