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Oliver Wang

Oliver Wang is a professor of sociology at CSU Long Beach and a frequent writer on arts, culture, and the city. He has lived in the San Gabriel Valley for 20 cumulative years.

Signs of Urban Life: On “The 99% Invisible City” and “The City Beneath”

Two books decipher the hidden meanings behind urban design, from sewage systems to graffiti art....

OLIVER WANG

ART & ARCHITECTURE

Giving Up the Goods: Mobb Deep’s “The Infamous” Turns 25

Oliver Wang revisits the antihero tales of crime and grime of the 1995 legacy-making album “The Infamous” by Mobb Deep on its 25th anniversary....

OLIVER WANG

MUSIC

Beyond Soul Food

A new book explores the wide range and deep history of African-American cuisine....

OLIVER WANG

FOOD & DRINK

Los Angeles Review of Books

From Chop Suey to Haute Cuisine: A Case Study in American “Ethnic Food”

OLIVER WANG

FOOD & DRINK

CULTURAL STUDIES

Los Angeles Review of Books

Space Invaders

OLIVER WANG

NONFICTION

Los Angeles Review of Books

Top Five, Dead or Alive

OLIVER WANG

MUSIC

Los Angeles Review of Books

Records Don’t Love You Back: In Search of Lost 78s

OLIVER WANG

MUSIC

Los Angeles Review of Books

Rage, Race, and Recipes

OLIVER WANG

FOOD & DRINK

Los Angeles Review of Books

RJ Smith on James Brown

OLIVER WANG

Los Angeles Review of Books

PODCAST: Laura Pulido and Wendy Cheng and The People's Guide to LA

OLIVER WANG

Los Angeles Review of Books

David Leonard and Oliver Wang on "After Artest"

OLIVER WANG

Los Angeles Review of Books

Living with Linsanity

OLIVER WANG

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