Showing posts with label Pico-Union. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pico-Union. Show all posts
Friday, October 3, 2025

Dreams from Bunker Hill: Fante's City and Mine - Book Review

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Dreams from Bunker Hill: Fante’s City and Mine - Book Review From Bunker Hill to Santa Monica: Reading Fante against my Los Angeles By Arman...
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

The Golden Hour of LA: Free-verse

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The Golden Hour of LA By Armando Ortiz The glow of the sun still bursting through the incoming night lights still reflected on the side of t...
Friday, December 2, 2022

Guarding Los Angeles: Short Story

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  Guarding Los Angeles By Armando Ortiz He entered the room complaining, “The problem with Los Angeles is the fact that what represents Los ...
Friday, November 4, 2022

MacArthur Park: Santos Explores the Neighborhood

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  MacArthur Park: Santos Explores the Neighborhood By Armando Ortiz Santos returned home in the evening and was unusually chatty. He kept ta...
Wednesday, October 5, 2022

MacArthur Park: Santos

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MacArthur Park: Santos   By Armando Ortiz Santos had recently arrived in Los Angeles. He’d taken the train to the U.S., the one they call La...
Saturday, September 10, 2022

El Dorado: Sketches of Los Angeles

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El Dorado: Sketches of Los Angeles By Armando Ortiz They rushed towards the park knowing very well that there would be kids with their par...
Sunday, October 11, 2020

Gumball Machines: Sketches of Los Angeles

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  Gumball Machines by Armando Ortiz Odracir wasn’t your common comedian, living a simple life of books, music and food, he spent most of h...
Saturday, May 19, 2018

MacArthur Park: Betsy and Bella

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MacArthur Park: Betsy and Bella By Armando Ortiz “Betsy, it’s time to say your prayers and go to sleep,” said Bella. She’d been in t...
Friday, September 26, 2014

A Shadow Beyond Midnight: Sketches of Los Angeles

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A Shadow Beyond Midnight by Armando Ortiz There are times when things get jumbled up and one loses track of chronological time. We reach a ...