SET THE NIGHT ON FIRE
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…
Mike Davis was profiled by Dana Goodyear in The New Yorker. “If, like me, you lived through the civil rights movement,” the author said, “you can never discard hope. I’ve seen social miracles in my life, ones that have stunned me—the courageousness of ordinary people in a struggle.” You can read the full profile in The…
Set the Night on Fire was recommended by Hannah Lack in An0ther. “Over the past few weeks, we have been publishing daily to-do lists curated by the teams behind AnOther, Another Man and Dazed, featuring things to read, watch, listen to, look at, and follow on social media to get you through this time.” You can read the full recommendation in An0ther.
Jon Wiener wrote an article for The Nation about how LA is struggling to handle the coronavirus crisis with a massive homeless population and crowded prisons. Here’s a short excerpt: Driving past the Fountain Valley hospital south of Los Angeles, you see something new: a huge white tent in what was the parking lot. To…
Book launch for Mike Davis and Jon Wiener’s “Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.” Davis and Wiener in conversation with Tom Lutz, founder and editor-in-chief of Los Angeles Review of Books and author, most recently, of “Born Slippy.” They discussed “Set the Night on Fire” and its many resonances for urban communities…
In an extract from Set the Night on Fire: LA in the Sixties, Mike Davis and Jon Wiener look past the sun and surf to a radical fight for equality and justice. Read the excerpt here: Erased from utopia: the hidden history of LA’s black and brown resistance.
The following is an excerpt from Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties, by Mike Davis and Jon Wiener, published today by Verso. It is a monumental history of rebellion and resistance, a “movement history” of Los Angeles, examining the history of Black, Chicano, LGBT, women’s, and student activism in the city. Read…
Virtual book launch: Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT / 2:00 PM PDT Please join us for the virtual book launch of Mike Davis and Jon Wiener’s new book, Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties. Joining Davis and Wiener in conversation is Tom Lutz, founder and editor-in-chief of Los Angeles Review…