i think the time period i'm most interested in is, say, 1908-1978
― terry lennox. (gareth), Saturday, 1 October 2005 12:03 (eighteen years ago) link
There's a good potted history of the LA Times in David Halberstam's media survey The Powers That Be
FWIW I hated City of Quartz true but too didactic/righteous
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 1 October 2005 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff LeVine (Jeff LeVine), Saturday, 1 October 2005 18:22 (eighteen years ago) link
However, I'd have to disagree that LA more than any other city seems to be a character in literature. Certainly there are many more books set around New York, Paris, or London, with the city is the key. And rightfully so.
― Jeff LeVine (Jeff LeVine), Sunday, 2 October 2005 03:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff LeVine (Jeff LeVine), Sunday, 2 October 2005 03:01 (eighteen years ago) link
fictionWalter Mosley-- Devil in a Blue Dress
― late adopter, Monday, 3 October 2005 06:03 (eighteen years ago) link
authors:Charles BukowskiWanda Coleman
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 3 October 2005 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link
But isn't this the nature off Marxist geographies? They are necessarily didactic and politically invested. That is one of points - that no history or geography can be apolitical or objective. And here i go getting all didactic...
― Timothy Ivison, Monday, 21 November 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
So many L.A. threads.
Anyway...
I'm visiting L.A. - actually the West Coast! - this November for the first time on a short trip. My itinerary is really small...
One thing I'm wondering: what are the good bookstores, new or used? Where should I go? What place blew your mind?
― Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 8 July 2019 00:42 (four years ago) link
lots of people will tell you The Last Bookstore but I personally prefer Iliad Books in North Hollywood. Easier to park near there if you're driving, and it's just a used bookstore and not an instagram tourist scene. Plus they have a couple of cats.
which is not to say TLB isn't very good too -- it has really good prices and a big selection.
― omar little, Monday, 8 July 2019 00:47 (four years ago) link
Every time I visit the Iliad I come away with something. Skylight Books in Los Feliz is my fave place for new books. There are still a few neighborhood strip-mall used book stores in OC but none of these places are worth the trip.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 8 July 2019 07:08 (four years ago) link
Thanks for the recommendations; they're noted!
― Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 12 July 2019 01:00 (four years ago) link