David Ulin Wonders What City Life Will Look Like in the Future
Hosted by Paul Holdengräber, The Quarantine Tapes chronicles shifting paradigms in the age of social distancing. Each day, Paul calls a guest for a brief discussion about how they are experiencing the global pandemic.
Today on episode 85 of The Quarantine Tapes, Paul Holdengräber and writer David Ulin discuss Los Angeles in the last few months, how the pandemic is changing public space, and speculate on what city life might look like as we move through this time. David and Paul also talk about walking, monuments, and the consolation they can draw from reading literature about previous plagues throughout history.
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David Ulin is the author or editor of a dozen books, including Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles, shortlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Lannan Foundation, and teaches at the University of Southern California.
