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Author:

Orphan, Katie, author.

Title:

Read me, L.A. : exploring L.A.'s book culture / Katie Orphan ; edited by Colleen Dunn Bates, with Katelyn Keating & Julianne Johnson.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Prospect Park Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

176 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Subject:

Literary landmarks--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Guidebooks.
Novelists, American--Homes and haunts--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Guidebooks.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Guidebooks.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Intellectual life--Guidebooks.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--In literature.
Guidebooks.

Other Authors:

Dunn Bates, Colleen, author.
Johnson, Julianne, author.
Keating, Katelyn (Editor), author.
Ansari, Shahin (Photographer), photographer.

Notes:

Includes index.

Summary:

"The L.A. cliche is one of shallow, beautiful people reading nothing more demanding than tweets and scripts for TV pilots. In reality, the City of Angels has always been a bookish place, positively thick with writers, bookstores, literary festivals, publishers, libraries, literary landmarks, and lots and lots of books -- really good books. Read Me, Los Angelese is a lively, informed, richly illustrated celebration of all things literary in L.A. past and present, including : L.A. author interviews; literary landmarks; tracking characters, from Marlowe to Weetzie Bat to Bandini; must-read L.A. fiction, history, nonfiction, YA, poetry, and guidebooks; the city of such dearly departed authors as Bradbury, Butler, Isherwood, and Gold; festivals, bookstores, libraries, publishers, and nonproficts; quotes galore." -- Back cover.

ISBN:

1945551682
9781945551680

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1117310382

LCCN:

2019034200

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)