The L.A. Fires
In this week’s episode, we are talking about the wildfires that have ravaged L.A.
By LARB Radio HourJanuary 17, 2025
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In this week’s episode, we are talking about the wildfires that have ravaged L.A. Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf speak to author David L. Ulin about Los Angeles as a place forged in precarity and grit, as well as some of the local literature of disaster, and what it means to accept the city as somewhere catastrophe can strike in an instant. Next they speak with Adrian Scott Fine, president of the Los Angeles Conservancy, about some of the historic structures that have been lost in the fire, historical and cultural memory, and how to honor the history of the city. Please find a full list of resources from Mutual Aid LA here. The Los Angeles Review of Books is hoping for collective safety and looking forward to a communal recovery.
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The LARB Radio Hour is hosted by Eric Newman, Medaya Ocher, and Kate Wolf.
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