Author Raquel Gutierrez on “Breaking Up With Los Angeles”
Interview with L.A.-born Bay Area poet Raquel Gutierrez by Justin Maurer. By Justin Maurer Sharif Dumani, musician, kind soul, best known for his fronting of L.A. 60’s pop band Exploding Flowers,...
View ArticleThe Good “Fortune” of Jim Ruland
Interview with Jim Ruland, author of Forest of Fortune. By Justin Maurer Jim Ruland is the author of Forest of Fortune, out now from Tyrus Books. He has been hosting Los Angeles and San Diego-based...
View ArticleThe “Excavation” of Wendy C. Ortiz
Interview with author Wendy Ortiz about her new memoir Excavation. By Justin Maurer Wendy C. Ortiz is a writer, teacher, mother, and therapist. She was born and raised in Los Angeles and has...
View Article“Spiders From Mars On The 110” by Justin Maurer
I worked in the morning in Hollywood – a sign language interpreter for a deaf actress. She possessed a white hot energy that flowed over everyone like a river of molten lava. I worked in the evening in...
View ArticleTaschen Books Editor Jim Heimann Salutes LA
TASCHEN Executive Editor Jim Heimann is walking LA history. In our in-depth interview he talks about his favorite memories, hotspots, and the hidden gems you need to know about. By Justin Maurer Jim...
View Article“Run With The Brown Buffalo” by Justin Maurer
I’m on a gargantuan of a metal bird, soaring 3,000 feet in the air. It’s an American Airlines flight from JFK to LAX. I am reading about Buffalo Brown, the Chicano lawyer with a lust for life and a...
View Article“Sam Rodia’s Watts Towers” by Justin Maurer
The inside track to a sixty-five-year-old architectural labor of love by an Italian-born Los Angeleno. By Justin Maurer On a sunny Sunday afternoon I convinced my girlfriend to head down to South...
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