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"Babe in Paradise," the title story of Silver’s 2001 collection, focuses on a young woman and her troubled relationships in Los Angeles.

Silver’s Direction Home (2005) chronicles the experiences of two boys and a teenaged girl who travel to Los Angeles where they come to understand the complexities of family dynamics as they find a new home.

Understanding the Riots: Los Angeles before and after the Rodney King Case (1992), by Coffey Shelby III, explores the tensions that contributed to the riots, including problems in the Los Angeles Police Department,...

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