(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) Sure, the room was packed because Daphne Gottlieb was there to read from her new book 15 Ways to Stay Alive. Yes, it’s…
(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…
(Evan Karp) They went underground, happy to read their poems and stories where no one would hear them but the people who joined them to…
(Courtney Sanchez) People in San Francisco are afraid to get out and do things. Involvement can be frightening; feelings of self doubt enter often when…
(Charles Kruger) One of the treasures of the South Bay poetry scene is Poetry Santa Cruz, a non profit corporation devoted to nurturing the poetry…
(Evan Karp) “Satire, like all good literature, has always been about creating a safe, neutral space for mediocre, uncontroversial ideas to be met with constant…
(Evan Karp) I met Lindy Hough almost immediately after moving to the Bay Area, in July of 2009. She was co-founder, with her husband Richard Grossinger, of North…
(Courtney Sanchez) This is what happens when you place a dozen women in a room together: they start talking about men. Talking can eventually lead…
(Nicole McFeely) “Thank you very much and welcome to Not So Fast. Uh, that is a title that we thought of. It’s caused a lot…