Interspecies Assemblage: The San Gabriel Valley through the lens of Jesús Romo
Text by Daniel Talamantes, photos by Jesús Romo Taking Shape of the River “In it, you realize the river has no shape,” reflects Jesús Romo on his photo, “Riding in the River.” The photo depicts a pair...
View ArticleWelcoming Our New Editor
As long-time readers of Boom California, it has been an honor to work with artists, writers, poets, student interns, and scholars to think deeply about California’s past, present, and future. Raised...
View ArticleA Kiss across the Ocean
Richard T. Rodríguez A FRIEND NAMED SIOUX In their introduction to the anthology Goth: Undead Subculture, Lauren M. E. Goodlad and Michael Bibby identify Sioux as one of goth’s founding figures. They...
View ArticleArise!: Global Radicalism in the Era of the Mexican Revolution
By Christina Heatherton Excerpted from Arise!: Global Radicalism in the Era of the Mexican Revolution by Christina Heatherton, published by the University of California Press. © 2022 How to Make a Map...
View ArticleKinship and Cultural Resistance to Environmental Racism in Avocado Heights,...
Kinship and Cultural Resistance to Environmental Racism in Avocado Heights, California On December 13, 2022, Quemetco, Inc. (also known as Ecobat), a battery smelter in City of Industry, California,...
View Article“The Correct Way of Writing the Indian Language”: Juan Dolores at the...
Andrew Garrett Adapted from The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall: Language, Memory, and Indigenous California, by Andrew Garrett, published by The MIT Press (to appear in 2023). It rained for ten days in late...
View ArticleNatural Consequences: Intimate Essays for a Planet in Peril
By: Char Miller This Land is Their Land However polite its title, the 1891 “Petition to the Senators and Representatives of the Congress of the United States in the Behalf of the Remnants of the...
View ArticleLetter From Claremont: Mike Davis is Dying
By: David Goldblatt Indeed I live in the dark ages!A guileless word is an absurdity. A smooth forehead betokensA hard heart. He who laughsHas not yet heardThe terrible tidings. Ah, what an age it...
View ArticleThink Like a Watershed: An Interview with Environmental Analyst and Historian...
At the start of a new year, BOOM California editors sat to talk with Char Miller, environmental historian and director of environmental analysis at Pomona College in Claremont, California. A senior...
View ArticleJustice and the Interstates: The Racist Truth about Urban Highways
Latino Interchanges: Greater East Los Angeles in the Freeway Era By: Gilbert Estrada and Jerry González Why Eastside Los Angeles? With a lack of Eastside financial capital, a dearth of political...
View ArticleIt’s the Stories We Tell Ourselves
On the Front Porch with Oakland Activist David Peters An Interview by Dr. Gregory Downs On the front porch of his house in West Oakland’s Hoover-Foster neighborhood, across the street from one of the...
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