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D.J. Waldie

D. J. Waldie (2017)

D. J. Waldie is the author of "Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir" and "Where We Are Now: Notes from Los Angeles," among other books about the social history of Southern California. He is a contributing editor for the Los Angeles Times.

D. J. Waldie (2017)
At Home in the Everyday Sublime
"The house is our first universe, a real cosmos in every sense of the word." - Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
Studied
Behind the Text. Besides the Text.
In which the author becomes a subject, and his words run away from him, mostly in a good way.
Bolts
October Lightning
Waking up to a passing electrical storm leads to an encounter with ephemeral nature and persistent memory.
Rascals, Stooges, Afternoon TV, and the Imagination
Sheriff John is dead. So is Engineer Bill. What lasts is the imaginative life cultivated by afterschool TV.
L.A. Is Unsafe for Walkers. But How Unsafe?
By some measures, L.A.'s streets are among the most dangerous in the nation for pedestrians.
The Governor Says 'Veto' and Cities Lose Again
Brown doubles down on a bad idea, voting replacements for development and affordable housing programs.
The Phantom Cities of L.A. County
The City of Industry has just 88 registered voters. Like Vernon, Industry is a bunker pretending to be a city.
Beautiful
To Drink and Dine in L.A.
An eccentric course of cocktails and dinners through the storied bars, restaurants, and hash houses of Los Angeles
AEG and L.A. and Deflated Expectations
The sale of AEG puts the future of Farmer's Field in doubt, raises questions about the transparency of city government, and demonstrates what billionaires think of the rest of us.
What Do We See When We Look at Los Angeles?
Considering what we see - and don't see - when we look at Los Angeles.
Deflated
Closer to Farmer's Field, Far from a Better City
The downtown stadium gets a coat of "greenwash." AEG gets a pass. And CEQA gets sacked.
Too Darn Hot!
September is the cruelest month, suggesting autumn but delivering a month of hot days.
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