On January 15, Bay Area Writers Resist, in solidarity with Writers Resist groups around the world, hosted a night of readings and recommitment to Democracy—a benefit…
Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Jeremiah Barber were sitting on their couch, horrified by Donald Trump’s 100-day plan. “It occurred to us that he’s such a…
Quiet Lightning presents their 103rd show outside the Montgomery Street BART Station, curated by Evan Karp + Kate Folk and performed live on Jan 2, 2017: A.D. Winans…
From the website: 100 Days Action is a counternarrative to Trump’s one hundred day plan. A calendar of activist and artistic strategy, 100 Days Action…
In the midst of a feud with the poet Denise Levertov about the possibilities of politically motivated art, George Oppen wrote his only essay, “The…
An interview with Matt Carney, from The Write Stuff series: What’s your biggest struggle—work or otherwise? Excess. If someone said I want to do what you do, what…
Quiet Lightning presents their 102nd show at the Tenderloin Museum, curated by Josey Rose Duncan + Jonathan Carroll and performed live on Dec 5, 2016, QL’s seven year anniversary show: Rohan DaCosta…
Cleve Jones’ new memoir, When We Rise: My Life in the Movement, begins with a single-sentence paragraph: “The movement saved my life.” “That’s not rhetoric,…
For two months in 1913, the San Francisco Bulletin published daily installments of the autobiography of an anonymous prostitute the paper called Alice Smith. Her…
Quiet Lightning presents their 101st show at The American Bookbinders Museum, curated by Kelsey Schimmelman + Christine No and performed live on Nov 7, 2016: Wesley Cohen josé vadi Kate Ambash…