Cassandra Dallett, MK Chavez, and Tongo Eisen-Martin reading for Quiet Lightning during Lagunitas‘ pop-up beer garden in Ghirardelli Square on Saturday, June 25 2016: This…
Raul Ruiz + Annelyse Gelman read for Quiet Lightning as part of UnderCover Presents: Radiohead’s Kid A on Saturday, Jun 4 and Sunday, Jun 5…
Song with conviction! History with truth! Experience with spirit! All in the name of our prophet, Rosa! On Tuesday April 19th 2016 (Year of our…
Sitting in his office at the Museum of the African Diaspora, where he’s served as deputy director since September, Michael Warr holds a copy of…
An interview with Alexandra Mattraw, from The Write Stuff series: Alexandra Mattraw is an Oakland poet who curates an art, reading, and performance series called…
Paperback releases are tricky: You’ve already done a tour for the hardcover, your friends and family and neighbors and their friends came out to see…
An interview with Christine No, from The Write Stuff series: When people ask what do you do, you tell them…? I giggle. I cringe. I…
The Booksmith has a rare full-time job opening for Events Manager! If you’ve been, you know the Haight’s bookstore not only hosts celebrities and thinkers (i.e. Neil Gaiman, Adam Johnson, Mary Roach,…
Jesús Castillo and Sonja Bjelic read to celebrate the publication of Castillo’s first collection of poems, Remains (McSweeney’s), at Alley Cat Books in San Francisco on Jun 17, 2016:
Jason Bayani, Keith Ekiss, Dean Rader, Brynn Saito, and Tess Taylor respond to Modern Eden’s exhibition Portraits of Friends on June 16, 2016, part of the Art, Readings, & Reactions series produced by Quiet Lightning + ArtSpan….