Inlandia: A Literary Journey Through California's Inland Empire (California Legacy) - Softcover

Gayle Wattawa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1597140376 ISBN 13: 9781597140379

Publisher: Heyday, 2006

Synopsis

A groundbreaking anthology from the land east of Los Angeles

Showcasing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and other literature by such luminaries as Joan Didion, Raymond Chandler, M.F.K. Fisher, and others, Inlandia puts a new literary region on the map.

A land of dramatic landscapes and increasingly dynamic human developments, the Inland Empire is becoming much more than just ''the area east of Los Angeles.'' Unique in its own history and a microcosm of America at large, it is a land of startling racial, socio-economic, and ideological diversity that has long produced innovative and passionate writing.

Inlandia is a fascinating study of the journey of a people bound by geography yet striving for self-identity and artistic recognition, and of a land that is becoming both more prosperous and endangered. Over eighty writers are represented in the anthology, with material ranging from Indian stories and early explorers' narratives to pieces written by local emerging authors.

About this title

About the Author:

Gayle Wattawa, thoroughly addicted to contemporary literature, always carries with her a well-worn public library card and a relentless weakness for book reviews, literary journals, and lit news blogs. She is the founding editor of the New California Writing series and editor of Inlandia: A Literary Journey through California's Inland Empire. As Heyday's acquisitions and editorial director, she has supervised the assemblage of a half-dozen other literary anthologies as well.

Review:

''Stunning in its power and quality.''--Los Angeles Magazine

''Inlandia...celebrates a localism as fine-tuned to particulars as Hamlin Garland's or Willa Cather's Great Plains stories.''--D.J. Waldie, Los Angeles Time Book Review

''The anthology's scope gives Inland dwellers one more reason to celebrate the region's cultural heritage.'' --The Press-Enterprise

About this edition

• Publisher: Heyday
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1597140376
• ISBN 13: 9781597140379
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 433
• Editor: Gayle Wattawa