Two volumes: Monumental anthologies collecting writings about the two cities from their formative years to their ascendancy as cities that dominate American life.
Almost 200 Americans, expatriates, and visitors contribute fiction, non-fiction, memoir, poetry, essays, journalism and diaries to both volumes.
New York – from Washington Irving to Vivian Gornick; Los Angeles – from Helen Hunt Jackson to David Thomson; writing about riots, the oil boom, beat culture, jazz scene, architecture, art, race and social divide.
