Shaky Town

-Engaging characters who live on the non-glamorous side of L.A. -Like Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place, and Pat Barker's Union Street, Shaky Town tells the stories of people linked by place -Compelling cover art from street artist Steve Powers (aka ESPO) -Mathews is a much-respected, much-loved writing teacher and writer who has impacted a generation or two of successful writers

Author: Lou Mathews
Publisher: Tiger Van Books
Published: 01/17/2023
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d
ISBN13: 9781684428083
ISBN10: 1684428084
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Hispanic & Latino
- Fiction | City Life

About the Author
Lou Mathews is the author of L.A. Breakdown and a longstanding instructor at UCLA Extension's acclaimed Creative Writing program. His stories have been published in ZZZYVYA, New England Review, Tin House, Black Clock, Paperback L.A., and many fiction anthologies. Mathews is also a journalist, playwright, former restaurant critic, and passionate cook. He has received a Pushcart Prize, a Katherine Anne Porter Prize, and an NEA Fiction Fellowship, and is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award.