When Time referred to Kenneth Rexroth as the “Father of the Beats,’ he said, “An entomologist is not a bug.” That seems a bit off, though,…
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- EastWest StoryfestEth-Noh-Tec, a kinetic story theater organized by artists Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, presents a night of storytelling from near and far: Karin Amano, from Mt. Airy, GA; Linda Yemoto, from Berkeley, CA; Anne Shimojima, from Lorton Grove, IL; Motoko, from Amherst, CA; Kiran Rana, from Alameda, CA; and Archy Arch J (Archy Jamjun), from […]
- Sarah Rose Etter with Trisha Low & Tommy PicoSarah Rose Etter ("Tongue Party") celebrates her anticipated debut novel "The Book of X" with a launch party featuring poets Trisha Low and Tommy Pico. The book follows Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot, from childhood on the family meat farm to a desk job in the […]
- M. the Heir ApparentIn 2015, after Berkeley-based songwriter Kyle Terrizzi immersed himself in the I Ching, which he stumbled on in a used bookstore, he was inspired to abandon his previous work (The Plastic Arts) to launch a new creative life as M. the Heir Apparent. Drawing comparisons to Ed Sheeran and Jeff Buckley, the literary musician is […]