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Poems for the big one: Kim Addonizio’s latest radiates ‘mortal life’

Lou Fancher - October 19, 2021

In 'Now We're Getting Somewhere,' the lauded local poet (and recent banjo enthusiast) sparks the political and personal.

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Steve Kerr biography shoots, scores—even after Warriors revoked author’s access

Lou Fancher - August 30, 2021

Scott Howard-Cooper offers tremendous imagery for NBA diehards and lit fans alike in 'Steve Kerr: A Life'

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In ‘Plexiglass,’ a poet illuminates voices of the incarcerated

Margo Perin - August 27, 2021

A new volume offers a critique of the criminal justice system through the lens of prison writing workshops

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Watch: ‘Girl Shock’ author Maria Konner on trans journey from ‘tech dude’ to fabulous

Marke B. - July 1, 2021

New memoir takes colorful and important trip through the life of one of our beloved nightlife 'fembassadors'

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Through hardship, a pastor encounters good people in ‘United States of Grace’

Emily Wilson - June 2, 2021

Lenny Duncan's 'Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope" isn't the usual redemption story.

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Black Freighter Press sails in, boosting writers of color and radical imagination

Alan Chazaro - April 14, 2021

The revolution will be published, with the help of SF Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin and Alie Jones' new outlet.

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Beyond Didion: Alta Journal’s monthly California Book Club expands Golden State canon

Jasmine Liu - March 15, 2021

'The idea is to fill in the textures and the flavors and the voices' of history and life in the West.

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All the yuks: A history of stand-up comedy traces the artform’s evolution

Joshua Rotter - March 14, 2021

Wayne Federman's 'The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle' pays special attention to Bay Area

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Letters to the Editor: Remembering Lawrence Ferlinghetti

48 Hills - March 14, 2021

Remembrances of the late literary lion from writers David Talbot, Tony Robles, and Eric Sneathen

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Books: ‘Drug Use for Grown-Ups’— everything we think about illegal drugs is wrong

Bruce Mirken - March 10, 2021

Carl L. Hart's book dismantles anti-drug propaganda, prodding an honest dialogue about prohibition and addiction.

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