California's Best: Two Centuries of Great Writing from the Golden State
With this book, Peter Fish has managed to pull together famous and lesser-known writers from across the years and landscapes to create a picture of California that is both timeless and surprising. The strength ofCalifornia's Bestis that it gives you a renewed appreciation for the magnetic pull this state has had over the people who have lived and written here. It's a great read. -----Katie Tamony,editor-in-chief,Sunset MagazineArmchair travelers will find thatCalifornia's Bestprovides them with the services of an ideal tour guide. Peter Fish marshals sharp wisdom and deep knowledge to forge a book that offers a memorable journey through California's extraordinary landscapes and histories. With each poem, memoir, short story, or essay, Fish steps aside to let a remarkable array of writers take over the tour. Readers will finish the journey not only with an enhanced appreciation for California but also with heightened powers of observation and reflection to bring to bear on every place they land. -----Patricia Nelson Limerick,author ofDesert PassagesandThe Legacy of ConquestJack London, Wallace Stegner, Gary Snyder, John Steinbeck and Joan Didion, Mark Twain and Tobias Wolff, Robert Hass and so many excellent othersCalifornia's Bestis a terrific regional anthology, elegantly organized, with brilliant selections. Don't miss this one. --- --William Kittredge,co-editor, with Annick Smith, ofThe Last Best PlaceArmchair travelers will find thatCalifornia's Bestprovides them with the services of an ideal tour guide. Peter Fish marshals sharp wisdom and deep knowledge to forge a book that offers a memorable journey through California's extraordinary landscapes and histories. With each poem, memoir, short story, or essay, Fish steps aside to let a remarkable array of writers take over the tour. Readers will finish the journey not only with an enhanced appreciation for California but also with heightened powers of observation and reflection to bring to bear on every place they land. -----Patricia Nelson Limerick,author ofDesert PassagesandThe Legacy of ConquestJack London, Wallace Stegner, Gary Snyder, John Steinbeck and Joan Didion, Mark Twain and Tobias Wolff, Robert Hass and so many excellent othersCalifornia's Bestis a terrific regional anthology, elegantly organized, with brilliant selections. Don't miss this one. --- --William Kittredge,co-editor, with Annick Smith, ofThe Last Best PlaceArmchair travelers will find thatCalifornia's Bestprovides them with the services of an ideal tour guide. Peter Fish marshals sharp wisdom and deep knowledge to forge a book that offers a memorable journey through California's extraordinary landscapes and histories. With each poem, memoir, short story, or essay, Fish steps aside to let a remarkable array of writers take over the tour. Readers will finish the journey not only with an enhanced appreciation for California but also with heightened powers of observation and reflection to bring to bear on every place they land. -----Patricia Nelson Limerick,author ofDesert PassagesandThe Legacy of ConquestJack London, Wallace Stegner, Gary Snyder, John Steinbeck and Joan Didion, Mark Twain and Tobias Wolff, Robert Hass and so many excellent othersCalifornia's Bestis a terrific regional anthology, elegantly organized, with brilliant selections. Don't miss this one. --- --William Kittredge,co-editor, with Annick Smith, ofThe Last Best PlaceArmchair travelers will find thatCalifornia's Bestprovides them with the services of an ideal tour guide. Peter Fish marshals sharp wisdom and deep knowledge to forge a book that offers a memorable journey through California's extraordinary landscapes and histories. With each poem, memoir, short story, or essay, Fish steps aside to let a remarkable array of writers take over the tour. Readers will finish the journey not only with an enhanced appreciation for California but also with heightened powers of observation and reflection to bring to bear on every place they land. -----Patricia Nelson Limerick,author ofDesert PassagesandThe Legacy of ConquestJack London, Wallace Stegner, Gary Snyder, John Steinbeck and Joan Didion, Mark Twain and Tobias Wolff, Robert Hass and so many excellent othersCalifornia's Bestis a terrific regional anthology, elegantly organized, with brilliant selections. Don't miss this one. -----William Kittredge,co-editor, with Annick Smith, ofThe Last Best Place