{"product_id":"paperback-l-a-book-1-a-casual-anthology-clothes-coffee-crushes-crimes-paperback","title":"Paperback L.A. Book 1: A Casual Anthology: Clothes, Coffee, Crushes, Crimes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Latempa\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eVictoria Dailey\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003ePaul Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaperback LA\u003c\/i\u003e is a surprising and witty collection of some of the best writing ever about Los Angeles. More than a dozen major selections include new work and fresh discoveries: a radio broadcast, a ballad, a magazine article, excerpts from prizewinning novels and memoirs. These pieces are punctuated by perceptive photo essays, a quotable lineup of one-liners, and other quick hits. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the company of a virtuosic band of storytellers, \u003ci\u003ePaperback LA\u003c\/i\u003e roams across the decades, from just after the Mission era to just after Hollywood's golden age, from the post-hardcore punk scene to a reimagined today. With Susan Sontag, we visit Thomas Mann. With Paul Beatty, we turn a Metro ride into a PCH party. With H ctor Tobar, we search for people who lived somewhere around here. With Victoria Dailey, we look in on the boys in the backroom. Photographers share vivid moments of street sights, skaters at play, and activists on the march. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Paperback LA's contributors have attitude, and they have information. Each inspired work illuminates some aspect of the city's rich, spread-out reality. Some shine a quick klieg light on a moment or person, others gradually reveal a dawning sense of place--in settings that range from a 1920s rural dance pavilion to 1960s Dodger Stadium, with subject matter that sprawls from bookselling to bodysurfing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributions from\u003cbr\u003e Eve Babitz - Paul Beatty - Dan Bern - Arna Bontemps - Carlos Bulosan - Cecil Castelucci - Victoria Dailey - William Heath Davis - Robert Landau - Justin Andrew Marks - Steve Martin - Hugo Reid - Vin Scully - Susan Sontag - Clancy Sigel - Hector Tobar - Victor and Mary Lau Valle - Elysa Voshell\/Venice Arts\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan LaTempa is a Los Angeles editor. At \u003ci\u003eLA Style\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWest Coast Plays\u003c\/i\u003e, Padua Hills Theater Festival, \u003ci\u003eWestways\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and Liberty Hill Foundation, she's worked with journalists, playwrights, novelists, recipe developers, landscapers, photographers, and videographers. She's concentrated on addressing LA's vast, cosmopolitan audiences, in the process helping shape dozens of memorable articles, reviews, memoirs, parodies, essays, theater pieces, and videos that have illuminated so many aspects of LA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 08, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769805308192,"sku":"9781945551246","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/34638227ede7f8fad8def2b59cf4abfa.webp?v=1780357181","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/paperback-l-a-book-1-a-casual-anthology-clothes-coffee-crushes-crimes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}