Lou Fancher, Author at 48 hills

Lit

Litquake turns the page with a new leader, who tells us what to catch

September 22, 2023

Executive Director Norah Piehl on what it's like joining the sprawling literary extravaganza, and who's top of her reading list

Lit

Something rotten: Nazi-occupied Denmark through young eyes in Richard Kluger’s latest novel

September 19, 2023

Seasoned journalist explores a country's moral quandry via historical fiction of 'Hamlet's Children.'

Lit

Ann Patchett on new ‘Tom Lake’: ‘We experience love in different ways at different times in life’

September 13, 2023

The lauded author's 'pandemic novel' sequesters a family on a farm in Traverse City, MI—and was written on a treadmill

Lit

The Shortish Project celebrates mighty impact of tiny tomes

August 29, 2023

Outpost19's lit database and publishing platform features 600 novellas by star and rising authors alike.

Lit

Shipwrecks and scurvy: ‘The Wager’ reveals human frailty beneath European colonialism

August 23, 2023

Novelist David Grann's tale of 18th-century maritime disaster adds to his record of relentless truth-telling, rats and all

Books

Lonesome tonight? ‘Belonging’ offers isolation’s history and its practical fixes

July 25, 2023

Professor Geoffrey L. Cohen's deeply researched book is perfect for when your stage is bare

LGBTQ

With mutual aid focus, Oakland Black Pride flies rainbows high into July—and beyond

June 24, 2023

Celebrate QTBIPOC community with this week's queer pub crawls, delicious fundraising events, kickball tournament, more.

Music

Kronos Fest still waves in the new, with meta needle drops and play-along apps

June 19, 2023

Its '50 for the Future' project complete, Kronos Quartet leaps onward with three days of cutting-edge music

Music

That big, bold, brassy sound is coming from Melba’s Kitchen

June 15, 2023

Appearing at Yoshi's, the 14-piece all-woman jazz ensemble celebrates 20th century Black trailblazer Melba Liston

Culture

Massive Mamenchisaurus and full-sized friends await at Academy of Sciences

June 1, 2023

Museum director explains why their dino-girth is truly significant sizing.

Lou Fancher