weetzie bat by francesca lia block. weetzie bat “a pop-culture-driven, fable-laden, sentimental-...

Weetzie BatBy Francesca Lia Block

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Weetzie Bat• “A pop-culture-driven, fable-laden, sentimental-

tone prose poetry… strange and dreamlike.” Patrick Jones

• No other writer has written so accurately about the reality of life in Los Angeles” Patricia J. Campbell

• Written as a college senior at UC Berkeley when nostalgic for LA.

• Inspired by Magical Realism: Gabriel Garcia Marquez 100 Years of Solitude and Isabelle Allende’s House of Spirits.

Marylyn's prints at Graumann’s (Chinese Theatre) (1)

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Oki Dogs (1)

Tinys was known for it's curbside service - girls on roller skates, T-shirts, and skimpy costumes. different for those days. Teenagers cruised here. women used to come there in carloads. It was a big place for everyone. Northwest corner of Sunset and La Brea. (1)

Jerry. Dirk’s car a red ‘55 Pontiac (2)A slinkster-cool car

Jayne Mansfield in The Girl Can’t Help it. (3)

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Laurel Canyon where Houdini and Jim Morison used to live (2)

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Venice Beach and boardwalk (5)

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