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BARBERSHOP READING: off and over the top

BARBERSHOP READING: off and over the top

October 18, 2011

[youtube_video width=399 height=233]Barbershop[/youtube_video]

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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS: these are the books

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS: these are the books

Event Review, Scene

(Evan Karp) After a long year of books, book tours, new adventures in social media prostitution (whatever that means), and a surge in series and…

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WHY THERE ARE WORDS: the golden bridge

WHY THERE ARE WORDS: the golden bridge

January 20, 2011

Event Review, Scene, Statement

Thurs Jan 13 11, Studio 333 (Evan Karp) This past week Why There Are Words celebrated its first anniversary by inviting some of its inaugural…

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Writers With Drinks
The popular monthly literary variety show features three phenomenal local authors with new books: Alvin Orloff ("Disasterama! Adventures in the Queer Underground"), Olga Zilberbourg ("Like Water and Other Stories"), and Megan E. O'Keefe ("Velocity Weapon"), with others to be announced soon. This month's show will be guest emceed by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, author of "Also An […]
Vera Polozka in San Francisco
Celebrated Russian poet Vera Polozka makes her US debut in San Francisco with her show "High Resolution", which combines live poetry recital with precisely timed music and visuals. Polozka became a sensation in contemporary Russian poetry at the age of 15, with her first book. She's been performing and recording with live music since 2011; […]
Kelsey St. Press 45th Anniversary Celebration
Founded in 1974 to address the marginalization of women writers by small press and mainstream publishers, the pioneering, influential East Bay-based nonprofit Kelsey Street Press celebrates its 45th anniversary with featured readings by poets Mei-mei Berssenbrugge ("I Love Artists: New and Selected Poems"), Ching-In Chen ("recombinant"), and Andrea Abi-Karam ("Extratransmission"). Co-presented by The Poetry Center […]