Interview with Karen Yamashita « East Los Angeles Dirigible Air ...

I had to remain impartial to be able to review her book â€" I alerted my editor as to the imminent meeting and she was fine â€" and the six days dropped to four. For all its density,I Hotel was a stunning read. Comprised of 10 novellas .... Then you went “home“ to LA in Tropic of Orange, your third book, which is where you were born and raised.How did your Brazilian adventures lead you back to LA? Actually, I was born in Oakland, but moved to LA at age one and raised there. ...