by Linda SandovalThe bookcases belonged to Grandfather Urban. They were the kind lawyers collect. Modular stacking cases of oak with glass doors to keep the books from getting dusty. My grandmother kept the bookcases in the attic because they were full of old encyclopedias in German, and books on physics, and philosophy. Things that only Grandfather knew … [Read more...] about Golden Books.
Linda Sandoval's Letter from Los Angeles.
There was a house down the street…
by Linda SandovalThere was a house down the street from me where I grew up that was said to be haunted by the ghost of little Maddy Baldwin. According to the story she died in her attic bedroom and sometimes could be heard crying and rocking in her rocking chair. The whole town knew this story. I used to play in that house when I was little. It was an old farm house … [Read more...] about There was a house down the street…
REDEEMED: An Interview with Heather King
Letter from Los Angeles by Linda Sandoval An Interview with Heather King as she “stumbles toward God, marginal sanity and the peace that passes all understanding.” (From the title page of her book Redeemed.) It seems to me that many of us in the middle years of our lives look to make some sense out of the punishing and crazy jumble of our … [Read more...] about REDEEMED: An Interview with Heather King
A Doll House
Letter From Los Angeles by Linda Sandoval In his book, THE SAVAGE MIND, Claude Lévi-Strauss writes about game versus ritual. A game starts out with equality and through the process of the game creates inequality. Winner and losers. It’s only a fair fight if the sides are even. A ritual, on the other hand, starts … [Read more...] about A Doll House
Dorothy at the Vista Hermosa
Letter from Los Angeles (more of Linda's LA Women...) By Linda Sandoval Great. There's a dead dog on the road outside the Vista Hermosa and another dog is eating it. Oh yeah, dog eat dog. What I'm breathing in sure as hell doesn't resemble air so I shut my nose to it for as long as my intake allows. Blow out, then a quick gasp of rotted dog merged with … [Read more...] about Dorothy at the Vista Hermosa