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ada limon, startlement

‘Startlement’

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john freeman, california rewritten

‘California Rewritten’

the backyard bird chronicle, amy tan, california book club

‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles’

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adrian tomine, shortcomings, california book club

‘Shortcomings’

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rosanna xia, california against the sea, california book club

‘California Against the Sea’

the last fire season, manjula martin

‘The Last Fire Season’

gold fame citrus, claire vaye watkins

‘Gold Fame Citrus’

mumbo jumbo, ishmael reed

‘Mumbo Jumbo’

‘Headshot’

consequences, manuel munoz

‘The Consequences’

the sympathizer, viet thanh nguyen

‘The Sympathizer’

goodbye, vitamin, rachel khong

‘Goodbye, Vitamin’

violent spring, gary phillips

‘Violent Spring’

this boy's life, tobias wolff

‘This Boy’s Life’

colored television, danzy senna

‘Colored Television’

under the feet of jesus, helena maria viramontes

‘Under the Feet of Jesus’

venita blackburn, dead in long beach, california

‘Dead in Long Beach, California’

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javier zamora, solito

‘Solito’

gary snyder, riprap, practice of the wild

‘Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems’

jessica hagedorn, gangster of love

‘The Gangster of Love’

laila lalami, the other americans

‘The Other Americans’

dave eggers, the every

‘The Every’

dj waldie, holy land

‘Holy Land’

carribean fragoza, eat the mouth that feeds you

‘Eat the Mouth That Feeds You’

deborah a miranda, bad indians

‘Bad Indians’

charles yu, interior chinatown

‘Interior Chinatown’

percival everett, telephone

‘Telephone’

claudia rankine, citizen

‘Citizen’

isabel allende, the house of the spirits

‘The House of the Spirits’

andrew sean greer, less

‘Less’

jaime hernandez, maggie the mechanic

‘Maggie the Mechanic’

jaime cortez, gordo

‘Gordo’

kim stanley robinson, the gold coast

‘The Gold Coast’

natalia molina, a place at the nayarit

‘A Place at the Nayarit’

swimmers, julie otsuka

‘The Swimmers’

wrong end of the telescope, rabih alameddine

‘The Wrong End of the Telescope’

always running, luis rodriguez

‘Always Running’

your house will pay, steph cha

‘Your House Will Pay’

maggie nelson, the argonauts

‘The Argonauts’

michael connelly, the dark hours

‘The Dark Hours’

karen tei yamashita, i hotel

‘I Hotel’

natalie diaz, postcolonial love poem

‘Postcolonial Love Poem’

sarah shun lien bynum, likes

‘Likes’

the barbarian nurseries, hector tobar

‘The Barbarian Nurseries,’ Héctor Tobar

there there, tommy orange

‘There There,’ by Tommy Orange

the woman warrior, maxine hong kingston

‘The Woman Warrior,’ by Maxine Hong Kingston

a paradise built in hell, rebecca solnit

‘A Paradise Built in Hell’

elsewhere california, dana johson

‘Elsewhere, California’

barbarian days, william finnegan

‘Barbarian Days’