Dan Fante is the author of the new short story collection Short Dog (NYTimes review here), as well as plays, short stories and probably unpublished poetry. All of it is tough, real, raw, and utterly Los Angeles. Born and raised in the city, he&#8217;s worked enough crummy jobs to write 20 more novels, and here&#8217;s…

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Erick Galindo is an award-winning writer, director, and journalist from Southeast L.A. His work spans TV, film, podcasts, and essays that explore the intersection of identity, culture, and chaos in Los Angeles.

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Memo Torres is the Director of Engagement and multimedia journalist for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco. He is also the host of the Daily Memo and writes for Apple Maps’ ‘Where Memo Torres Eats in L.A.’ You can see him on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles and Pressure Cooker.  You can hear him on KCRW’s ‘Good Food’ occasionally. He was a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino journalists and a former third-generation landscaper.

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