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Uptown Thief by Aya de Leon

Sex work, politics and robbing the rich: Aya de Leon’s Uptown Thief

July 31, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Out Loud

A Berkeley native, Aya de Leon has long married social justice activism and the arts, producing subversive work in popular forms. From 1998 to 2008,…

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Solmaz Sharif by Arash Saedinia

Poet sees military terms as violence against language

July 14, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Out Loud

What began as a poetic rewrite of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms has become the first book by Solmaz…

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Michael Warr by Patricia Zamora

Poetry as form of protest in new Norton Anthology

June 30, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Out Loud

Sitting in his office at the Museum of the African Diaspora, where he’s served as deputy director since September, Michael Warr holds a copy of…

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Janis Cooke Newman by Michael Noble Jr., The Chronicle

Riverhead Table: Janis Cooke Newman

June 26, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Out Loud

Paperback releases are tricky: You’ve already done a tour for the hardcover, your friends and family and neighbors and their friends came out to see…

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Jesús Castillo brings long-form poetry to McSweeney’s

Jesús Castillo brings long-form poetry to McSweeney’s

June 16, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Interview, Out Loud

On a whim, at age 23, Jesús Castillo bought a pack of index cards, and for the next two years carried a small stack of…

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Bay Area Book Festival 2015 by Richard Friedman

Cherilyn Parsons risked it all on Bay Area Book Festival

June 1, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Interview, Out Loud

When Cherilyn Parsons quit her job to start the Bay Area Book Festival, she had no funding and no experience producing large-scale events. At the…

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Flor y Canto 2015 by Cesar Coraizaca

Flor y Canto 2016: Poetry Does Matter in Our Times

May 19, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Interview, Out Loud

Last year, San Francisco Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguía revived the Flor y Canto festival, which began its contemporary incarnation in the United States at the University…

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Oakland Book Festival 2015 by Nicole Fraser-Herron (web)

Ideas Behind the Oakland Book Festival

May 19, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Interview, Out Loud

It happens once a year now: Oakland’s City Hall is transformed into the venue for a daylong free festival of ideas. Timothy Don and Kira…

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Alan Soldofsky by Geoffrey Smith III

San Jose State exalts its tradition of poetry

May 7, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Out Loud

Ten years ago, as San Jose State University celebrated its 150th anniversary, a new tradition was born. “It’s kind of amusing,” said Alan Soldofsky, a…

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Kuwentuhan (Talkstory) + Write of Way Literary Festival

Kuwentuhan (Talkstory) + Write of Way Literary Festival

April 21, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Out Loud

Awarded a Creative Work Fund grant for the third time since 2004, The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University has partnered with Barbara Jane…

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