LA Times Reviews Slouching Towards Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Times did a nice review of this sterling collection of LA writers writing about Joan Didion’s estimable impact. It was nice to be among those contributors mentioned in the review. “Flexing his many years as a music writer, Joe Donnelly offers a lovely and convincing piece about growing up with the Beatles, learning to […]

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Skylight Books’ L.A. Man Podcast

Listen here: skylightbooks.podbean.com The next best thing to having been there.

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Werner Herzog Loves L.A.

Originally published by the Los Angeles Times. Photos by Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times.   WERNER HERZOG is at a booth in a Sunset Boulevard restaurant, just down the hill from where he once rescued Joaquin Phoenix. The rescue happened 11 years ago when the freshly Oscar-nominated Phoenix flipped his car on a winding road […]

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About Joe

JOE DONNELLY is an award-winning journalist, writer and editor. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Journalism at Whittier College and the editor of Red Canary Magazine, a digital magazine focused on environmental and social issues. Red Canary has won numerous awards, including best online publication, since its winter, 2020 inception. Donnelly has […]

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