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These 23 stories with reoccurring characters are essential reading for anyone interested in the cultural history of Los Angeles. In the words of the author: "What I hope I've done with living for the city is conjure up the black Los Angeles I grew up in during the seventies without all the gangster hype but showing that world as bittersweet as it was. Many of these stories were written when I was a teenager living that life." This is reflected in the highly autobiographical tone many of the stor...