That's me up above with Kevin McCarthy, actor and brother of Mary McCarthy for whom the award I received was named. We're in Dutton's Brentwood Bookstore. Sadly, both Kevin McCarthy and the bookstore are gone from our planet.
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"From the world that could not be saved, the storyteller salvages small,
strange stuff and assembles it into a narrative of alarming beauty and mystery
and sadness.....we follow her anywhere...a rigorous and passionate inquiry of
the highest order." -- Carole Maso
"Lefer's characters...are Californians obsessed with social and economic injustice, the
welfare of animals, the politics of the body and the Kafkaesque horrors of
immigration law....Lefer's book certainly deserves attention."--San Francisco
Chronicle
"Diane Lefer is one of the most gifted and witty writers around....California Transit contains such a wide range of quirky
events and rich characterizations that it is as memorable and satisfying as any fiction. In other words, grab this book--you will not be disappointed, for each of her stories is a well-told and compelling gem." -- Oscar Hijuelos
"It's easy to see why a judge would want to honor these stories. They are smart, well written and have that most elusive of
qualities: vitality. They take on difficult issues — immigration, racism, torture, animal suffering, environmental degradation. That makes her stories sound humorless; they aren't. A vein of wry wit runs through them."--Judith
Freeman in the Los Angeles Times
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strange stuff and assembles it into a narrative of alarming beauty and mystery
and sadness.....we follow her anywhere...a rigorous and passionate inquiry of
the highest order." -- Carole Maso
"Lefer's characters...are Californians obsessed with social and economic injustice, the
welfare of animals, the politics of the body and the Kafkaesque horrors of
immigration law....Lefer's book certainly deserves attention."--San Francisco
Chronicle
"Diane Lefer is one of the most gifted and witty writers around....California Transit contains such a wide range of quirky
events and rich characterizations that it is as memorable and satisfying as any fiction. In other words, grab this book--you will not be disappointed, for each of her stories is a well-told and compelling gem." -- Oscar Hijuelos
"It's easy to see why a judge would want to honor these stories. They are smart, well written and have that most elusive of
qualities: vitality. They take on difficult issues — immigration, racism, torture, animal suffering, environmental degradation. That makes her stories sound humorless; they aren't. A vein of wry wit runs through them."--Judith
Freeman in the Los Angeles Times
You can add your own review here at AskDavid.com
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