Echolocation: Poems from Indian Country, L.A.

by Carolyn Dunn, Stu Jenks (Photographer)

Los Angeles was born out of the blood and bones of its lesser known residents: the Tongva peoples, indigenous inhabitants of the area of whom city scholars lament their passing. In her second collection of poems, award-winning poet/playwright/novelist Carolyn Dunn explores the indigenous worlds of Southern California's gloriously praised and oft-lamented jewel in the crown, La Nuestra Senora, Reina de Los Angeles...Dunn explores the natural world covered in concrete and ash known to the Tongva and to the host of indigenous inhabitants in mythic terms: calling down Coyote Madonna, searching for lost children on the banks of the L.A. River; recognizing wild tobacco growing from cracks of the 110 freeway; and the restless spirits called for by Santa Ana winds, searching for sinners posing as saints who caused death in their wake. A love letter to place and home, Dunn praises the long-vilified City of Angels and its spirit inhabitants who walk its streets.

120 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 23, 2017