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Melissa Tan

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Melissa Tan is a former runway model, fashion designer, motorcycle enthusiast, and bacon aficionado who has written for The Examiner, The Rumpus, and The Bold Italic. When she’s not sewing or writing, she can be found hunting for new music or the perfect hot dog. Usually at the same time.
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The NYT Offends with its Sunday Book Review of Zone One

  • Melissa Tan
  • October 31, 2011
A literary novelist writing a genre novel is like an intellectual dating a porn star, right?  Well that’s what New York Times book reviewer Glen Duncan thinks. In his Sunday…
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Spotlight: An Interview with Tom Gauld

  • Melissa Tan
  • October 20, 2011
Tom Gauld talks about art, publishing, the balance between commissions and passion projects, and his upcoming book, Goliath.
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Broke-Ass Stuart’s Goddamn Television Show

  • Melissa Tan
  • June 23, 2011
It all started with a zine, then some Lonely Planet travel guides, a book deal via Craigslist, the goddamn website,
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 3/28-4/3

  • Melissa Tan
  • March 28, 2011
This week in San Francisco, VIDA at the Makeout Room, Poetry at the Randall Museum, the April Fool’s Lower Haight Art Walk, and the Switchboard Music Festival. Monday 3/28: Grab…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 3/21-3/27

  • Melissa Tan
  • March 21, 2011
This week in San Francisco, Lit&Lunch, a book club meeting with Intersection for the Arts, radio magazine, The [Un]observed, launches at OHIO Studio, and the Portuguese Artists Colony celebrates its…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 3/14-3/20

  • Melissa Tan
  • March 14, 2011
This week in San Francisco, The Monthly Rumpus puts on its best pasties, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival is on, and food culture rocks SFMoMA with Sidebar:…
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The Rumpus Album Review: White Wilderness

  • Melissa Tan
  • March 8, 2011
John Vanderslice knows how to make music. He has been recording bands for over a decade at his San Francisco studio, Tiny Telephone. John Congleton knows how to produce music. …
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 3/7-3/13

  • Melissa Tan
  • March 7, 2011
This week in San Francisco, Quiet Lightning moves to North Beach, Janine Brito and Emily Heller get hilarious at the Punchline, Andrew Sean Greer’s The Islanders takes to the stage,…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 2/28-3/6

  • Melissa Tan
  • February 28, 2011
This week in San Francisco, Feast of Words, film night at the San Francisco Buddhist Center, Babylon Salon at Cantina, and raise money for public health with your mouth full…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 2/21-2/27

  • Melissa Tan
  • February 21, 2011
This week in San Francisco, RADAR at The Luggage Store, Noise Pop loves Litquake, and John Wesley Harding performs at the launch of Wesley Stace’s new novel. Monday 2/21: Support…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 2/14-2/20

  • Melissa Tan
  • February 14, 2011
This week, Do You Love Me Now? (The Rumpus does), 826 Valencia’s Spelling Bee for Cheaters, all you can eat pancakes, and Will Franken hosts The Grand Opening of a…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 2/7-2/13

  • Melissa Tan
  • February 7, 2011
This week in San Francisco, get in bed with Quiet Lightning, Microscopic Giant at Space Gallery, Laughter Against The Machine, Andrew Foster Altschul’s book launch, Literary Death Match, Stephen Elliott…
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