D.J. Waldie
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.
Metro has a "need to know" problem.
Memoir is the fairytale that waited until we grew up.
The Exiles returned to reveal the genius of Kent Mackenzie. And to reveal something about how to live in this city of displaced persons.
"Depends,†Karl says, picking up his yellow highlighter.
Consider the many scales of public transit in L.A.
The first big city to go naked without a daily paper won’t be Los Angeles.
The slap of newsprint on suburban front steps could be heard no longer.
A city that cynically manufactures snake oil and deliriously buys it.
The odor of purchased taste clings to all art museums.
They are not beautiful houses. They are not sentimental. They do not appear to be consoling.
They were houses for a Californian imagination.