"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)"--
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.
