Lynell George (Book order)

Lynell George Book order

Lynell George is a Los Angeles-based writer whose essay and photography collection, "After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame," explores the city where she grew up. She is also the author of "No Crystal Stair: African Americans in the City of Angels," drawing from her reportage on African Americans in Los Angeles. As a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times and L.A. Weekly, she focused on social issues, human behavior, and identity politics, alongside visual arts, music, and literature. Her writing is characterized by a keen insight into life, culture, and the complexities of the urban environment, particularly within the context of Los Angeles.

A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky

176 pages
7 hours of reading

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Part biography, part tribute, offers a blueprint for a creative life from the perspective of award-winning science-fiction writer and "MacArthur Genius" Octavia E. Butler. It is a collection of ideas about how to look, listen, breathe--how to be in the world. George not only engages the world that shaped Octavia E. Butler, she also explores the very specific processes through which Butler shaped herself--her unique process of self-making. It's about creating a life with what little you have--hand-me-down books, repurposed diaries, journals, stealing time to write in the middle of the night, making a small check stretch--bit by bit by bit. Includes photographs of Butler's ephemera (personal notes, library call slips, etc.) taken by George from hundreds of boxes of Butler's personal items.