Detail of St. Moritz Drive by J Michael Walker, from All the Saints of the City of the Angels, Heyday Books 2008
All the Saints of the City of the angels
Seeking the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets: Paintings and Stories by J. Michael Walker

Cover of All the Saints of the City of the Angels, by J Michael Walker, Heyday Books 2008

J Michael Walker sees angels everywhere, the divine in the ordinary, saints in survivors." - Sandra Cisneros, Author of The House on Mango Street and Caramelo
"a meditation on L.A.'s past, the ghosts that pass over this land..." - Lynell George, Los Angeles Times
"a brilliant idea... the best book about Los Angeles we wish we had thought of" - Peter Fish, Sunset Magazine Online
"The best exhibit in Los Angeles. Hands Down." - Cultural Cocktail Hour
"It blew me away." - Naomi Hirahara, Author of 1001 Cranes and Gasa-Gasa Girl
"an amazing show... HIGHLY recommended." - Better Shelter
"a treat to wander and a joy to behold." - Al Young, Poet-Laureate of California,
and Author of Drowning in a Sea of Love and the forthcoming Jazz Idiom
"an original, deeply empathetic spiritual geography of Los Angeles" -Laura E. Pérez, Author of Chicana Art: The Politics of Spiritual and Aesthetic Altarities
"a Sam Spade of saints... unearthing contemporary symbolism." - New York Times
"I've been waiting for this project to come to fruition, and now that it has you should check it out." - Kevin Roderick, LA Observed
“Art and history coming together at the streetscape level” -William Deverell, Author of Whitewashed Adobe
"Social justice, gripping portraits, attribution to saints and the history of Los Angeles" - Occidental Weekly

Updated 19 08 08
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