(Evan Karp) They were allowed to play that afternoon. It was only two blocks away, their own personal Garden of Eden. Pouring their lives into…
(Evan Karp) Dear Reader, What can we expect […?] Everything, but we won’t get it. — Frank O’Hara, “Personism: A Manifesto” We almost always leave…
(Evan Karp) Don’t take it for granted. The Rumpus loves you from the start. It’s not just a theme. Monday, August 8 11 was an…
(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) 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…
(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…
(Charles Kruger) We always enjoy the community feel to be found at The Monthly Rumpus. This was especially in evidence on July 11, with Isaac…
(Evan Karp) With a forthcoming series at the Conservatory of Flowers called The Greenhouse Effect just around the corner, Quiet Lightning filled The Emerald Tablet…
(Charles Kruger) Astonishingly, the San Francisco literary scene continues to grow and expand. When my friends and I hear of a new series starting up,…
(Charles Kruger) The ‘Lectric Collective consists of Jillian Roberts, Kelsa Trom and Sarah Rothberg, friends who attended UC Berkeley together to study creative writing. They…