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Harold JaffeHarold Jaffe is the author of nine fiction collections and four novels; Terror-Dot-Gov, 15 Serial Killers, Straight Razor, and Jesus Coyote.
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43. 1960, Los Angeles
By Raphael RubinsteinSEPT 2023 | The Miraculous
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26. 1965, Los Angeles
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We’re in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s where two film student friends (one in graduate school, the other an undergraduate senior) enroll, in successive years, in the same course on film aesthetics taught by a legendary but now retired émigré Austrian director.
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Swathed in sumptuous tribal garments and adorned with opulent accessories, a Native American Crow chief and his young wife are the subjects of a black-and-white photograph taken in 1873 by a white photographer to commemorate their visit to Washington, DC.
21. 1954-1963, Los Angeles
By Raphael RubinsteinOCT 2022 | The Miraculous
In the mid-1950s, a youthful singer becomes a sensation in Los Angeles’s Mexican-American community for his energetic R&B performances. Switching effortlessly between English and Spanish, he appeals especially to young girls who flock to his performances at the El Monte Legion Stadium, a venue conveniently located just outside the LA city limits and thus not subject to the city’s restrictive racist regulations.
