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AN OPEN LETTER TO CITY LIGHTS: there was no room for questions and answers

AN OPEN LETTER TO CITY LIGHTS: there was no room for questions and answers

February 23, 2012
Steven Gray
Event Review, I WOULD SAY, Overheard, REVIEWS, Reviews by Steven Gray, Statement

I went to the Jarett Kobek event on Wednesday night at City Lights (Jan. 18), where he was explaining his book ATTA. I thought I…

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QUIET LIGHTNING: poetry festival santa cruz (in keeping with a tradition of radical egalitarianism)

QUIET LIGHTNING: poetry festival santa cruz (in keeping with a tradition of radical egalitarianism)

February 21, 2012
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Event Review, Playlists, REVIEWS
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OURSHELVES' EXCERPTS: (you and) your friends reading passages from their favorite all-time literature

OURSHELVES’ EXCERPTS: (you and) your friends reading passages from their favorite all-time literature

November 21, 2011
Evan Karp
Event Review, I WOULD SAY, Scene

(Zarina Zabrisky) I saw Zarina the day after this first event by Ourshelves, on Wed Nov 16, and she was raving about it so I asked…

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JOSHUA MOHR: terminal cancer, alcoholism, hitler, prostitution, dead fish—what could be more heartwarming?

JOSHUA MOHR: terminal cancer, alcoholism, hitler, prostitution, dead fish—what could be more heartwarming?

October 31, 2011
Charles Kruger
Book Review, Event Review, REVIEWS

(Charles Kruger) Joshua Mohr once said that he tries to write “so that the reader feels as if they are sitting in the front of…

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FERLINGHETTI DAY: two standing ovations

FERLINGHETTI DAY: two standing ovations

October 25, 2011
Evan Karp
Event Review

(Daniel Yaryan) “Poets, come out of your closets, Open your windows, open your doors, You have been holed-up too long in your closed worlds.” —Lawrence…

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NEW DIRECTIONS: an older crowd

NEW DIRECTIONS: an older crowd

October 19, 2011
Evan Karp
Event Review, I WOULD SAY, Reviews by Steven Gray, Scene

(Steven Gray) I arrived at City Lights with a full moon overhead. All the chairs were taken and people were standing in the back, but…

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THE DEVIL'S LEXICON: thoughts on litquake xii

THE DEVIL’S LEXICON: thoughts on litquake xii

October 8, 2011
Evan Karp
Event Review, Scene

(Evan Karp) Litquake has become such a large and sprawling production it is impossible to talk about with any totality. Co-founders Jane Ganahl and Jack…

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POETS!: making the scene at bird & beckett

POETS!: making the scene at bird & beckett

September 29, 2011
Charles Kruger
Event Review, Scene

(Charles Kruger) Bird & Beckett Books is one of those magical bookstores that make it into people’s memoirs. Something much more than a retail shop,…

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WEEK IN REVIEW: page poetry in the grips of freedom

WEEK IN REVIEW: page poetry in the grips of freedom

September 25, 2011
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Event Review, Scene, Statement, Week in Review

(Evan Karp) “If you’re going to write a book, you might as well swing for the fence; you might as well just go find something…

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WRITERS WITH DRINKS: the land-lords of earth

WRITERS WITH DRINKS: the land-lords of earth

September 22, 2011
Evan Karp
Event Review, Scene

(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+…

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