(Nicole McFeely) In this January 2011 article, Why There Are Words won Litseen’s first (and only) award for Classiest Reading Series. For those of you…
(Evan Karp) With a forthcoming series at the Conservatory of Flowers called The Greenhouse Effect just around the corner, Quiet Lightning filled The Emerald Tablet…
(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,…
(Maureen Blennerhassett) Before I publicly criticize a New York Times best seller, a cult icon, a writer whose words I admire, let me just say…
(Evan Karp) In case you haven’t noticed, Portuguese Artists Colony is en fuego. There’s something about confines that allows us to grow, and when we…
(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…
(Evan Karp) Carey Tennis hosted Portuguese Artists Colony this month as Caitlin Myer, founder of the San Francisco-based series visited Portugal for the first time….
(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…
(Nicole McFeely) City Lights was filling up fast, but there was still one seat available, and it was sandwiched between me and a nice-enough-looking gentleman…
On Thursday, Jun 23 ZYZZYVA and the Squaw Valley Community of Writers organized a Bay Area benefit to help Dean Young absorb the staggering costs of his recent heart transplant. An exceptional roster of poets each read one of Dean’s poems and one of their own.