It was not until adolescence, and only because of a shared love for poetry, that Bill Berkson learned that his father’s side of the family…
When Timothy Don and Kira Brunner Don decided they wanted to put together an Oakland literary festival of ideas, they reached out to local organizations…
An interview profile of ZYZZYVA’s editors Laura Cogan and Oscar Villalon on the journal’s 30th anniversary, in anticipation of the 30-year celebration party on May 29, 2015. First published in SF Weekly.
Last year, more than 90 bookstores across the state participated in the inaugural California Bookstore Day, throwing special events and carrying items created specifically for…
When Monique Lewis received her master’s degree in creative writing from Wilkes University in Pennsylvania, she didn’t want the experience to end. “I wanted to…
I recently met up with Matthew Siegel and Tracey Knapp, and emailed with Lisa Ciccarello, leading up to a reading by the three poets this Friday, February 20th…
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…
“The force that through the green fuse drives the flower / Drives my green age…” — Dylan Thomas When I arrived at the Focus Gallery…
July Westhale talks with Matthew Zapruder in the latest installment of hello, typewriter.
I saw Mary Roach at the roadie event for Notes & Words, which is on May 18, because she’s one of the featured performers that…