A note from our friends at McSweeney’s: These are trying times at the McSweeney’s Poetry Series. Not because we don’t have oodles of incredible work…
A profile of Mondo Bummer Books on the occasion of their fifth anniversary: The adage not to judge a book by its cover has perhaps never…
Re-posting this message from the folks over at the budding La Commune Cafe and Bookstore. I believe in these guys and what they’re doing over at…
I recently spoke with Voice of Witness executive editor mimi lok and Palestine Speaks editors Cate Malek and Mateo Hoke to do a short profile for The San Francisco…
Eileen Myles giving the keynote talk at Alette in Oakland: A Symposium on the Work of Alice Notley, as organized by The Bay Area Public…
You write a character we can root for, and then throw them into jeopardy. – David Mitchell, on how to construct a narrative David Mitchell, author…
A note from Nicole Trigg: Oakland’s favorite free, radical and volunteer-run school is back in action with a new location, a new website, a new…
a mini-guide to Fall books and events for SF Weekly‘s seasonal Arts guide
“Before Enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After Enlightenment, chop wood and carry water.” – old Buddhist proverb City Lights was so packed that people…