updated 20 Nov. 2003
CHAPTERS   1 | The Media   2 | Technology   3 | Education   4 | Gender Roles   5 | United Kingdom?   6 | Politics GB   7 | Minorities GB   8 | Postcolonial Exp.   9 | Ireland 10 | Politics USA 11 | American Dream 12 | American Frontier 13 | New York / South 14 | Los Angeles 15 | Religion/USA 16 | Melting Pot SPECIAL FEATURES SF 1 | Music & the Arts SF 2 | Young People SF 3 | Britain - Europe SF 4 | Class / GB SF 5 | Health & Wealth SF 6 | USA - World SF 7 | Values USA SF 8 | Civil Rights SF 9 | Religion GB			Chapter 14: Los Angeles Helen Hunt Jackson - biographical sketch of the author of Ramona, the first text (excerpt) of this chapter in Viewfinder Special Raymond Carver (1938-1988): biography (Carver's short stories are not actually set in Los Angeles, but the Robert Altman film Short Cuts, which uses several of Carver's stories) Fred Moramarco: "Carver's couples talk about love" - essay on a characteristic motif in Carver's stories California Authors: "an online literary hub for the West Coast's finest writers and their readers" (essays, short stories, excerpts from novels, reviews)