Young poets and book prizes -- tonight!

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This evening, we’ll be toasting the winners of the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes at UCLA (yes, you can still get tickets to attend).

But across town at USC, elementary school students at the 32nd Street/USC Performing Arts Magnet school (perhaps winners in waiting?) will gather to read some of their original poetry.

OK, so they had some help from writers Cecilia Woloch and Aimee Bender; it’s still a great opportunity to hear what’s on the minds of L.A.’s fourth-graders.

Mary Forgione