title: Los Angeles Water Works: Histories of Water and Place
author: Studio for Southern California History
description: This book is co-authored collectively through the Studio for Southern California History by Heather Agnew, Nancy Bautista, Kevin Cabrera, George Castillo, Gabrielle Garcia, Kristin Hargrove, Jason Hong, Michelle Alexandra Lopez, Deanna Matsumoto, Mark OMeany, Rosa Mazon, Shawn Neill, Megyn Rugh, Hilary Ribbens, Sharon Sekhon and Sarah Wise. Poems have been contributed by Marne Carmean, Ophelia Chong, Gabrielle Garcia, Olga Garca Echeverra, Jeremy Hight, Lisa Hight, Theresia Rosa Kleeman, Lewis MacAdams, Marilynn Montao, Jim Natal, Toshiyuki Boshicho Okamura, Sharon Sekhon, Mike Sonksen and Susan Suntree. The cover art is by Linda Vallejo and is from 2004 and titled Salt Flats, Death Valley. Photographs by Michael Prather and Sharon Sekhon.
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