Zócalo Public SquareThe Fall Gusts That Bring Out L.A.’s Crazy – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Fall Gusts That Bring Out L.A.’s Crazy https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/09/05/the-fall-gusts-that-bring-out-l-a-s-crazy/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/09/05/the-fall-gusts-that-bring-out-l-a-s-crazy/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2013 07:01:18 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=50521 If you reside in Los Angeles, you’ve felt the heat of autumn and perhaps cursed the “devil winds,” the hot gusts that blow through the mountain passes in southern California and cause mischief throughout the land. Wildfires, downed trees, and brittle moods characterize the season, and poets and novelists keep drawing on them for grim inspiration. They are the Santa Ana winds, the wind that, in the words of Joan Didion, “shows us how close to the edge we are.” In advance of a Zócalo/Grand Park event “Why Do the Santa Anas Blow Our Minds?”, we approached several Angelenos of letters and asked them the following question: What does our collective fascination with the Santa Ana Winds say about L.A. culture?

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]]> If you reside in Los Angeles, you’ve felt the heat of autumn and perhaps cursed the “devil winds,” the hot gusts that blow through the mountain passes in southern California and cause mischief throughout the land. Wildfires, downed trees, and brittle moods characterize the season, and poets and novelists keep drawing on them for grim inspiration. They are the Santa Ana winds, the wind that, in the words of Joan Didion, “shows us how close to the edge we are.” In advance of a Zócalo/Grand Park event “Why Do the Santa Anas Blow Our Minds?”, we approached several Angelenos of letters and asked them the following question: What does our collective fascination with the Santa Ana Winds say about L.A. culture?

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