Sep 2, 2012 1
Feb 15, 2012 2
STRETCHYHEAD BY IAN TUTTLE: the beautiful complexities of ghost hunting in a found city
“Upon finishing Ian Tuttle‘s, StretchyHead, (PAC Books, 2011) I wanted every aspiring writer in San Francisco to read it. Though mostly only if you lived in San Francisco and were an aspiring writer.
The second time I finished it I wanted to go to these places, place my head down ear flat on counters and bars and look for the perspiration of these characters. I would be best off calling that ghost hunting, but I wanted to do it. To know them, a little more. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 20, 2011 0
WHY THERE ARE WORDS: sticking your finger in the infant flytrap, always almost out of gas, subdued human voices and the treachery of snoring stories
Oct 16, 2011 0
WEEK IN PREVIEW: featured events
Are you tired or inspired? Yes, it can be both. Litquake might have overtaken your entire life for the previous 9 days, but there’s a slew of righteous events coming up this week that deserve your attention. You might not be able to make any of these; there are definitely events on our calendar you won’t see here, which is not to say they won’t be great events. As it happens, even the unchanging has been known to inspire.
Below, however, are events we think you should try to make it to… or at least know more about. Let’s try this for a few weeks and see how it works. Please, feel free to suggest a future event to be featured… make your case! Read the rest of this entry »
May 9, 2011 1
QUIET LIGHTNING: beneath market
They went underground, happy to read their poems and stories where no one would hear them but the people who joined them to hear them, them being likeminded authors and not necessarily them—implying only friends and family and acquaintances might attend—but also enthusiasts of the series* might, might attend to hear the likes of them. They went underground because there they could express themselves unadulterated and likeminded people would listen, and maybe… more than just maybe, when they walked back up to the street they would reemerge different than they entered.
Quiet Lightning struck Café Du Nord for the first time with a special full show by The Secret Secretaries on Monday, May 2 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 3, 2010 1
QUIET LIGHTNING, loud first year
Tues Nov 30 10, 111 Minna Gallery
12 shows in 12 months. It doesn’t seem possible, even when I tape the corresponding postcards together onto a mural on my wall and put the 10 books we’ve published on the surface of my bed. I talk a little bit more over here. But let’s get to the videos: Read the rest of this entry »
