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Yaa Gyasi by Leah Millis for The San Francisco Chronicle

Litquake guide, 2016

September 22, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, NEWS, Out Loud, Upcoming Events

Litquake runs Oct. 6-15 and begins with an opening-night gala celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare, with poet Gary Soto, harpist Shelley Phillips and a special…

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PAIR WORK FAST AND LOOSE WITH POETRY, MUSIC

PAIR WORK FAST AND LOOSE WITH POETRY, MUSIC

October 29, 2015
Evan Karp
Columns, I WOULD SAY, Interview, NEWS, Said Litseen

About two years ago, Chris Peck the Town Crier was driving back to San Francisco from Seattle, where he had been touring his double EP…

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LITQUAKE WRAPPING UP WITH PACKED CRAWL

LITQUAKE WRAPPING UP WITH PACKED CRAWL

October 19, 2015
Evan Karp
I WOULD SAY, Litquake, NEWS, Out Loud, Said Litseen, THE REST, Upcoming Events

Every year, on the ninth and final day of San Francisco’s literary festival, Litquake, hundreds of storytellers, poets, biographers and writers of all kinds converge…

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OTTESSA MOSHFEGH: inner archetypes become novel's characters

OTTESSA MOSHFEGH: inner archetypes become novel’s characters

August 21, 2015
Evan Karp
I WOULD SAY, Interview, NEWS, Said Litseen

In a 2014 conversation with Lorin Stein, published in BOMB magazine, author Ottessa Moshfegh said, “Each story requires a different style of stupidity. I just write…

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AT THE INKWELL: Monique Lewis’ NY-based series expands to SF

April 17, 2015
Evan Karp
I WOULD SAY, Interview, NEWS, Statement

When Monique Lewis received her master’s degree in creative writing from Wilkes University in Pennsylvania, she didn’t want the experience to end. “I wanted to…

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THE MESHES by BRITTANY BILLMEYER-FINN

April 2, 2015
Evan Karp
I WOULD SAY, NEWS, Statement

What began four years ago as an open-ended assignment has become Brittany Billmeyer-Finn’s debut full-length book, “The Meshes,” which Black Radish Books will release this…

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LISA CICCARELLO, TRACEY KNAPP + MATTHEW SIEGEL: first books

February 19, 2015
Evan Karp
I WOULD SAY, Interview, NEWS, Statement

I recently met up with Matthew Siegel and Tracey Knapp, and emailed with Lisa Ciccarello, leading up to a reading by the three poets this Friday, February 20th…

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