Sesshu Foster’s most recent books are City of the Future (Kaya Press, 2018) and ELADATL: A History of the East Los Angeles Dirigible Air Transport Lines, a novel co-authored with Arturo Ernesto Romo (City Lights, 2020). He is the 2024 winner of Beyond Baroque’s George Drury Smith Award.
Sesshu Foster
Articles
Temporary Community
Sesshu Foster reports from a mutual aid center in the aftermath of the Los Angeles wildfires.
Los Angeles, City of Poets
Los Angeles poets on the city they love.
From Discarded Chapters, Final Sentences
The Ghost of Books: Past, Present, and Future
"The Ghost of Books: Past, Present, and Future" is an experiment not in terror and not necessarily Dickensian.
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