Category: Reviews
The Latin American Aesthetic of L.A. Music Culture
Benjamin Cawthra In the middle of a series of fascinating interviews with Latin American Los Angeles session musicians, the editor […]
Illusions and Perversions in California’s History of Preservation
Nathan F. Sayre Laura Watt’s catchy title, The Paradox of Preservation,[1] doesn’t do her book proper justice. What she terms […]
Writing Orange County
Elaine Lewinnek Naming a literary depiction of Orange County is no easy task. One or two sitcoms that describe the […]
The Other “Other” California
Gerald W. Haslam Growing up in an oilfield community at the southern end of the Great Central Valley, I for […]
Photography and Public Lands: Seeing Yosemite
A review of Nancy Robbins, A Sense of Yosemite, with essays by David Mas Masumoto. Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Conservancy, […]
Migracious Stories: Organize or Die
Fred B. Glass A review essay of Gabriel Thompson, America’s Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth […]
California from a Different Angle
Mike Miller A review of Fred B. Glass, From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement. Oakland: […]
The Great Thirst
A critical appreciation of Norris Hundley, Jr., by Jon Christensen
Saving a Piece of the Fair
New books on the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, reviewed by Elizabeth Logan.
California: Looking Forward—or Backward?
A critical appreciation, by Josh Stephens.
