Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties was added to the list of “New books just in time for summer reading” by Danielle Bauter. To see the full list, visit The Orange County Register or Los Angeles Daily News.
All posts in May 2020
Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman: Set the Night on Fire with Mike Davis and Jon Wiener
Suzi talks to historians Mike Davis and Jon Wiener, touching on some of the many intersecting stories they tell in their long awaited and absolutely compelling history, Set the Night on Fire: Los Angeles in the Sixties. Listen to the interview here.
“LA Times Op-Ed: How well do you know your L.A. history? Take our 1960s quiz”
“Last week the Beach Boys, an iconic symbol of 1960s California, announced that the band may reunite for a 60th anniversary tour. But surf culture was just one small slice of L.A. life during that tumultuous era. Herewith, a quiz to test your knowledge of the city back then.” Take this 1960s quiz by Jon Wiener…
5/12/2020 – A Red May Virtual Discussion About Set the Night on Fire: Los Angeles in the Sixties
Red May, a month-long arts festival and teach-in, hosted a virtual discussion about Set the Night on Fire: Los Angeles in the Sixties on May 12, 2020, at 2 pm PST. Mike Davis and Jon Wiener were in a live conversation with Magally Miranda Alcazar to discuss their new book. This event was a fundraiser…
Set the Page on Fire: Mike Davis Revisits a Rebellious L.A.
Mike Davis was interviewed by Alex Demyanenko for Capital and Main. “Mike Davis is an explorer. Climbing mountains of documents and sifting through the reefs of people’s memories, the City of Quartz author pieces together dramatic events that have been obscured by the indifference of official histories or are vanishing with the aging actors who performed in them.”…