LA Weekly

Re: Buk

I would like to commend L.A. Weekly for printing the letter by Linda Lee Bukowski (published last week and taking issue with an article by Matthew Fleischer that ran November 23–29). This is not the first time that someone (albeit without malice) got things wrong about Bukowski. It is often the case that the work and life of a writer can be confused. Bukowski’s widow knows the score. In spite of the hardened Hemingway-like exterior he liked to project to the public, he was a sensitive and gentle person. We are fortunate that Linda Lee Bukowski is willing and able to correct the mythology that seems to emerge about this great Angeleno writer from time to time.

 

Re: Booth

I enjoyed “Indigenous Indignation” by Dwayne “Mr. Fish” Booth [November 30–December 6]. What a clever writer, with surprising twists at every turn, and reality recognizable in all his descriptions. Discovering such work makes “buying” L.A. Weekly worthwhile. More articles by this sharp fellow, please!

Re: Burbs

Regarding the article by Gendy Alimurung titled “Hollywood Schmoozer Meets Internet Geek” [November 16–22]: What is a “Berkeley suburb”? Berkeley is too small to have suburbs of its own. If the author means a town abutting Berkeley — such as El Cerrito, Kensington, etc. — these are East Bay towns that, while not having Berkeley’s cachet, don’t need a Berkeley reference to be placed in a larger context. They’re in the megalopolis known as “the Bay Area.”

Honors Roll

Two L.A. Weekly contributors received good news recently. A music essay about Horace Tapscott by Matthew Duersten [“The Arkivists,” April 7–13, 2006] made the “Other Notable Essays” list in the Da Capo Best Music Writing 2007 anthology.

And artist Erik Sandberg’s cover illustration for a January 26–Feb. 1, 2007, story by David Zahniser titled “The End of Murder” won a silver medal in the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles’ Illustration West 46 contest. His work will be included in a show at Junc Gallery that will be on view March 29-April 8, 2008.

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