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Tinna Flores
West's Weird Hollywood

Tinna Flores searches for the art behind the artifice in Nathanael West’s classic LA novel, ‘The Day of the Locust’.

West's Weird Hollywood
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Rachel Cope
Sins of the City

Rachel Cope reexamines the mythos of L.A. through Nina Revoyr’s ‘Southland’.

Sins of the City
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Annie Nguyen
Isherwood in Isolation

‘A Single Man’ is the perfect novel for Lockdown L.A. - by Annie Nguyen

Isherwood in Isolation
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Claudia Ellis
Ellis on Ellis

Claudia Ellis (no relation) stalks the Los Angeles of Bret Easton Ellis’ ‘Less Than Zero’…

Ellis on Ellis
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Abby Chen
Me and Mahjong

Abby Chen goes in search of identity and heritage in Amy Tan’s Chinese-American classic ‘The Joy Luck Club’.

Me and Mahjong

The Grapes of Wrath