Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Foundation

beyond baroque is one of the united states' leading independent literary/arts centers and public spaces dedicated to literary and cultural production, contact, interaction, and community building. founded in 1968, it is based in the old town hall in venice, california, near the pacific ocean. it offers a program of readings, free workshops, publishing, bookstore, archiving, and education. the center launched its own imprint, beyond baroque books, in 1998, dedicated to emerging, overlooked, out of print, and experimental writing, as well as the history and legacy of experimental and alternative writing, poetry, and the arts in los angeles.