Writers of Color 50 Books Challenge

Mother on Fire: A True Motherf%#$@ Story About Parenting! by Sandra Tsing Loh
(New York: Random House, 2008; ISBN-13: 9780609608135)

Orange County: A Personal History by Gustavo Arellano
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 2008; ISBN-13: 9781416540045)

I happened to read these books right next to each other, and it was an interesting juxtaposition. Both writers use wit to underscore their social observations and critiques; both have wide-ranging media presences, from public radio to the Huffington Post to the Los Angeles Times. And both were writing about a particular California experience.

( California here we come )