(Evan Karp) For a show that came together last-minute, this was a goddamn doozy. AOL purchased Burning Man. We went through a list of 370+…
(Evan Karp) One of the more interesting things going on in the Bay Area lit world right now is 1st Person Singular. In a great…
(Stellar Cassidy) She is part romantic, part bad ass; part Mary Oliver, part Charles Bukowski; part musician, part poet, and unafraid of letting all these…
(Charles Kruger) Sam Sax, Nic Alea and Andrew Paul Nelson organized New Poetry Mission a few months ago. What they had in mind was a reading…
(Evan Karp) Because of a free, two-hour introductory sail, a woman quit her job, sold everything she owned, and put all her savings down to…
(Evan Karp) They were allowed to play that afternoon. It was only two blocks away, their own personal Garden of Eden. Pouring their lives into…
(Nicole McFeely) Beautiful. Simple. Quiet brick. Mixed wood. Cushioned chairs. They offered us cookies and tea, but should we touch anything? Should we? The Matthews…
(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…