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GARRISON KEILLOR gets meta on the art of storytelling

June 19, 2014
Xan Roberti
Event Review, REVIEWS

On Tuesday, June 10th, at Corte Madera’s Book Passage, Garrison Keillor poked fun at contemporary writers, saying “Nowadays they jog! They drink carbonated Italian beverages!” Keillor,…

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VOZ SIN TINTA @ ALLEY CAT BOOKS

June 15, 2014
Christopher Steffen
Event Review, REVIEWS

I am sitting a few feet away from a fully-constructed, woven paper hut in a comfy leather chair. Letters from the incarcerated are strewn above…

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WET RECKLESS @ DOG EARED BOOKS

June 15, 2014
Mick Harris
Event Review, REVIEWS

Cassandra Dallett‘s San Francisco launch of her poetic memoir, Wet Reckless by Manic D Press, took place last Friday evening at Dog Eared Books in the…

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ONE LONE PEAR TREE: the return

June 10, 2014
Xan Roberti
Event Review, REVIEWS

To attend One Lone Pear Tree, you must pass through a sub-sidewalk downstairs door. There is a sense you are en route to a speakeasy,…

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13 CRIME STORIES FROM LATIN AMERICA: McSweeney’s @ The Booksmith

June 9, 2014
Lindsay Merbaum
Event Review, REVIEWS

On Monday night, June 2nd, readers emerged from the fog to gather in The Booksmith on Haight Street for the release of McSweeney’s‘ Thirteen Crime Stories…

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POETRY UNBOUND: one year anniversary @ Berkeley Art House

June 9, 2014
Charles Kruger
Event Review, REVIEWS

On Sunday, June 1st, east bay poets Richard Loranger and Clive Matson hosted the one year anniversary of their reading series, Poetry Unbound. Along with a…

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SHIPWRECK TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS: gone with the wind

June 7, 2014
Christopher Steffen
Event Review, REVIEWS

You are sitting in the children’s section of a bookstore being read to by an enthusiastic man in a Civil War-era costume. You are enraptured…

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QUIET LIGHTNING @ EL RIO: will type for…

June 7, 2014
Christopher Steffen
C4 YOURSELF, Event Review, Playlists, REVIEWS

Quiet Lightning commandeered the neighborhood dive El Rio for its monthly reading series. In the afternoon there were writers posted at typewriters (will type for donations, will type…

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BABYLON SALON: casual yet intense

June 6, 2014
Mick Harris
Event Review, REVIEWS

The spring edition of Babylon Salon was held at Cantina SF on May 31st and featured an impressive group of writers in a refreshingly intimate setting. Hip-hop historian, DJ, and cultural treasure…

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WET RECKLESS @ PEGASUS BOOKS: joel landmine, mk chavez, alexandra naughton + cassandra dallett

June 3, 2014
Charles Kruger
C4 YOURSELF, Event Review, Playlists, REVIEWS

Oakland poet Cassandra Dallett hosted a reading at Pegasus Books in Berkeley on Wednesday, 5/28/14  for the release of Wet Reckless from Manic D Press. Wet…

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