East of the River: A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood by Rosales, Guadalupe
East of the River: A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood by Rosales, Guadalupe

East of the River: A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood

From acclaimed artist and Instagram star Guadalupe Rosales comes this moonlit memoir, a visually stunning, poignant account...
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Author: Guadalupe Rosales
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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East of the River: A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood by Rosales, Guadalupe

East of the River: A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood

$42.00
East of the River: A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood by Rosales, Guadalupe

East of the River: A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood

$42.00
Author: Guadalupe Rosales
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
From acclaimed artist and Instagram star Guadalupe Rosales comes this moonlit memoir, a visually stunning, poignant account of growing up in '90s Los Angeles that weaves stories with snapshots and social media moments.

"A vibrant and wild time capsule of a '90s girlhood in East L.A., assembled by a chronicler who lived it, breathed it, danced it . . . Her evocative pics and tenderly witnessed stories are a treasure trove."--Quiara Alegría Hudes, author and playwright

Guadalupe Rosales chronicles her Boyle Heights childhood and adolescence in East LA, finding joy and danger from Commerce Center to Whittier Boulevard. Her frank, intimate prose captures the freedom and fear pulsing through that time and how sisterhood helped her survive it.

After losing loved ones to violence and struggling with drugs and depression, Rosales moved across the country to New York City. A stack of starshots from her youth became a lifeline and eventually inspired her to create two Instagram archives while she was away from home: Veteranas and Rucas celebrates '90s LA women, while Map Pointz focuses on the party crew scene. Thanks to her, they're thriving online communities.

Now this beloved artist--whose work hangs in the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and elsewhere--extends her project of collective memory by sharing her own story of adolescence in a treacherous time, finding herself as an artist far from home, coming to terms with her own queerness, and returning to her beloved Los Angeles transformed. Elegantly designed, the text is interspersed with photography, flyers, Rosales's own artwork, and social media conversations.

An altar to a past era and a map to the future, this book is a reminder that memory, celebration, and community make us whole.

Author: Guadalupe Rosales
Publisher: One World
Published: 09/08/2026
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780593447260


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2026

About the Author
Guadalupe Rosales is a multidisciplinary artist and educator best known for her community-generated archival projects, "Veteranas and Rucas" and "Map Pointz," found on social media. The archives explore ideas about how history and culture are framed and who does the framing. As a counterpoint, the archive celebrates, humanizes and reflects the positive and honest attributes of shared culture. In her studio practice, Guadalupe works with sculpture, photography, video, sound, drawing, and community based projects and collaborations, and the archive.
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