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Fearless artist Keith Haring’s sister tells his tale, for all ages

Marke B. - December 4, 2018

LIT World AIDS Day, marked every December 1, is usually a solemn occasion, a reminder of how far we still have to go to...

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A showcase of ‘young blood’ Asian American writers

Emily Wilson - August 28, 2018

The Pilipinx American Library, a non-circulating library in the reading room at the Asian Art Museum, has bean bag chairs, a table with books...

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Leticia del Toro grounds her ‘Cafe Colima’ in the lives of ‘everyday Latinas’

James Tracy - June 26, 2018

LIT Bay Area author Leticia Del Toro is not a household name... yet. Her work has appeared in Huizache, Zyzzyva, Cipactli and Mutha Magazine. Her short stories are some...

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Author Amanda Huron on housing and the power of urban ‘commoning’

James Tracy - April 26, 2018

LIT Carving Out the Commons: Tenant Organizing and Housing Cooperatives in Washington, D.C. "explores the practice of urban 'commoning' in Washington, DC, through an investigation...

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Read something new! California Book Award finalists announced

Marke B. - April 2, 2018

LIT Spring brings an overflow of book recommendations, when the announcements of both the Northern California Book Award winners and the California Book Award...

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Ananda Esteva’s border-crossing, jazz-driven Califaztlan tale

James Tracy - March 9, 2018

The Wanderings of Chela Coatlícue: Touring Califaztlan (Transgress Press) is the first installment of a trilogy of coming-of-age adventures, following a brazen young musical...

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‘Knucklehead’ author Adam Smyer takes on the turbulent ’90s

James Tracy - March 3, 2018

LIT San Francisco writer Adam Smyer’s debut novel Knucklehead introduces the reader to Marcus Hayes, a black lawyer who regulates everyday bad behavior with short,...

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Small city, Big Oil, upset victories

Janis Hashe - November 18, 2017

The pundit-defying results in Virginia’s recent elections happened because of “local, grassroots organizing,” according to Democratic leaders. An intensively researched saga, Steve Early’s Refinery...

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Sunday’s Howard Zinn Book Fair envisions “The World We Want”

Marke B. - November 15, 2017

LIT The world is flaming on Twitter, your friends are frothing on Facebook, and, well, let's just say online political discourse in this precarious global...

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