(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…
(Evan Karp) Emma Straub was recently at The Booksmith to read from her just-out first collection of stories, Other People We Married. She read the…
(Nicole McFeely) In this January 2011 article, Why There Are Words won Litseen’s first (and only) award for Classiest Reading Series. For those of you…
(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,…
(Nicole McFeely) Many of us have wondered what the hell they’re thinking. Filling the rooftop rows of sightseeing buses with their sun hats and disposable…
(Evan Karp) I contract. I dilate. “Push! Push!” I wax. I wane. “Push! You can do it!” … “Congratulations! It’s a nonprofit organization.” At some…
(Evan Karp) Unlike most of the reading series I’ve been to, Babylon Salon is not usually filled with people I know. That’s not to say…
(Charles Kruger) This past Friday night (6/10/11), I attended the now bi-monthly Literary Death Match, at the Elbo Room. I have a love-hate relationship with…
(Nicole McFeely) What is it about humans that compels us to climb? Whether consciously or unconsciously, we are continuously searching for higher ground, even if…