(Charles Kruger) Astonishingly, the San Francisco literary scene continues to grow and expand. When my friends and I hear of a new series starting up,…
(Charles Kruger) The ‘Lectric Collective consists of Jillian Roberts, Kelsa Trom and Sarah Rothberg, friends who attended UC Berkeley together to study creative writing. They…
(Charles Kruger) Poetry Center San Jose is one of those organizations that transcends the hip, quietly toiling away in the background to nurture the poetry…
(Charles Kruger) Pegasus Books has been a Berkeley institution since 1969, if you count its first incarnation as Pellucidar Books. For all these years, they…
(Rick Kleffel) “I’m interested in any kind of numinosity at all, but i don’t know that i’m actually a believer.” —Charles Kruger Coming from the man…
(Charles Kruger) Here’s a little secret: Rumpus founder Stephen Elliott, perennially childlike Peter Pan, outre sexual adventurer and provocateur, former sex worker, serial confessionalist, one…
(Charles Kruger) This past Friday night (6/10/11), I attended the now bi-monthly Literary Death Match, at the Elbo Room. I have a love-hate relationship with…
(Rick Kleffel) “…when you got the other person’s new chapter you had no idea what it was going to be…” —David Hayward Lisa Lutz and…
(Charles Kruger) Since 2006, InsideStoryTime has been one of the premiere reading series in San Francisco. And for good reason. You won’t find three more…
(Rick Kleffel) 10 Rules for Writing When I first told Capitola Book Café that I had snagged Jasper Fforde as a guest for the March…