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News + Politics

The scariest book I’ve read this year

Bruce Mirken - August 31, 2023

'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' has lessons for us all—right now

Lit

The Shortish Project celebrates mighty impact of tiny tomes

Lou Fancher - August 29, 2023

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

Lit

In ‘Leaning Toward Light,’ tending to life through a garden of poems

Marke B. - August 22, 2023

Tess Taylor's anthology gathers verse giants and local greenhorns, recipes and short essays into an almanac of living

Drug policy

The myth of drug cartels is a cover for state-sanctioned violence

Caitlin Donohue - August 11, 2023

Author Oswaldo Zavala says the way we think about Mexican narcos is all wrong

Onstage

At Fringe Fest, a tale of bullied young immigrants ‘Dancing Home’

Emily Wilson - August 10, 2023

Dyana Díaz's play was inspired by a children's book—and her own experience at the San Francisco Youth Theatre

Art

In graphite, Zachary Oldenkamp captures peace at day’s edges

Mary Corbin - August 2, 2023

The artist feels out his delicately precise drawings in a Tendernob flat

Lit

The great Green Arcade bookstore is closing

Marke B. - July 19, 2023

Patrick Marks' literary center of progressive politics and radical writing shuts Sun/23. Go visit one last time.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Rap legend Lyrics Born mixes it up in the kitchen

Tamara Palmer - July 18, 2023

Season 4 of his 'Dinner In Place' series features local chef favorites and artists making meals

Homelessness

From Hooverville to Nicklesville

Tiny - April 4, 2023

A report from Seattle, where housing built and run by homeless people is having an impact.

Performance

Radio play ‘The Forever Wave’ imagines a climate-drowned SF of 2070

Marke B. - March 1, 2023

Writer Nicole Gluckstern and a diverse cast take to the airwaves to ask, What will emerge when our systems collapse?

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