Daniel Alarcón on Radio Ambulante
KQED talks with author Daniel Alarcón about the new Spanish-language program Radio Ambulante, of which he is co-founder and executive producer. (Our recent interview with Alarcón is mentioned in the…
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Rock-N-Roll Carnival
This Thursday, Broke-Ass Stuart, Tricycle Records and Public Works are hosting a Rock-n-Roll Carnival in San Francisco. The event will feature performances by Birdmonster, Le VICE, and Teenage Sweater. Plus…
Banned Books
Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott reads a passage from Catch-22 over at the City Lights blog. The reading is part of City Lights’ month-long Banned Books Project, which features authors sharing…
SF’s Adobe Bookshop Lives!
Good news: Adobe Bookshop, which has spent twenty-three years in the Mission, will not be closing despite rising rent. Andrew McKinley, the proprietor of Adobe, explains his plan to transform…
Musings on the Life of the Writer
At The Millions, Emily St. John Mandel offers a peek into her writing world via tangential authors Susanna Moore and our very own Cheryl Strayed. She reposts Cheryl’s Facebook status…
“Children have a right to free time, to play games in the afternoon.”
Gawker reports on a high-school in Germany that has put a moratorium on homework for younger students in response to the state’s new policy keeping students in school 44 hours…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Dan Weiss is away this week. We’ll do our best to get the day started without him. A documentary from Thailand with elephant peg legs. Dumpster diving artists are turning trash into…
The Future of StoryTelling
On October 5th, a collection of speakers presented their use of technology in modern day storytelling. Featuring innovations beyond flourishy eBooks, the fifteen short films featured on The Future of Storytelling’s…
“No good writer ever merely cheered us up”
Howard Jacobson writes on “bad boys’ books,” making a case for depressing and difficult literature. He argues that all good books improve the character of the reader, even those that…
Ethos of the Era
The Atlantic ruminates on how Cheryl Strayed‘s espousal of “motherfuck-itude,” self-reliance, and radical empathy is especially relevant in our post-recession era. “Strayed’s path—hauling her needed possessions on her back down…
Notable San Francisco 10/8-10/13
This week in San Francisco! Litquake is in full swing for the next six days–visit the Litquake site for a full listing of events (tons are free). Monday 10/8: Quiet…