May 5, 2006 :: No. 239
| What: |
Author D.J. Waldie, author of "Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir," "Where We Are Now: Notes From Los Angeles," "Real City: Downtown Los Angeles Inside/Out" and "Close to Home: An American Album," will deliver a talk titled "Picturing Suburbia: The Image of Home in Modernism." |
| When: |
Thursday, May 11
2:30-3:45 p.m.
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| Where: |
Cal State Fullerton's Titan Student Union, Alvarado Room |
| About the Author: |
Waldie's book "Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir," received the California Book Award for nonfiction in 1996. In 2004, "Where We Are Now: Notes from Los Angeles" was named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times Book Review. The author is a contributing writer at Los Angeles Magazine. He was included in the California Arts Council anthology "My California" in 2004. Waldie has been the public information officer for the city of Lakewood since 1978, and he lives in the house his parents bought in Lakewood in 1946. |
| Sponsors: |
CSUF's American Studies Student Association and the Inter-Club Council |
| Media Contacts: |
Mike Steiner, American Studies, 657-278-3640 or msteiner@fullerton.edu
Elaine Lewinnek, American Studies, 657-278-2441 or elewinnek@fullerton.com
Mimi Ko Cruz, Public Affairs, 657-278-7586 or mkocruz@fullerton.edu |
