I had not read any of the preceding novels about the Melrose family, but Edward St. Aubyn‘s At Last (the fifth and final book in the series)…
The Edge of Maybe is a wonderful portrait of East Bay culture that examines what happens when outsiders pierce the tenuous bubbles of lifestyle and family,…
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…
I first heard of Cassie J. Sneider on a visit to my local record store. She had apparently done a book signing the week before…
“Upon finishing Ian Tuttle‘s, StretchyHead, (PAC Books, 2011) I wanted every aspiring writer in San Francisco to read it. Though mostly only if you lived…
Charlie Six is a unique coming-of-age novel, set in the seedy pubs and back-alleys of 1960s London. Charlie is a rebellious boy ready to embrace the…
A Bird Black As The Sun: California Poets on Crows and Ravens, edited by Enid Osborn and Cynthia Anderson reviewed by LJ Moore Green Poet…
(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…