Category: Articles
Power Lines Around Los Angeles: Isolation, Interconnection, and Aesthetics
Daniel Wuebben Historically, California’s overhead electric lines have been pushed to the margins of the built environment and, when possible, […]
Acts of Grace: Memory Journeys through the San Joaquin Valley
With “Postcards,” creative non-fiction stories grounded in place, we aspire to create a new cartography of California. For us, literature […]
LA Oil Noir: Genre, Activism, and Spatial Justice in a City Made by Fossil Fuels
Miranda Trimmier Sometimes it’s hard to see the shape of the story you’re being told. As I understood it, the […]
A Chumash Line: How an old email and five PDFs revealed my Native Californian Roots
With “Postcards,” creative non-fiction stories grounded in place, we aspire to create a new cartography of California. For us, literature […]
Yemeni Farm Workers and the Politics of Arab Nationalism in the UFW
Neama Alamri Growing up in the Central Valley, the history of the United Farm Workers (UFW) and Cesar Chavez loomed […]
The Tides that Erase: Automation and the Los Angeles Waterfront
With “Postcards,” creative non-fiction stories grounded in place, we aspire to create a new cartography of California. For us, literature […]
American Empire and the Landscapes of Los Angeles
Jessica Kim A drive through contemporary Los Angeles reveals American empire embedded throughout its urban landscape. “Imperial capital” likely conjures […]
Eating Thirty in Fresno: Finding Home at Hmong New Year
Lisa Lee Herrick It starts in October with a whisper of smoke and silver tintinnabulations, with sequins flashing winter sun […]
El Corrido del Copete
With “Postcards,” creative non-fiction stories grounded in place, we aspire to create a new cartography of California. For us, literature […]
Who I Used To Be
With “Postcards,” creative non-fiction stories grounded in place, we aspire to create a new cartography of California. For us, literature […]
