Writing los angeles literary anthology

In Writing Los Angeles, The Library of America presents a glittering panorama of the city, encompassing fiction, poetry, essays, journalism, and diaries by over seventy writers. This revelatory anthology brings to life the entrancing surfaces and unsettling contradictions of The City of Angels, from Raymond Chandler's evocation of the murderous moods fed by the Santa Ana winds to John Gregory Dunne's affectionate tribute to "the deceptive perspectives of the pale subtropical light.

Here are fascinating strata of Los Angeles's cultural and social history, from the oil boom of the s to the graffiti artists of the s, from flamboyant evangelist Aimee Semple MacPherson to surf music genius Brian Wilson, from the German emigre intellectuals chronicled by Salka Viertel to the hard-bitten homicide cops tracked by James Ellroy.

Here are its fragile ecosystems, its architectural splendors, and its social chasms, in the words of writers as various as M. Art Pepper discovers Central Avenue in the heyday of the s jazz scene; Charles Mingus describes an early encounter with the builder of the Watts Towers; screenwriter Robert Towne reflects on the origins of Chinatown, and John McPhee powerfully conveys the devastation of Los Angeles mud slides; David Hockney teaches himself how to drive in record time; and Pico Iyer finds at Los Angeles International Airport "as clear an image as exists today of the world we are about to enter.

Writing Los Angeles is an incomparable literary tour guide to a city of shifting identities and endless surprises. Art Pepper discovers Central Avenue in the heyday of the s jazz scene; Charles Mingus describes an early encounter with the builder of the Watts Towers; screenwriter Robert Towne reflects on the origins of Chinatown; John McPhee powerfully conveys the devastation of Los Angeles mudslides; David Hockney teaches himself how to drive in record time; and Pico Iyer finds at Los Angeles International Airport "as clear an image as exists today of the world we are about to enter.

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