What Makes an L.A. Writer?
The question of what makes a Los Angeles writer initially seems simple. “They live in Los Angeles or write about Los Angeles,” said Laurie Ochoa, a longtime Los Angeles journalist. But that’s just the beginning, Ochoa noted, of understanding a city so large and diverse, rife with stories of glamour, wealth, crime and want. Ochoa moderated Zócalo’s panel at the Guadalajara International Book Fair on the subject, chatting with the LA Weekly’s Jonathan Gold, Lakewood scribe D.J. Waldie, and novelists Gary Phillips and Yxta Maya Murray on finding the …
