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Oakland Book Festival 2015 by Nicole Fraser-Herron (web)

Ideas Behind the Oakland Book Festival

May 19, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Interview, Out Loud

It happens once a year now: Oakland’s City Hall is transformed into the venue for a daylong free festival of ideas. Timothy Don and Kira…

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1ST OAKLAND BOOK FESTIVAL AIMS HIGH: utopia

May 28, 2015
Evan Karp
I WOULD SAY, Interview, NEWS, Said Litseen, Upcoming Events

When Timothy Don and Kira Brunner Don decided they wanted to put together an Oakland literary festival of ideas, they reached out to local organizations…

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OAKLAND BOOK FESTIVAL: interview w/Timothy Don + Kira Brunner Don

March 6, 2015
Evan Karp
I WOULD SAY, NEWS, Scene, Statement, Upcoming Events

To hear Timothy Don talk about Oakland, you might suspect he’s running for mayor. “I’ve lived in many different places,” he said recently, by phone:…

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