Category: Articles
California’s COVID-19 Prison Disaster and the Trap of Palatable Reform
Hadar Aviram Eighteenth-century prison reformer John Howard was endowed not only with a considerable fortune but with an inquisitive eye […]
California and the 1918–1920 Influenza Pandemic
Published in collaboration with California History Diane M. T. North The 1918–1920 influenza pandemic remains the deadliest influenza pandemic in […]
The “Lost Cause” Goes West: Confederate Culture and Civil War Memory in California
This essay was originally published in California History, Vol 97, No. 1 Kevin Waite Where the monument once stood, only […]
South Bakersfield’s Confederate Remains
With “Postcards,” creative non-fiction stories grounded in place, we aspire to create a new cartography of California. For us, literature […]
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 […]
