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West of the West
West of the West: Imagining California | Leonard Michaels, David Reid, Raquel Scherr, Raquel L. Scherr
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A vivid collection of stories, essays, remembrances and poems, conceived and organized as a journey through California, by a diverse and splendid array of writers including Jack Kerouac, Amy Tan, M.F.K. Fisher, Tom Wolfe, and Gore Vidal.
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West of the West: Imagining California | Leonard Michaels, David Reid, Raquel Scherr, Raquel L. Scherr
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This anthology of California literature and essays is from 1989, and it‘s been on my shelf nearly that long! And I waited too long to read it. It focuses on 1945-1989, so there is nothing from the last 30 years, obviously. I also felt SF, LA, and the film industry are over-represented. The Central Valley and Santa Clara County, the far north, many ethnic groups are not here at all. The individual selections are mostly fine, but more is needed.