The Burning Of Los Angeles
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The Burning Of Los Angeles
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Author : Samuel Maio
language : en
Publisher: Truman State University Press
Release Date : 1997
The Burning Of Los Angeles written by Samuel Maio and has been published by Truman State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Los Angeles (Calif.) categories.
Samuel Maio's first poetry collection, "The Burning of Los Angeles", demonstrates impeccable prosodic skills. Invoking Nathaniel West, "whose visionary/ Foresaw the slow, smokeless burning of decay", Maio casts his own sardonic observations within neatly controlled lines and diction reminiscent of early Pound and Eliot. The poet's stance of an ironic observer, however, creates distance from the characters in his vignettes by the narrator's implied feelings of superiority. We enter a social milieu where lovemaking becomes a calculated form of narcissism, self-adoration on the make - a beautiful young woman undresses as "a wax model/ Self-sculptured and deftly rouged". In "The Real Thing" (ironic title, here) the couple is "conscious. . .of looking for the cameras". Looking through the lustful eyes of an ageing former beach surfer, at the Filipina whose "V" of long black hair "Points to the cleft showing above her bikini", we appreciate the details, but fail to care about the man. More poignant in its effect is "The Jack London Nuthouse", where the observer longs to "envision once more. . .The first time driving over the long bridge /A resplendent beauty awaiting him /Instead of the world's open nuthouse". The final section of the book, and the most autobiographical, draws the reader in completely. "Dark Woman Well" is a poem to be read with pounding heart. This remarkable memory/dream enacts a boy's ordeal of descent to hoist up a woman's corpse. This section, which comprises poems remembering the poet's father, and his unaffectedly skilled elegy for a writer friend, offers kinship to the reader as well.
The Burning Of Los Angeles
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Author : Jack Hirschman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
The Burning Of Los Angeles written by Jack Hirschman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with California categories.
Naked Heart
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Author : Harold E. Pagliaro
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Naked Heart written by Harold E. Pagliaro and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Soldiers categories.
The Burning Of Los Angeles
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Author : Hugh D. P. Garvey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The Burning Of Los Angeles written by Hugh D. P. Garvey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Los Angeles (Calif.) categories.
The Great Los Angeles Fire
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Author : Edward Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Fawcett
Release Date : 1980
The Great Los Angeles Fire written by Edward Stewart and has been published by Fawcett this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Fiction categories.
Art Of Engagement
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Author : Peter Selz
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2005
Art Of Engagement written by Peter Selz and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architecture categories.
'Art of Engagement' focuses on the key role of California's art and artists in politics and culture since 1945. The book showcases many types of media, including photographs, found objects, drawings and prints, murals, painting, sculpture, ceramics, installations, performance art, and collage.
Los Angeles Burning
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Author : Norman T. Herman
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2001-07-25
Los Angeles Burning written by Norman T. Herman and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07-25 with Fiction categories.
As Los Angeles burns, Ernest Gant finds himself embroiled in a extra-marital affair with Conuela a Mexican employee. Trapped by his beautiful wheelchaired wife, hehas no choice but to plan the worst of all crimes. Murder! A tale of intrigue, double cross and murder.
Set The Night On Fire
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Author : Mike Davis
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2021-04-13
Set The Night On Fire written by Mike Davis and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-13 with Social Science categories.
Los Angeles Times Bestseller This riveting tour through 1960s Los Angeles is a “history from below, in the very best sense” as it celebrates the “grassroots heroes and struggles” of the social movements of the era (Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Natural Causes). “Authoritative and impressive.” —Los Angeles Times “Monumental.” —Guardian Los Angeles in the sixties was a hotbed of political and social upheaval. The city was a launchpad for Black Power—where Malcolm X and Angela Davis first came to prominence and the Watts uprising shook the nation. The city was home to the Chicano Blowouts and Chicano Moratorium, as well as being the birthplace of “Asian American” as a political identity. It was a locus of the antiwar movement, gay liberation movement, and women’s movement, and, of course, the capital of California counterculture. Mike Davis and Jon Wiener provide the first comprehensive movement history of L.A. in the sixties, drawing on extensive archival research and dozens of interviews with principal figures, as well as the authors’ storied personal histories as activists. Following on from Davis’s award-winning L.A. history, City of Quartz, Set the Night on Fire is a historical tour de force, delivered in scintillating and fiercely beautiful prose.
Smogtown
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Author : Chip Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2008-10-02
Smogtown written by Chip Jacobs and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-02 with Political Science categories.
“A zany and provocative cultural history” of LA’s infamous air pollution and the struggle to combat it from the 1940s to today (Kirkus). The smog beast wafted into downtown Los Angeles on July 26, 1943. Nobody knew what it was. Secretaries rubbed their eyes. Traffic cops seemed to disappear in the mysterious haze. Were Japanese saboteurs responsible? A reckless factory? The truth was much worse—it came from within, from Southern California’s burgeoning car-addicted, suburban lifestyle. Smogtown is the story of pollution, progress, and how an optimistic people confronted the epic struggle against airborne poisons barraging their hometowns. There are scofflaws and dirty deals aplenty, plus murders, suicides, and an ever-present paranoia about mass disaster. California based journalists Chip Jacobs and William J. Kelly highlight the bold personalities involved, the corporate-tainted science, the terrifying health costs, the attempts at cleanup, and how the smog battle helped mold the modern-day culture of Los Angeles.
The Library Book
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Author : Susan Orlean
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date : 2019-10-01
The Library Book written by Susan Orlean and has been published by Simon & Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-01 with History categories.
Susan Orlean’s bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book” (The Washington Post). On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was disastrous: it reached two thousand degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who? Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a “delightful…reflection on the past, present, and future of libraries in America” (New York magazine) that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. In the “exquisitely written, consistently entertaining” (The New York Times) The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries; brings each department of the library to vivid life; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. “A book lover’s dream…an ambitiously researched, elegantly written book that serves as a portal into a place of history, drama, culture, and stories” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country.