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.
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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.”…
The New Yorker Profiled Mike Davis
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…
Things To Do in Self-Isolation by Hannah Lack in An0ther
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.
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties Virtual Book Launch on YouTube
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…
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties Excerpt in The Guardian
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.
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties Excerpt in LARB
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…
4-14-2020 – Youtube Live Conversation: Mike Davis, Jon Wiener, and Tom Lutz Talk about “Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties”
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…