Daniela Magaña April 16, 2023 Bookpacker Blogs Tobar's Twofer Daniela Magaña April 16, 2023 Bookpacker Blogs Daniela Magaña traces the trajectories of two characters in two countries across two time periods in Héctor Tobar’s ‘The Tattooed Soldier’.
Tina Per-Akopyan May 16, 2022 Bookpacker Blogs Piercing the Dream Tina Per-Akopyan May 16, 2022 Bookpacker Blogs Tina Per-Akopyan tests the limits of the L.A. Dream as she follows in the footsteps of James M. Cain’s eponymous heroine.
Tinna Flores December 9, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs West's Weird Hollywood Tinna Flores December 9, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs Tinna Flores searches for the art behind the artifice in Nathanael West’s classic LA novel, ‘The Day of the Locust’.
Rachel Cope September 5, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs Sins of the City Rachel Cope September 5, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs Rachel Cope reexamines the mythos of L.A. through Nina Revoyr’s ‘Southland’.
Annie Nguyen August 24, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs Isherwood in Isolation Annie Nguyen August 24, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs ‘A Single Man’ is the perfect novel for Lockdown L.A. - by Annie Nguyen
Claudia Ellis August 15, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs Ellis on Ellis Claudia Ellis August 15, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs Claudia Ellis (no relation) stalks the Los Angeles of Bret Easton Ellis’ ‘Less Than Zero’…
Abby Chen August 5, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs Me and Mahjong Abby Chen August 5, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs Abby Chen goes in search of identity and heritage in Amy Tan’s Chinese-American classic ‘The Joy Luck Club’.
Andrew Chater June 16, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs OK, Zoomer Andrew Chater June 16, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs Welcome to the wonderful world of virtual Bookpacking…
Guest User May 12, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs The Dead Still Center Guest User May 12, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs In isolation in a time of Coronovirus, Rachel Cope revisits Didion’s Los Angeles - the ‘dead still center of the world’.
Ashwin Bhumbla February 4, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs Steinbeck's Eden Ashwin Bhumbla February 4, 2020 Bookpacker Blogs Ashwin Bhumbla explores the Salinas Valley, Steinbeck’s home and the setting for East of Eden.
Charlie Pyle December 29, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs Freed Behind Bars Charlie Pyle December 29, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs Charlie Pyle visits Alcatraz, the setting of There There, a briliant new novel by Tommy Orange.
Emelia Ho October 22, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs From Gutter to Glamour Emelia Ho October 22, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs Emelia Ho explores the lost bohemia of Patti Smith’s New York.
Andrew Chater September 1, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs Bookpacking Britain Andrew Chater September 1, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs It’s great to see the Telegraph running with the Bookpackers concept…
Andrew Chater July 16, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs A Gift of a Day Andrew Chater July 16, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs Exploring the Brooklyn of Betty Smith proves a thought-provoking and joyful bookpacking experience.
Andrew Chater June 14, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs The Last Frontier of Bohemia Andrew Chater June 14, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs Faulkner’s early novel Mosquitoes is catty, caustic fun - a savage satire on the bohemian culture of New Orleans.
Andrew Chater April 3, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs Abbey's Country Andrew Chater April 3, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs Reading Desert Solitaire in the Canyonlands invites challenging reflections on our relationship with the American wilderness.
Andrew Chater April 2, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs Hayduke Lives! Andrew Chater April 2, 2019 Bookpacker Blogs ‘The Monkey Wrench Gang’ is a ‘70s eco-activist novel asking prescient questions about the corporate despoliation of the West.
Juliette Bolea December 10, 2018 Bookpacker Blogs Canal Vision Juliette Bolea December 10, 2018 Bookpacker Blogs Venice, CA is the setting for Kate Braverman’s grunge classic ‘Lithium for Medea’
Eva Isakovic December 10, 2018 Bookpacker Blogs Horror and History Eva Isakovic December 10, 2018 Bookpacker Blogs Dare you sleep in Room 217? Bookpacking The Shining isn’t for the faint of heart. By Eva Isakovic
Elliott Arnold December 10, 2018 Bookpacker Blogs Going Postal Elliott Arnold December 10, 2018 Bookpacker Blogs Bookpacking Bukowski in the city he called home