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BE ABOUT IT #8: rich

June 1, 2014
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

Alexandra Naughton hosted a release party for Be About It #8 at Cassandra Dallett‘s house in Oakland on May 24 14. Readings by: Jason Schenheit Joel…

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CROWS IN THE STORKS NEST: lee foust, vernon keeve iii + carleen tibbetts

August 20, 2013
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists
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THE EDGE OF MAYBE: ericka lutz reads + discusses process at the booksmith

THE EDGE OF MAYBE: ericka lutz reads + discusses process at the booksmith

March 24, 2012
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

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ERICKA LUTZ: the edge of maybe

ERICKA LUTZ: the edge of maybe

February 27, 2012
Evan Karp
Book Review, NEWS, REVIEWS, Upcoming Events

The Edge of Maybe is a wonderful portrait of East Bay culture that examines what happens when outsiders pierce the tenuous bubbles of lifestyle and family,…

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WEEK IN REVIEW: toothpicks and chainsaws and meadows (o mai)

WEEK IN REVIEW: toothpicks and chainsaws and meadows (o mai)

August 7, 2011
Evan Karp
Scene, Week in Review

(Evan Karp) This article does not have a lead sentence. Within even new forms there are forms long-clichéd. How many people does it take to…

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WEEK IN PREVIEW: what it is, and stop messing around with it

WEEK IN PREVIEW: what it is, and stop messing around with it

July 31, 2011
Nicole McFeely
Week in Preview

(Nicole McFeely) Featured Event: Saturday, August 6th– Cabaret Cabernet Bands, poets, burlesque—get all of that and more at this week’s featured event, Cabaret Cabernet, hosted by…

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CONDENSERY: oakland is better than you

CONDENSERY: oakland is better than you

June 23, 2011
Evan Karp
Event Review, Scene, Statement

(Evan Karp) I lived in Fruitvale for 11 of last year’s months and worked in Berkeley for most of that time, and had a pretty…

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  • Yang Huang
    Bay Area-based Yang Huang reads from her story collection "My Old Faithful," which won the 2017 Juniper Prize. Edie Meidav, judge for the prize, said: "Imagine Ferrante telling a family's story from prismatic perspectives and you come close to Huang's triumph." The book follows what Huang calls the "grass people" of China: middle-class citizens with […]

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