So Cal

In So Cal: Dispatches from the End of the World, Joe Donnelly's second collection of nonfiction, the title says a lot. The bulk of it is set in the lower third of the Golden State, and even when they're not they ooze a certain SoCal leaning. Reading through the pieces that follow, I was floored by his ability to breathe freshness into every scene and description --Jamie Brisick, from his Foreword.