BBobby McGlynn
Bobby McGlynn listens to Los Angeles with a sound engineer's ear, tuning into the hum of trolley wires, the crackle of vinyl from a sidewalk stall, and the syncopated rhythm of crosswalk signals. His writing turns the city's ambient noise into intimate portraits of the people and places that give it a voice.
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