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Quiet Lightning

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How Quiet Lightning Struck San Francisco

  • Charley Locke
  • June 5, 2015
I felt the bios and intros depleted the magic. Each sequence of words is a spell, and when you follow one spell with another spell, they compound, building off the…
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The Rumpus Interview with Beth Lisick

  • Evan Karp
  • December 23, 2013
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.
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Quiet Lightning + The Rumpus: In Case You Missed It

  • Paolo Yumol
  • July 18, 2013
On July 9th, The Rumpus teamed up with reading series organizers Quiet Lightning for a literary one-night stand at the Balançoire in San Francisco. Not only were there readings by eight different authors—including…
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Tonight! Quiet Lightning + The Rumpus

  • Rumpus Events
  • July 9, 2013
We’re teaming up with Quiet Lightning, San Francisco’s favorite monthly submission-based reading series, to host a night of deep thinking and good drinking. Featured guests include Alice LaPlante, Brandon Brown, Janine Brito,…
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Quiet Lightning + The Rumpus

  • Rumpus Events
  • July 1, 2013
We’re teaming up with Quiet Lightning, San Francisco’s favorite monthly submission-based reading series, to host a night of deep thinking and good drinking. Featured guests include Alice LaPlante, Brandon Brown, Janine…
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Get Loud with Quiet Lightning

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • June 18, 2013
The Rumpus is teaming up with San Francisco nonprofit Quiet Lightning to present a live literary mix tape, and we want you to join us! Submit a piece less than…
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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: 2/7-2/13

  • 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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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 11/29-12/5

  • Melissa Tan
  • November 29, 2010
This week in San Francisco, booze for a cause at Drink Good Do Good, come hang out with me at this month’s Quiet Lightning, two words: Cinema Orgy, Booksmith’s first…
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