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D.J. Waldie

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D. J. Waldie is a cultural historian, memoirist, and translator. In books, essays, and online commentary, he has sought to frame the suburban experience as a search for a sense of place. Often using his hometown of Lakewood as a starting point, Waldie’s work ranges widely over the history of suburbanization and its cultural effects.

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	Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir 3.74 avg rating — 1,004 ratings — published 1996 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Becoming Los Angeles: Myth, Memory, and a Sense of Place 4.05 avg rating — 62 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell Me True: Memoir, History, and Writing a Life by Patricia Hampl (Editor), Elaine Tyler May (Editor), Matt Becker (Contributor) 3.58 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where We Are Now: Notes from Los Angeles 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ed Ruscha and the Great American West by D.J. Waldie (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ed Ruscha (Contributor), Karin Breuer (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Real City: Downtown Los Angeles Inside/Out by D.J. Waldie (Goodreads Author), Marissa Roth (Photographer) 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	California Romantica by D.J. Waldie (Goodreads Author), Diane Keaton (Photographer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Becoming Los Angeles: Myth, Memory, and a Sense of Place blends memoir, historical investigation, and cultural criticism. Read answers to some questions posed on the eve of the book’s publication at https://djwaldie.com/becoming.

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“You are mistaken if you consider this a criticism, either of my father or the houses.”
― D.J. Waldie, Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir

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“Getting here had become part of what being here meant.”
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“At my grade school, the Sisters of St. Joseph made me hate Communists, then intolerance, and finally everything that could break the charmed pattern of our lives.”
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