David Kipen explains how 'Dear California,' his new collection of first-person accounts, differs and expands on his previous compendium, 'Dear Los Angeles.'
And second — obviously, but it definitely bears emphasizing — California and L.A. are two very different places. I know just how different, because I love them both, and those affections can clash as often as they harmonize.
I think I have a better grip on this tension after creating a book that tries to preserve what readers liked about “Dear L.A.” while also tackling an even richer, more multifarious place. Don’t take my word for California’s complicated glories. Just read over“…California is nice. Buen nice! … this California is a swell state, especially from Santa Barbara on north. … California does wear its hips a bit high. I mean all those mountains. Too much of the state is standing up on edge.
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