(Maureen Blennerhassett) On the first of June, I was sitting in the Main Library’s auditorium. It was the first day of my favorite month, of…
(Evan Karp) D. A. Powell, happy to be back in San Francisco after a stint on the East Coast, casually explained that he had “smoked The…
(Nicole McFeely) You know that friend you have who is constantly making people laugh? The one you bring along to parties and other social situations…
(Rick Kleffel) “…when you got the other person’s new chapter you had no idea what it was going to be…” —David Hayward Lisa Lutz and…
(Evan Karp) Sure, the room was packed because Daphne Gottlieb was there to read from her new book 15 Ways to Stay Alive. Yes, it’s…
(Evan Karp) An old 16th& Mission regular moved to New Zealand 5 months ago, wrote new poems there and memorized them, came back last week…
(Nicole McFeely) What is it about humans that compels us to climb? Whether consciously or unconsciously, we are continuously searching for higher ground, even if…
(Evan Karp) We watched ourselves say things into a video camera we wouldn’t always admit to one another, projected onto a screen in the same…
(Charles Kruger) Since 2006, InsideStoryTime has been one of the premiere reading series in San Francisco. And for good reason. You won’t find three more…
(Rick Kleffel) 10 Rules for Writing When I first told Capitola Book Café that I had snagged Jasper Fforde as a guest for the March…