Book Review: L.A. Woman by Eve Babitz

What happens when starving artists, hard-working immigrants, and strung-out rockstars create a city that's entirely their own? L.A. happens.  

L.A. Woman captures the L.A. that Eve Babitz grew up in perfectly. It's weird, it's dirty, and it's all hers. 

The expert of L.A. and Slackers, Ella Kopeikin, joins me today for this totally rad conversation.   

In this episode we cover: 

• Why Babitz is the queen of 1960s and 70s L.A.

• How California was created by weirdos, slackers, and outcasts

• Why it's absurd to have high schoolers map out their lives at age 17. 

Take a shot, open the book, and press play on a podcast that will take you back in time and leave you searching for your own 8-foot pencil (if you know, you know). 

Mentioned in the Pairings section of the podcast:

• Never Have I Ever (TV Show)

• City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (Book)

• Almost Famous (Movie)

• I’m with the Band by Pamela Des Barres (Book)

• Licorice Pizza (Movie)

• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Movie)

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