A memoir of life in a recently developed California suburb in the 1950s. Waldie still lives in the 1946 tract house his parents bought in Lakewood, California, where he is a city official.
Where We Are Now: Notes from Los Angeles is the second book by D.J. Waldie, one of the most gifted writers on the American scene. As Patt Morrison notes in her foreword, "The suburb is America's lifeline and its punchline, and Waldie is its bard." Few observers can present the facts of everyday life with the texture and emotion of a symphony, the ...
One of the most visited real cities in the world, Los Angeles is a place with many centers, but none are more drenched in history and diversity than its Downtown. Commissioned by the Los Angeles Public Library, photojournalist Marissa Roth has captured the heart of the City of Angels in photographs that at once point to its bright and dark sides. ...
A Siamese cat beneath a clothesline...three women with linked arms standing on the front lawn...a man drying his hands on a dish towel in front of the kitchen stove. These scenes are part of Close to Home and the accompanying the Getty Museum exhibition (to be held from October 12, 2004 to January 16, 2005), which celebrate snapshots - "found" ...
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