A Los Angeles native, Carlye Archibeque has been writing, hosting
and publishing poetry since her early 20s. In her time on Earth she's
held many jobs that provided inspiration for a career in poetry: weapons
and tactics trainer for the Navy, casino waitress, fry cook, postal
carrier and visual effects coordinator for Spider-Man 2 to name a few.
A long time contributor to the LA poetry scene she has hosted numerous
readings starting at the Iguana Café and currently as emcee
of the Poets
Beyond the Half Shell series at Beyond
Baroque Literary
Arts Center in Venice, California. Her work has been anthologized widely
with her poetry appearing in: Blue Satellite; Black Cross; DiverseCity:
The Austin International Poetry Anthology; Pearl; Social Anarchism;
So Luminous the Wildflowers: An Anthology of California Writers; Scream
While You Burn: A Caffeine Anthology; and Spillway. Archibeque is the
author of three chapbooks: Why I Shop (Nightgaunt Press); Dry Goods
(Laguna Poets Series); and Live at the Cobalt (Cassowary Press). Ms.
Archibeque, along with Orange County poet Michelle Ben-Hur edited and
published the femme centric anthology, 51%, which boasted the inclusion
of such luminaries as Laurel Ann Bogen, Marjorie Agosin and Dorothy
Baressi on its pages. Ms. Archibeque also edited and published the
Los Angeles anti-zine, Fuck This Shit. Additionally, she made her mark
as a journalist in the literary community beginning as the reviews
editor for Next…Magazine, the popular Orange Country based poetry
magazine that morphed into the online zine, Southern California Poetix where she currently writes the LA
Poetry Events page. In addtion to her poetic pursuits, she co-edits
the creative non-fiction section of the online political journal The
November Third Club. Ms. Archibeque holds a degree in Sociology from
the University of California at Los
Angeles.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
OCTOBER 14, 6PM
DUTTON'S BEVERLY HILLS
447 N. CANON DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210
with DENNIS CRUZ, RICH FERGUSON, CLAUDIA HANDLER & MARIANO ZARO
NOVEMBER 19, 4PM
ANTIGUA CULTURAL COFFEE HOUSE
4836 HUNTINGOTN DRIVE SOUITH, LA 90032
with
JERRY GARCIA, BRENDA
PETRAKOS & RAINDOG
DECEMBER 10, 2PM
MAMA'S HOT TAMALES CAFE
2124 WEST 7TH STREET (NEAR ALVARADO ST)
ACROSS FROM MCARTHUR PARK
with RACHEL KANN, MINDY NETTIFEE, IRIS BERRY & ARIEL ROBELLO
Publication Credits
Writing credits include: The Video Hounds
Guide to DVD books 2 & 3; Blue Satellite; Black Cross; Social Anarchism;
So Luminous the Wildflowers: An Anthology of California Writers; Scream
While You Burn: A Caffeine Anthology; Diversecity: The Austin International
Poetry Anthology; Pearl; and Spillway; the film & book columnist/editor
for the now defunct LA punk rock magazine, Destroy All Monthly, the
soon to be defunct The Pink, and a wave of other fabulous but underfunded
independent writing projects.
Currently she is the LA Poetry Events writer for Southern California
Poetix.
