At the end of the night, Sat Jun 18 11, when the raffle and auction were over, I saw one poet hand another poet a stack of bills so big that I swear, for a moment, I thought we could do anything.
(Evan Karp) Youth Speaks is a multi-faceted organization that understands and believes that the power, insight, creativity, and passion of young people can change the…
(Evan Karp) A group of poets formed a constellation to benefit the poet with a new heart, who might, as one suggested, grow a new…
(Evan Karp) I lived in Fruitvale for 11 of last year’s months and worked in Berkeley for most of that time, and had a pretty…
(Nicole McFeely) Many of us have wondered what the hell they’re thinking. Filling the rooftop rows of sightseeing buses with their sun hats and disposable…
(Evan Karp) At first it was your turn. You were handed a book of poems by a local author you had never read. You read…
(Evan Karp) I contract. I dilate. “Push! Push!” I wax. I wane. “Push! You can do it!” … “Congratulations! It’s a nonprofit organization.” At some…
(Evan Karp) Unlike most of the reading series I’ve been to, Babylon Salon is not usually filled with people I know. That’s not to say…
(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…
(Maureen Blennerhassett) On the first of June, I was sitting in the Main Library’s auditorium. It was the first day of my favorite month, of…