We spent about three years researching and writing. Free Press, even the Free Venice Beachhead Underground Weekly. How long did it take you to do the necessary research and then write Set the Night on Fire?įortunately many of the key archival sources are online now-the L.A. And then, of course, the anti-war movement, the women’s movement, gay liberation, and the counterculture. The book was Mike Davis’s idea, conceived more than a decade ago-he had written about the Sunset Strip riots of 1966-67, which opened up the issue of other forms of Los Angeles protest during the sixties-especially the Black civil rights struggle, and then the Chicano movement. What was your inspiration for Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties and he recently agreed to talk about it with Daryl Maxwell for the LAPL Blog. His latest book, co-authored with Mike Davis, is Set the Night on Fire: L.A.
history at UC Irvine, and his books include Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files, and How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey across America.
Jon Wiener is a longtime Contributing Editor at The Nation and host and producer of “Start Making Sense,” the magazine’s weekly podcast.
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