{"product_id":"everything-now-lessons-from-the-city-state-of-los-angeles-9781250849199","title":"Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER. NAMED A BEST CALIFORNIA BOOKS OF 2021 BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative, exhilaratingly new understanding of the United States' most confounding metropolis--not just a great city, but a full-blown modern city-state\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmerica is obsessed with Los Angeles. And America has been thinking about Los Angeles all wrong, for decades, on repeat. Los Angeles is not just the place where the American dream hits the Pacific. (It has its own dreams.) Not just the vanishing point of America's western drive. (It has its own compass.) Functionally, aesthetically, mythologically, even technologically, an independent territory, defined less by distinct borders than by an aura of autonomy and a sense of unfurling destiny--this is the city-state of Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply reported and researched, provocatively argued, and eloquently written, Rosecrans Baldwin's\u003ci\u003e Everything Now \u003c\/i\u003eapproaches the metropolis from unexpected angles, nimbly interleaving his own voice with a chorus of others, from canonical L.A. literature to everyday citizens. Here, Octavia E. Butler and Joan Didion are in conversation with activists and astronauts, vampires and veterans. Baldwin records the stories of countless Angelenos, discovering people both upended and reborn: by disasters natural and economic, following gospels of wealth or self-help or personal destiny. The result is a story of a kaleidoscopic, vibrant nation unto itself--vastly more than its many, many parts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBaldwin's concept of the city-state allows us, finally, to grasp a place--Los Angeles--whose idiosyncrasies both magnify those of America, and are so fully its own. Here, space and time don't quite work the same as they do elsewhere, and contradictions are as stark as southern California's natural environment. Perhaps no better place exists to watch the United States's past, and its possible futures, play themselves out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to Los Angeles, the Great American City-State.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4864769\"\u003eRosecrans Baldwin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250849199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250849195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV025130\"\u003eUnited States | West | Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosecrans Baldwin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Kid Left\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYou Lost Me There\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParis, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-founded the online zine \u003ci\u003eThe Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44476828745965,"sku":"9781250849199","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ae3ec10a-045b-4175-9d91-d8e92737d95e.jpg?v=1700691271","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/everything-now-lessons-from-the-city-state-of-los-angeles-9781250849199","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}