With their recent mandated closure due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the wonderful people at Dog Eared Books Castro are hoping to raise money to pay…
On this week’s episode of Aurum, we interview Sisu. Sisu is not just a zine; it’s a community art project dedicated to uplifting and supporting…
In the inaugural episode, Claire and Sophia discuss the character trope of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, its effects on real women, and how the…
Born in Ecuador, Mauro Javier Cardenas planned to return home after receiving an education in the United States, with the intention of changing the political…
Shortly after winning the 2013 National Book Award for her second collection of poems, Incarnadine, Portland’s Mary Szybist told the Paris Review that she started…
Why There Are Words, which formed as a monthly Sausalito-based reading series in January 2010 (which I wrote about at the time and have several times…
For the past 40 years Neeli Cherkovski has been living in San Francisco, where he’s put out 16 books and developed an international reputation as…
Entering the Department of Make Believe has a peculiar effect on people. “It’s almost like a weird therapy,” Tavia Stewart-Streit, Chapter 510 co-founder and chief…
Recovering from what he called his “latest romantic tragedy” back in 1993, Will Viharo turned down a movie recommendation from his father, which happened to…
Five years ago, at the age of 70, Howard Junker retired from Zyzzyva, the literary magazine he founded in 1985. In need of something to…