#199: Today, we’re enlisting some local booksellers to help us understand L.A. better.

Staffers from Skylight Books in Los Feliz, The Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood, Book Soup in West Hollywood and Chevalier’s Books in Larchmont Village shared their favorite books about Los Angeles:
"Amnesiascope" by Steve Erickson
"The Dog Park" by Dennis Etchison
"City of Quartz" by Mike Davis
"Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles" by Rosecrans Baldwin
"The Library Book" by Susan Orlean
"Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology" edited by David Ulin
"Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018" edited by David Kipen
"Ed Ruscha/ Now Then: A Retrospective" from MoMA Press
"The Cobrasnake: Y2Ks Archive" by Mark Hunter
"She" by Michelle Latiolais
"Seventy-Two and One Half Miles Across Los Angeles" by Mark Ruwedel
"Koreatown Dreaming: Stories and Portraits of Korean Immigrant Life" by Emanuel Hahn

Stay tuned for more picks from other local indie bookshops in the New Year!

#199: Today, we’re enlisting some local booksellers to help us understand L.A. better.
Staffers from <a href="https://www.skylightbooks.com/">Skylight Books</a> in Los Feliz, <a href="https://www.iliadbooks.com/">The Iliad Bookshop</a> in North Hollywood, <a href="https://www.booksoup.com/">Book Soup</a> in West Hollywood and <a href="https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/">Chevalier’s Books</a> in Larchmont Village shared their favorite books about Los Angeles:
<ul>
<li>"Amnesiascope" by Steve Erickson</li>
<li>"The Dog Park" by Dennis Etchison</li>
<li>"City of Quartz" by Mike Davis</li>
<li>"Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles" by Rosecrans Baldwin</li>
<li>"The Library Book" by Susan Orlean</li>
<li>"Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology" edited by David Ulin</li>
<li>"Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018" edited by David Kipen</li>
<li>"Ed Ruscha/ Now Then: A Retrospective" from MoMA Press</li>
<li>"The Cobrasnake: Y2Ks Archive" by Mark Hunter</li>
<li>"She" by Michelle Latiolais</li>
<li>"Seventy-Two and One Half Miles Across Los Angeles" by Mark Ruwedel</li>
<li>"Koreatown Dreaming: Stories and Portraits of Korean Immigrant Life" by Emanuel Hahn</li>
</ul>
Stay tuned for more picks from other local indie bookshops in the New Year!

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Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live. This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

How to L.A. aims to drop a little knowledge about ALL the things that affect the people of Los Angeles, whether that’s something that makes our city great (tacos!) or something that we need to work on, like the alarming number of traffic collisions. We serve the curious Angeleno who wants to better connect with our city, discover the new, navigate the confusing and even drive some change along the way. 
Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live. This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

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