{"product_id":"hollywood-notebook-essays-9780810148581","title":"Hollywood Notebook: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eA cartography of Hollywood and transformational wanderings, back in print\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A daylight traipse through early-aughts Los Angeles, \u003ci\u003eHollywood Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e encapsulates the powerful feelings and hopeful futures of twentysomething Wendy C. Ortiz. In this boundary-defying sister memoir to \u003ci\u003eBruja\u003c\/i\u003e, Ortiz navigates internal maps as she traverses external palm-treed streets, moving through her youthful twenties and into the pensiveness of her thirties. Peering at what lies ahead while dipping her toes into the past, Ortiz shows us that there is no place like Hollywood to unearth the joys of success and the blows of mistakes--both realized and denied. An innovative and bold examination of the daytime roaming mind, \u003ci\u003eHollywood Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e is a cartography of love, loss, and transformation in the face of a brilliant psyche in a vibrant city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWENDY C. ORTIZ \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer of creative nonfiction who works in hybrid forms, essays, and memoir. She is the author of three books, all published by Northwestern University Press. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFence\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other journals. Ortiz is a therapist in private practice in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51243699077394,"sku":"9780810148581","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1d126943-cfc2-4524-860a-3c168a3874cd.jpg?v=1745869039","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hollywood-notebook-essays-9780810148581","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}