david kipen

Federal Writers' Project resurrectionist; author, “Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters”; storefront lending librarian @LibrosSchmibros!

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@stanfordpress What if he's wearing a combover?

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#OnThisDay, 1936 — Philip Dunne on the viability of American Fascism

From the forthcoming Dear California, edited by @davidkipen

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What if he's wearing a combover?

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#OnThisDay, 1936 — Philip Dunne on the viability of American Fascism

From the forthcoming Dear California, edited by @davidkipen

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Did you know that some say Monterey inspired not just “Cannery Row,” but “Treasure Island”?

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We are previewing #OnThisDay snippets from the forthcoming Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters, edited by
@davidkipen

Our very last quote of the month comes from Robert Louis Stevenson

Pre-order Dear California here: https://t.co/XiKZyzJ6tj……

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Position a chair under the doorway and get comfortable!

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We are previewing #OnThisDay snippets from the forthcoming Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters, edited by @davidkipen.

For the last day of July we have a quote from Archduke Ludwig Louis Salvator

#California #CaliforniaHistory

[david kipen @davidkipen]

Stravinsky went home to Europe. Thomas Mann went toohome. Brecht, the same. Hardly any of the major (non-Hollywood) WWII emigres to L.A. except Schoenberg went native here. Or who am I forgetting?

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We are previewing #OnThisDay snippets from the forthcoming Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters, edited by @davidkipen

Today's sobering quote comes from composer Arnold Schoenberg, to Aaron Copland

Pre-order Dear California here: https://t.co/XiKZyzJ6tj…

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“California will do for a lovely state until God can make up something better.”
— Zora Neale Hurston
Isn’t that just the best? Hurston lived briefly on Cimarron in LA. Can you name either of Cimarron Street’s other literary claims to fame?

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We are celebrating summer with previews from the forthcoming Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters, edited by @davidkipen

Today's first quote comes from Zora Neale Hurston #OnThisDay

Pre-order Dear California here: https://t.co/XiKZyzJ6tj

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We are celebrating summer with previews from the forthcoming Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters, edited by @davidkipen

Today's first quote comes from Zora Neale Hurston #OnThisDay

Pre-order Dear California here: https://t.co/XiKZyzJ6tj

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Pssst, my Thomas Pynchon "interview" is Alta's Weekend Read! Each of you who clicks on the link will -- according to the magazine's new metrics-based remuneration -- add five minutes to my life expectancy.

Weekend Read: Pynchon (Kinda) Speaks! https://t.co/03tuRgYmcf

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#joyceupdate

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If Oscar-nominated filmmakers are so upset about shoving categories like Editing and Original Score into an off-camera pre-show, why don’t they just skip the red carpet and #GoInsideEarly? https://t.co/wqREQA3lZo

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Hemingway, Faulkner Stripped of Nobel Prizes
After Testing Positive for Performance-Enhancing Drug

https://t.co/0kYjURcHV4

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I now own a book signed by a suspected Communist, WPA Folklore Director Ben Botkin, AND by a member of the John Birch Society, Walter Knott of Knott’s Berry Farm. Kumbaya, baby!

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Think he’ll hit a dribbler?

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Hope doesn’t come naturally to journalists — or most other writers — but ⁦@RepTedLieu⁩’s new Federal Writers’ Project Act (HR 3054) actually offers some. Check out my op-ed here this morning, and come to the virtual screening tonight, thanks! https://t.co/XvLmEqxn5v

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Hi, please join Rep. Ted Lieu, me, the filmmakers, and maybe a special guest or two at 4pm PDT, 7pm EDT, to watch this terrific doc about the original Federal Writers’ Project. Then wipe your eyes and corral your member of Congress to co-sponsor HR 3054, the new FWP bill, thanks!

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In the grip of the Great Depression, men and women joined the Federal Writers' Project to document America.

Join us Tuesday at 4 pm for a free virtual screening of Soul of a People: Writing America’s Story, followed by a panel discussion: https://t.co/sBhSxQrptC

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Amen to that! Scott’s book “Republic of Detours” is terrific — and timely, considering the 21st-Century Federal Writers' Project Act (HR 3054) now before Congress. Write or call your rep and urge them to co-sponsor, thanks!

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I hope you can join @davidkipen and me tomorrow night, Tues 8/31, for a conversation on "The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of the Federal Writers’ Project," presented by @LivingNewDeal. 5 pm pacific / 8 pm eastern. https://t.co/EVQqnhfnqG

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My union, @UCAFT, just endorsed the 21st-Century Federal Writers' Project Act (HR 3054). Call or email your rep in Congress and help reintroduce America to itself, thanks!

[University Council - AFT @UCAFT]

Today we submitted a letter in support of #HR3054 to the @EdLaborCmte and Chairman @BobbyScott. We wholeheartedly support the 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act and thank Congressman @tedlieu for authoring this bill. #FederalWritersProject

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Please ask your rep to consider co-sponsoring HR 3054, aka the 21st-Century Federal Writers' Project Act! "FDR never heard of infrastructure." My new piece here helps reclaim the New Deal idea of "public works." https://t.co/uUuD21QvZY
#hr3054 #21fwp #federalwritersprojectact

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"Every time you drive across L.A., or fly in or out of it, you can thank FDR and the WPA." My new piece here reclaims the New Deal idea of "public works." Please ask your rep to co-sponsor HR 3054, aka the 21st-Century Federal Writers' Project Act! https://t.co/uUuD21QvZY