Search results
17 de may. de 2019 · Writing Los Angeles : a literary anthology. Publication date. 2002. Topics. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Literary collections, American literature -- California -- Los Angeles. Publisher. New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade by Penguin Putnam. Collection.
Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology. Over 100 years of the best writing about America’s provocative city of dreams More. “The brilliance of this anthology is in the editor’s determination to showcase as many facets of L.A. as possible, warts, beauty marks, and all.
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.
30 de sept. de 2002 · In Writing Los Angeles, The Library of America presents a glittering panorama in fiction, poetry, essays, journalism, and diaries by more than seventy writers. Beginning with Helen Hunt Jackson's romantic portrayal of the city's early days, the anthology covers a century's worth of Los Angeles writing.
Art Pepper discovers Central Avenue in the heyday of the 1940s jazz scene; Charles Mingus describes an early encounter with the builder of the Watts Towers; screenwriter Robert Towne reflects on...
30 de sept. de 2002 · 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.”.
Art Pepper discovers Central Avenue in the heyday of the 1940s 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 ...
