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El Segundo Public Library schedules author talk and names Kweku Abimbola poet laureate
Summary
The El Segundo Public Library will host author J. Ryan Bridal on April 12 and has appointed Kweku Abimbola as the city's poet laureate for a two-year term funded by the Cultural Development Fund.
Catherine Chen, host of El Segundo News, said the El Segundo Public Library will host New York Times and nationally best-selling author J. Ryan Bridal at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 12.
The free author event will include a discussion and audience Q&A; books will be available for purchase and signing. RSVPs are requested by April 7 through the library reference desk at (310) 524-2728. The segment also noted a related discussion about the author at the Lakeside Supper Club on Wednesday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m., and that library copies of the author’s book were available for checkout beginning March 3.
The library also announced Kweku Abimbola has been named El Segundo’s second poet laureate. Abimbola, an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Loyola Marymount University, will serve a two‑year term through the end of 2026. The poet laureate program is funded by the city’s Cultural Development Fund and is intended to promote diverse voices and community engagement in the literary arts.
For more information about the author event or poet laureate programming, the segment listed Julie Todd, senior librarian, as a contact at (310) 524-2729 and jtodd@elsegundo.org.
The broadcast did not provide further details about specific poet laureate programs or a full schedule of events beyond noting planned community activities.
