<p>Contributors to this issue include Los Angeles Times book critic David L. Ulin (The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time), acclaimed poet James Meetze (Dayglo), author Trinie Dalton (Wide Eyed, Dear New Girl or Whatever Your Name Is), and bestselling author, National Book Award winner, and Pulitzer Prize nominee Joyce Carol Oates. The featured artist for issue 3 is Ben Tegel.</p>

The Rattling Wall, Issue 3

JOYCE CAROL OATES

David L. Ulin

Joseph Mattson

James Meetze

Jim Krusoe

Angel Nafis

Narrow Books

In Sidewalking, David L. Ulin offers a compelling inquiry into the evolving landscape of Los Angeles. Part personal narrative, part investigation of the city as both idea and environment, Sidewalking is many things: a discussion of Los Angeles as urban space, a history of the city's built environment, a meditation on the author's relationship to the city, and a rumination on the art of urban walking. Exploring Los Angeles through the soles of his feet, Ulin gets at the experience of its street life, drawing from urban theory, pop culture, and literature. For listeners interested in the culture of Los Angeles, this book offers a pointed look beneath the surface in order to see, and engage with, the city on its own terms.

Sidewalking

History

Americas

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

The greater Los Angeles area covers 4,850 square miles--the size of a small country--and holds almost 18 million people. Perhaps America’s largest human creation, it has been vilified and celebrated in equal measure since its inception. Is L.A. the face of the apocalypse, or an ultimate paradise at continent’s edge--or both? With LA Day/LA Night, photographer Michael Light continues his aerial examination of the arid American West by bringing together two opposing views of the city in a double-volume set. LA Day stares directly into the sun, which blasts the metropolis in a relentless and specific light. LA Night drifts over the city as it grows darker, and begins to resemble the starry sky vaulted above. Referencing Ed Ruscha, Peter Alexander, Julius Schulman and writers from Philip K. Dick to Raymond Chandler, LA Day/LA Night continues Los Angeles’s rich cultural legacy of examining its favorite schizophrenic subject--itself.

Michael Light: LA Day/LA Night

Arts & Photography

Lawrence Weschler

Photography & Video

Radius Books

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