"Birdhouse" is an autobiographical first person novel about Frank Rozasy, an artist living in a loft space on Main Street, one of the meanest streets in Downtown Los Angeles in 1980. It's a story of his encounters with an eclectic assortment of struggling artists in this gritty part of Los Angeles and gives a unique spin to the artist lifestyle. This book was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast" and Gertrude Stein's "The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas."