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“J Michael Walker sees angels everywhere, the divine in the ordinary, saints in survivors" - Sandra Cisneros
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Artist/Author J Michael Walker uncovers the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets
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An exploration - at once poetic, visual and historical - of the "spiritual geography" of Los Angeles;
A road trip into the city's cultural, spiritual, and ethnic heritage, via its streets bearing the names of saints.
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Winner, The US Review of Books: Eric Hoffer Award for Art Book of the Year
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Winner, Independent Publisher Award for Best Regional Non-Fiction of the Pacific West
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"a Sam Spade of saints ... unearthing contemporary symbolism" - New York Times
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“a meditation on L.A.'s past, the ghosts that pass over this land" - Los Angeles Times
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"the best book about Los Angeles we wish we had thought of" - Sunset Magazine
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This website, all images and all text Copyright 2009 by J Michael Walker, except as noted.
Credits: Clockwise, from upper left: Author photo by Luis Sinco; Detail, painting of San Ysidro Drive, by J Michael Walker; Photo of St. Albans Street,
by J Michael Walker; Detail, Painting of Santa Clara Street, by J Michael Walker. All rights reserved. Updated 22 November 09
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