Notable San Francisco: 7/16–7/22
Wednesday 7/16: Poetry in the Redwood Grove, featuring Keith Ekiss, Dean Rader, and Tess Taylor, followed by a bluegrass performance by The Whiskey Brothers. $12, 5:30 p.m., University of California…
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Evan Karp
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Evan Karp is the founder and executive director of Quiet Lightning and the founding editor of Litseen. He writes literary columns for the San Francisco Chronicle, SF Weekly, and SF/Arts.
Notable San Francisco: 7/9–7/15
Wednesday, 7/9: A rare chance to see author of Turn of Mind, Method and Madness, and Circle of Wives, Alice LaPlante. Free, 6 p.m., Glen Park Library. Phenomenal lineup for the third…
Notable San Francisco: 7/2–7/8
Wednesday, 7/2: Paul Corman-Roberts, an exhilarating voice of the Beast Generation, recently released a new book with Paper Press and is celebrating with a launch party, along with East Bay…
Notable San Francisco: 6/25–7/1
Wednesday, 6/25: KQED and StoryCorps present: OutLoud San Francisco, a night of storytelling with Morgan, Jaime Cortez, Matt Leavitt, and musical guest MAD NOISE. Free, 7 p.m., The Chapel. – Wonder Dave …
Notable San Francisco: 6/18–6/24
Wednesday, 6/18: Joanne Kyger and Michael McClure join Bill Morgan to celebrate Peter Orlovsky, a Life in Words: Intimate Chronicles of a Beat Writer. Free, 7 p.m., City Lights. Joel Streicker…
Notable San Francisco: 6/11–6/17
Wednesday, 6/11: Emma Straub reads from her new story collection The Vacationers. Free, 7:30 p.m., The Booksmith. – Evan Karp Rusty Morrison, David Koehn, and Marianne Morris will read from new poetry collections.…
Notable San Francisco: 6/4–6/10
Wednesday 6/4: Litquake’s Epicenter is the SF release for Geoff Dyer‘s Another Great Day at Sea. Dyer will be in conversation with Chris Colin. $0-15, 7 p.m., Hotel Rex. RADAR celebrates eleven…
Notable San Francisco: 5/28–6/3
Wednesday, 5/28: The Canessa Park Reading Series presents a heady triumvirate of poets in Norma Cole, Laura Moriarty, and Steven Seidenberg. $6 suggested, 7:30 p.m., Canessa Gallery. – Evan Karp (PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT…
The Rumpus Interview with Beth Lisick
Beth Lisick, writer and the co-founder of Porchlight, the monthly storytelling series and a San Francisco institution, sits down to chat about collecting her shames, working with City Lights on her newest book, the act of telling stories in public, and the messiness of being a human.
The Last Book I Loved: We’re Getting On
Is this the apocalypse? Maybe. It could just be a personal problem. James Kaelan’s We’re Getting On was the last book to remind me why I love books so much.…
The Last Book I Loved: Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk
The last book I loved was Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk by Tony DuShane. Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk is a triumph, not only for the adolescent Jehovah’s…