Lou Mathews

Beyond the Beach: Searching for Community in SoCal Neighborhoods, Saturday, May 4th, 5:00 – 6:00pm, Mountain View Mausoleum

Lou Mathews is the author of the novels L.A. Breakdown, an L.A. Times Best Book, and Shaky Town , long-listed for 2022 Tournament-of-books, both from Tiger Van Books. He has received a Pushcart Prize, A Katherine Anne Porter Prize and California Arts Commission and NEA Fellowships in Fiction. He has taught in UCLA Extension’s acclaimed creative writing program since 1989. His short stories have been published in ZZZYVYA, New England Review, Short Story, Black Clock, and more than forty other literary magazines. His new novel Hollywoodski, is due out in January 2025.