CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD

"Nighthawks" (1942), an oil on canvas by American artist Edward Hopper The following piece appeared in Deadline, a publication of the Summer Program for Minority Journalists at the University of California at Berkeley, on September 5, 1980. The night titillates. It frightens. And it soothes the voyagers who are swallowed by it. The night belongs to those who work the graveyard shift. Thomas T. Blaeser, 22, stands in a fluorescent booth at an Emeryville service station from 11

“Last night was nothing more than one of those desperate lunges at intimacy so common in this part of the world, where sex is easy and loneliness rampant.” – Turn On, Tune Out Read more about Los Angeles in 2033: https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Tune-CYNTHIA-ADINA-KIRKWOOD/dp/9899987301/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1496046360&sr=1-1&keywords=turn+on%2C+tune+out #loneliness