Jill Johnston
Jill Johnston, author of Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution and “longtime cultural critic for The Village Voice,” passed away on Saturday at the age of 81. (via TheBookBench)
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 9/20-9/26
This week, The Porchlight Reading Series, highbrow porn at the Indie Erotic Film Festival, Barbie gets a makeover at the Altered Barbie Poetry Reading, and fetishists celebrate at the 27th…
The Creative Impulse: A Duet of Sorts
There is a romantic idea that great genius emanates from the tower. The novelist, the philosopher, the architect, all retreat to their places of solitude to channel their minds and…
I’ve Got $20 On The Unicorns
“This project was a total dream assignment for me because of my love for both unicorns and zombies.” Just so you know, I’m going to unapologetically link to this interview…
Jack Stevenson: A Dirty Old Man in Action
Fortified with homemade iced Vietnamese coffee, Jack Stevenson describes his work as a film archaeologist in San Francisco, the former sex capital of the U.S.:
La Vita Nuova
Elena Trofimova’s illustrations for a 1985 Russian edition of Dante’s La Vita Nouva:
Tilting at Woodcuts
Illustrations by Enric C. Ricart for The Ingenious Don Quixote of La Mancha (1933):
Lucas Adams Illustrates a Note from Australia #2
In Sydney, everyone runs. Actually everyone. We didn’t walk a block that first day without seeing someone running.
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 9/13-9/19
This week, The Monthly Rumpus, The Peanut Butter Plan, Rebecca Solnit at the JCCSF, and Indie Mart at Thee Parkside! Monday 9/13: It’s the second Monday of the month, which…
Burroughs’ Graphic Novel
In 1970 William S. Burroughs and cartoonist Malcolm McNeill created a “Word/Image novel,” but were never able to find a publisher for their work. Now, thanks to Fantagraphics Books, Burroughs’…