MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Marina and the Diamonds.
This week in San Francisco, Shakespeare gets shaken up a bit for “The Boar’s Head“, grab your skates for a Furry Skate Disco Party and the Portuguese Artists Colony gets Vertigo.
Click image to enlarge: … All Over Coffee is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights…
“It’s funny—when it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. For fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.” Tayari Jones, author of…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was exceedingly more interesting than I’d expected. My only knowledge of the story was that Dr. Jekyll drinks a potion and turns into a monster,…
This week in New York Danzy Senna at BookCourt, Europa turns out its 100th book; I Am Turning Into My Mother six-word stories at 92YTribeca; Steamboat literary comedy series at…
When I go, I want to go on a euthanasia-coaster. A look at the history of Science Fiction. Icons Zootomicae. Admit it, you want to look at 1960s Paris fashion.…
File these two under “a freaky campaign to get adults to play with dolls”: Did you know that Barbie likes director David Lynch’s organic coffee? Or that your favorite doll…