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Secrets. Sigalerts. Ravines. Records.
In Paperback L.A., A Casual Anthology Book 3, our contributors deftly command fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, magazine writing, memoir and other forms to conjure up visions of a Beverly Hills Wonderbread factory, the founding of the first sustained gay rights organization in the country, early 20th-century wagon-train settlers in Dodger Stadium area, a late 20th-century DTLA traffic tie-up that becomes a kind of symphony, a humorous 1940s novelty song whose refrain buoyed civil rights activists, the 1990s outrigger-team apprenticeship of a Tongva youth—and more. Plus, photo essays on “Motion and Stasis,” “Hometown Gold,” “The Right Notes,” and “Nowhere.”
In Paperback L.A., A Casual Anthology Book 3, our contributors deftly command fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, magazine writing, memoir and other forms to conjure up visions of a Beverly Hills Wonderbread factory, the founding of the first sustained gay rights organization in the country, early 20th-century wagon-train settlers in Dodger Stadium area, a late 20th-century DTLA traffic tie-up that becomes a kind of symphony, a humorous 1940s novelty song whose refrain buoyed civil rights activists, the 1990s outrigger-team apprenticeship of a Tongva youth—and more. Plus, photo essays on “Motion and Stasis,” “Hometown Gold,” “The Right Notes,” and “Nowhere.”
Price: $19.95
Pages: 184
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Imprint: Prospect Park Books
Series: Paperback L.A.
Publication Date:
09 April 2019
Trim Size: 9.25 X 6.50 in
ISBN: 9781945551499
Format: Paperback
"The best damn literary curating I've seen in a long time."
— Doug Stokes, LA Car
“…a comprehensive embrace of the city that has always resisted comprehension.”
— Paul Mandelbaum, Los Angeles Review of Books
“Susan LeTempa is back, with Volume 3 of her incredible series from Prospect Park Books, Paperback LA: A Casual Anthology. This one is, titled, joyfully “Secrets, Sigalerts, Ravines, Records.” Once again, this compendium meets literary-artistic collage includes both new discoveries and reminders, with a multi-form collection including fiction, nonfiction, photography, lists, a free-form provocation which, after reading, will force readers to pursue recommended or featured writers, topics, historical moments, artists and places. It’s a little hard to describe but you will know it — and love it! — when you see it.”
— Andrew Tonkovich, Host of Bibliocracy Radio on KPFK and Editor of Santa Monica Review
— Doug Stokes, LA Car
“…a comprehensive embrace of the city that has always resisted comprehension.”
— Paul Mandelbaum, Los Angeles Review of Books
“Susan LeTempa is back, with Volume 3 of her incredible series from Prospect Park Books, Paperback LA: A Casual Anthology. This one is, titled, joyfully “Secrets, Sigalerts, Ravines, Records.” Once again, this compendium meets literary-artistic collage includes both new discoveries and reminders, with a multi-form collection including fiction, nonfiction, photography, lists, a free-form provocation which, after reading, will force readers to pursue recommended or featured writers, topics, historical moments, artists and places. It’s a little hard to describe but you will know it — and love it! — when you see it.”
— Andrew Tonkovich, Host of Bibliocracy Radio on KPFK and Editor of Santa Monica Review
Susan LaTempa identifies as an editor in Los Angeles, not as a Los Angeles editor. At L.A. Style, West Coast Plays, Padua Hills Theater Festival, Westways, The Los Angeles Times, and Liberty Hill Foundation, she's worked with journalists, playwrights, novelists, recipe developers, landscapers, photographers, and videographers. She's concentrated on addressing L.A.'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 L.A.