Personally, I’ve not written much fiction. Scares me. Confessional poetry is more my game. Came to it because it seemed pretty accessible. How hard could…
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)…
(Sherril Jaffe) Our desire for narrative manifests early. I know a three-year-old who asks her dad every night for a story starring a three-year-old with…
Sat Feb 26 11, San Francisco (Seth Fischer) Why Activists Should Study Fiction: Lessons from Bring the War Home! I can’t recommend Barry Willdorf’s Bring…
Mon Feb 7 11, supperclub (Evan Karp) Recently, I’ve started blogging over at SF Weekly, and I’ve been writing for The Chronicle for a while…
Feb 7 11, The Richmond (Nicole McFeely) You open a book, hoping to be pulled into its pages, though never expecting to find yourself woven…