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Video Performances from “On Hands and Knees”
We hope everyone who was in San Francisco for this year’s Litquake had a lovely time at the many awesome events. For those of you beyond the Bay Area, and anyone who missed our show because you were attending another Lit…
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Lit Crawl: “On Hands and Knees”
If you’re in the Bay Area, join us tomorrow for the Rumpus Lit Crawl event, “On Hands and Knees.” Saturday, Oct 13th, 8:30 – 9:30 pm, The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco. With readings from Gina Frangello, Lorelei Lee,…
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Lit Crawl: “On Hands and Knees”
The Rumpus Proudly Presents: “On Hands and Knees” Lit Crawl Phase 3: Saturday, Oct 13th, 8:30 – 9:30 pm, The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco. With readings from Gina Frangello, Lorelei Lee, Rob Roberge, and Emily Rapp! Music…
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Like Music for A Writer’s Ears
A little over a month ago, our friends at Litquake debuted their newest venture: a podcast. Available as a free, bi-monthly download, Litquake’s Lit Cast features the “best of” in writerly conversations and readings that Litquake holds throughout the year, and…
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PASSWORD: A Literary Speakeasy
Litquake’s upcoming literary speakeasy promises “Prohibition-era cocktails, jazz, readings, and lots of feathers.” Bay Area writers, including Rumpus friends Robin Ekiss, Josh Mohr, and our own Isaac Fitzgerald, will channel prominent historic authors. Thursday, July 19th, 8pm at San Francisco’s…
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Geoff Dyer & David Thomson Convo (Tonight!)
Litquake and The Believer are presenting a conversation between novelist, essayist, and New York Times Book Review columnist Geoff Dyer and film critic David Thomson. Tonight, 7p.m. at North Beach’s Tosca Café. Admission is free. Get there early, Bay Area!
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LitCrawl + Rumpus = ♥
This October’s Rumpus event will collide with LitCrawl, Litquake’s final evening. Join in the Crawl on Saturday, October 15th and come find us at 8:30pm at the Make-Out Room. The event will feature Stephen Elliot, Kathleen Alcott, Isaac Fitzgerald, Laura…
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Litquake Interviews Karen Russell
Litquake talks with Swamplandia author Karen Russell in a final interview before the festival’s kick-off tomorrow! The conversation reveals abhorred writing styles; overused phrases; favorite writers, words and fiction heroes; and more. “I like assigning The Waves and Geek Love…
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Litquake A Week Away
San Francisco’s Litquake 2011 runs Oct. 7-15. The nine-day annual literary festival will feature 850 Authors and 150 Events. This year’s Litquake will include conversations with Young Ireland; Nordic Noir; Mexican Feminism; Art of Writing panels; Iranian Women; Religious Renegades;…
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Litquake Chats Up Jesse Ball
In anticipation of their annual festival on October 7-15, San Francisco’s Litquake has teamed up with Bomblog for an interview series. This week, fiction writer and poet Jesse Ball—whose new novel, The Curfew, is on shelves—discusses favorite writers, words and…
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Sweet Deal!
Rumpus readers are getting a sweet deal! The good folks over at Litquake are hosting an event on July 10th called the New Literary Vanguard, in which they will “delve into the minds of the new generation of American male…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 10/4-10/10
This week in San Francisco, get your book on every night of the week with Litquake, Dave Cooper at the Cartoon Art Museum, the centennial episode of Literary Death Match, and 10/10/10: Powers of Ten and the art of Ray…