(Evan Karp) If you haven’t seen Joe Klocek invite some poor heckler onstage, now’s your chance (try not to get sucked in to the plethora…
(Charles Kruger) On Sat Jul 30, I attended the Bay Area Poetry Marathon, hosted by Donna de la Perriere, a poet of distinguished pedigree herself…
(Charles Kruger) Jul 28 2011: Viracocha, heart of the mission, San Francisco, California, early in the 21st century. It’s happening. New shit. Good shit. It’s…
(Evan Karp) This article does not have a lead sentence. Within even new forms there are forms long-clichéd. How many people does it take to…
(Evan Karp) If you weren’t at Quiet Lightning‘s recent show at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, and you haven’t seen the photos yet, do…
(Evan Karp) Emma Straub was recently at The Booksmith to read from her just-out first collection of stories, Other People We Married. She read the…
(Nicole McFeely) The Tenderloin is a prison of dirty windows. It is pigeons pecking at the flesh of discarded chicken bones lying next to human…
(Evan Karp) Sitting on the floor in a Chinatown hole underlining O Powerful Western Star with lead, Jack Hirschman beside me, Sarah Page smiling a…
(Charles Kruger) Have you heard of Sleepwalkers Theatre Company? If you haven’t, I think you will. This little engine that could of a company has produced…
(Maureen Blennerhassett) It’s official. San Francisco is a literary destination. But you knew that, that’s why you moved here. Seems like you can’t throw a…