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SANDRA CISNEROS: her marvelous journey

SANDRA CISNEROS: her marvelous journey

November 7, 2015
Rebecca Samuelson
Event Review, REVIEWS

Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street and the new nonfiction collection A House of My Own: Stories From My Life came to The First Congregational Church…

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HELL AND GOOD COMPANY: The Spanish Civil War

HELL AND GOOD COMPANY: The Spanish Civil War

March 9, 2015
Steven Gray
Columns, Event Review, REVIEWS, Reviews by Steven Gray

When I walked out of the train station in Barcelona, I was confronted with a machine gun. Someone in the Guardia Civil was interested in…

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HAPPY BABIES INDEED: opening the year at bernal yoga literary series

January 19, 2015
Xan Roberti
C4 YOURSELF, Event Review, Playlists, REVIEWS

Pillows and blankets are not average fair for a reading series, but at Bernal Yoga, they are. In its tenth year, the Bernal Yoga Literary…

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It’s Henry Miller Time: a new study by David Calonne

It’s Henry Miller Time: a new study by David Calonne

January 15, 2015
Steven Gray
Columns, Event Review, REVIEWS, Reviews by Steven Gray

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the…

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I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE MACARONI: macaroni necklace 2.1

November 10, 2014
Sarah Carpenter
Event Review, REVIEWS

Justin Carder opened E.M. Wolfman, an independent bookstore, in April of this year. What kind of bookstore thinks it can survive in this day and…

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DAVID MITCHELL AND ADAM JOHNSON @ THE KABUKI THEATER

October 22, 2014
Christopher Steffen
Event Review, I WOULD SAY, Overheard, REVIEWS

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…

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A TURBULENT INFINITY AT CITY LIGHTS: henri michaux

A TURBULENT INFINITY AT CITY LIGHTS: henri michaux

October 2, 2014
Steven Gray
Columns, Event Review, REVIEWS, Reviews by Steven Gray

I settle into the prism… tone of solemnity… pulse of the window…. – Henri Michaux I was on the second floor of City Lights ,…

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ANTHOLOGY SF: openness, all around

June 28, 2014
Mick Harris
Event Review, REVIEWS

How do you write? If you’re at all like me you sit in front of the computer at odd hours, often with food in your…

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SCENE MISSING: leave it to weaver

June 23, 2014
Christopher Steffen
Event Review, REVIEWS

Entering The Cinecave has always had some speakeasy, rite-of-passage to it. One minute you are standing in the eclectic Lost Weekend Video and then, if you…

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WRITERS WITH DRINKS: toward eternal life

June 23, 2014
Christopher Steffen
Event Review, REVIEWS

Saturday night is the night you can take it all back. It is the only day of the week that most people in society count…

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