Paperback L.A. Book 2: A Casual Anthology: Studios, Salesmen, Shrines, Surfspots (Paperback L.A., 2)
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SKU 9781945551376
Paperback L.A. Book 2 continues the engaging "Casual Anthology" series with genre-crossing writing gems, vibrant photo essays, and more. Memoirs, magazine articles, and magic realism all make an appearance. Contributors include Baby Peggy on Holly wood, Ray Bradbury on Venice Beach, Karen Tei Yamashita on freeways, Preston Lerner on auto racing, Naomi Hirahara on Terminal Island, Gina B. Nahai on the Persian Jewish diaspora, Ann Summa on urban cyclists, and Hartmut Walter on shorebirds.
Editor Susan LaTempa has worked at L.A. Style, West Coast Plays, Westways, the Los Angeles Times, and beyond.
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Book details
- Edited by
- Susan LaTempa, Ray Bradbury, Naomi Hirahara
- Imprint
- Prospect Park Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 152
- Formats
- Paperback
- Series
- Paperback L.A.
- Subjects
- Literary Collections › Essays
Travel › United States › West › Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
Humor › Form › Essays - Topics
- Los Angeles · literary essays · California culture · photo essays · urban life · Venice Beach · auto racing
- ISBN-13
- 9781945551376
About the author
SUSAN LATEMPA is an editor based in Los Angeles with experience across publications and organizations including L.A. Style, West Coast Plays, Westways, and The Los Angeles Times, as well as Padua Hills Theater Festival and Liberty Hill Foundation.
Working across that range of outlets, LaTempa has collaborated with journalists, playwrights, novelists, recipe developers, landscapers, photographers, and videographers, helping shape articles, reviews, memoirs, parodies, essays, theater pieces, and videos focused on Los Angeles’s cosmopolitan audiences.