(Evan Karp) You can’t pick this up but it can still infect you. “I was left alone in the courtyard, and for a minute I…
(Charles Kruger) When “Lyrics and Dirges” takes over Pegasus Books in Berkeley for their monthly reading series, readers will often include nationally known writers along…
(Evan Karp) After adding the brilliant Jen G to replace Andrew Paul Nelson, who is busy with the band, the new shit show is in…
(Charles Kruger) Beloved poet/teacher/activist and Mills College MFA Meg Day has been a huge contributor to the Bay Area literary scene for the past several years. She…
(Evan Karp) Dear Reader, What can we expect […?] Everything, but we won’t get it. — Frank O’Hara, “Personism: A Manifesto” We almost always leave…
(Charles Kruger) In Japan, Jack Hirschman would surely be designated as a “Living National Treasure.” In America, he should at least receive honors at the…
(Evan Karp) As I set out to write about this past week something unexpected happened: my conscious mind admitted that no matter how loud it…
(Charles Kruger) My beloved and much-admired writing teacher, the great Jack Grapes, often tells his students, “Talent is the enemy of genius.” He is making…
(Evan Karp) August. When the unaccountable rises up like a cobra and tortures you with stillness. Only the temperature is pleasant, the cobra a construct…
(Evan Karp) Don’t take it for granted. The Rumpus loves you from the start. It’s not just a theme. Monday, August 8 11 was an…