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Radomir Vojtech Luza, born in Vienna, Austria in 1963, owes his love of art and politics to his parents Radomir Sr. and Libuse Podhraska. Radomir, who is the Poet Laureate of North Hollywood, CA and a Pushcart Prize nominee, attended Holy Name of Jesus Grammar School, Jesuit High School and Tulane University in New Orleans. Luza is an actor, theatre critic, comedian, host and neighborhood council president. He has written twenty-six books, poetry and fiction, including a book for children. His most recent book of poetry is New York Nadir, (2014.) Edward Albee has described Luza’s work as having “great honesty, pathos and darkhumor.” Luza is the publisher of the literary magazine Voices in the Library has had his work published in over 60 literary journals, anthologies and websites such as Poetic Diversity, Askew, Cultural Weekly and Bicycle Review locally and KYSO Flash, Nerve Cowboy, Pegasus, Spare Change, Writers of the Desert Sage, Sahara, Seldom Nocturne, Poetry Motel, Poet Magazine, The Aurorean, Poet's Attic, Black and White, Papyrus, New Laurel Review and RogueScholars.com nationally. His poetry has appeared in Boston Globe, Lummox Anthologies I-III, Ne Se Hable Espanol Anthology, The Altadena Review and An Eye For An Eye Makes The Whole World Blind (9/11 Anthology). Radomir has featured his poetry at venues across the country over one hundred times. Luza has organized and hosted over a dozen readings in places such as New York City, New Jersey, Ft. Walton Beach, FLA and Los Angeles. He currently co-organizes and predominantly hosts UNBUCKLED: No Ho POETRY, the longest running literary series in North Hollywood, at T.U. Studios. |
