Lola Nation

Lola Nation is an established writer and poet from Venice Beach, California, who now resides in Kansas City, Missouri. Her first publication of poetry sold at the Boardwalk for $5 donations.

She supplemented her poetry income with a job at a Hemp Stand working for Jack Herrer (The Emperor Wears no Clothes), often spending earnings buying books directly from Matt Groenng (the Simpons) when he would hang out at Small World Books (Venice, CA). She was the youngest poetry open mic host in Los Angeles in the 1990s at the Motor on Inn which were held monthly.

She has studied under the likes of Tom Robbins (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues) and Allen Ginsberg (Howl) and has written poetry and been an active part of the community for 20 years. She formerly hosted a podcast for Write the Future that has featured poets nationally such as Buddy Wakefield.

Her first book of poetry is now being released “Trail Her Trash” this April (2018).