Category: literature

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Independent book publishing in the San Francisco Bay Area

The Bay Area has a long history of independent book publishing. Over at Right Reading I’ve listed ten Bay Area presses that would make good destinations for holiday…

Thirteenth annual Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair

Frisco Vista received the following e-mail from Ken Knabb of the Bureau of Public Secrets. The 13th annual Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair is happening this coming weekend at…

Day of Dead reading (with altars, food, and drink) at Chronicle Books

A book launch party for our book of translations of Latin American literature will be held this Thursday at 6:30 pm at Chronicle Books, 680 Second Street (between…

Latin American literature at LitQuake

Beginning at 8:00 on Saturday, October 13, I’ll be reading with Elizabeth Bell, Michael Koch, Anita Segástegui, and John Oliver Simon. The event will be at Encantada Gallery,…

Litquake

Litquake is under way. This ideo emphasizes its unorthodox venues. This Saturday I’m reading at one in the Mission, but I forget where — will post in a…

Litquake

Litquake is starting to roll out details of this year’s festival. “Authors appearing this year include Dave Eggers, Ishmael Reed, Vikram Chandra, Gail Tsukiyama, Noah Levine, Ann Patchett,…

Amy Tan’s San Francisco

The Washington Post, as part of a “People We Like and the Places They Love” series, recently ran an interview with Amy Tan on the subject of San…