Dear California The Golden State in Diaries and Letters

"Cultural historian and LA scholar David Kipen tells the story of California through a rich mosaic of diary entries and letters. This book offers a statewide follow up to his highly regarded Dear Los Angeles (2018, Modern Library)"--

About the author

California native David Kipen has worked as the San Francisco Chronicle's book editor/critic, Director of Literature at the NEA, and, lately, L.A. Times critic at large and founder-director of the Libros Schmibros Lending Library. Previous books include Dear Los Angeles and four reissued WPA Guides. His California-set historical paranoid conspiracy thriller, The Anniversarist, is forthcoming. Really.

Summary

This is a book for readers who love California—and for anyone who simply treasures flavorful writing. Weaving together the personal, the insightful, the impressionistic, the lewd, and the hysterically funny, Dear California presents collected writings essential to understanding the diversity, antagonisms, and abiding promise of the Golden State.

Product details

• Assisted by: David Kipen (Editor)
• Authors: David Kipen
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 03.10.2023
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781503614697
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-1469-7
• Pages: 544
• Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical; HISTORY / Social History; History - U.S.; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)