Jesse Katz, a journalist who's covered gangs for the Los Angeles Times and was a staff writer at L.A. Magazine, chronicles his experience as a well-intentioned liberal Jewish dad, married to an immigrant without papers, father to a traumatized immigrant stepson, and father to a biracial biological son. In Los Angeles, naturally.

His new book is big on small details adn the scarcely contained chaos of life. Including the Monterey Park Little League he ends up commissioner of.

Read a review of The Opposite Field.

Upcoming Readings: Nov 13 Greenleaf Yoga, Whittier 7:30 pm
Nov 14 Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural, Sylmar, 1 pm,
Nov 15 Costco in Montebello, 1 pm
Nov 17 Bruggemeyer Library, Monterey Park, 7 pm