Ajay Orona

Ajay Orona is an associate editor at Alta Journal.  He earned a master’s degree from USC Annenberg’s School of Journalism in 2021 and was honored with an Outstanding Specialized Journalism (The Arts) Scholar Award. His writing has appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, Ampersand, and GeekOut.

Apr 14, 2022
The Sleuth Connection

A former LAPD detective reveals the realities of police work and private investigation.

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Apr 4, 2022
The Madness for NFT Art

NFTs are stealing the spotlight and upending the art world. Their next trick: unlocking the metaverse.

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Feb 8, 2022
Stay Awhile, Mr. Hughes

Four of Langston Hughes’s poems are in conversation with Natalie Diaz’s Postcolonial Love Poem.

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Jan 20, 2022
Welcome to The New Hollywood

Thursday, January 20, 2022

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Jan 4, 2022
Street Art Goes Corporate
Boyle Heights’ DoorDash-sponsored murals and the backlash against fnnch’s honey bears reveal the polarizing rifts in the California gue…
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Dec 9, 2021
The Authentic Southern California of ‘The Barbarian Nurseries’

Four works that, like Héctor Tobar's novel, depict how the many live in SoCal.

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Nov 2, 2021
Resilience Through Storytelling in ‘There There’
Certain insights from Tommy Orange’s debut novel about Urban Indians in Oakland resound across stories of the Armenian genocide as well…
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Oct 29, 2021
Talking with Pete Galindo

The resurgence of street murals is exciting, but their popularity may come at a steep price.

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