Literature Archives

Lit

Lasting lit: The enduring issues of ZYZZYVA

Lou Fancher - May 22, 2023

How does a 1985-born lit journal live on? Editors spill its secrets.

Lit

Fighting dystopia with essential voices: ‘Black Literature vs. The Climate Emergency’

Emily Wilson - April 2, 2022

Aya de León brings together writers and activists for a lively online conference that focuses on the possible and combats invisibility

Art

Rada drums, hammer, and sickle: Oakland artist configures new worlds

Mary Corbin - August 20, 2021

Haitian-born creator Rivka Louissaint takes seriously art's potential for social change.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Jewish Film Fest delves into heroes, hoaxes, and hair-raisers

Dennis Harvey - July 19, 2021

Teen tribulations, historical thrillers, and even a Bernie Madoff musical at the 41st installment, online and in-person.

Art

Painter Anthony Holdsworth captures the city’s intimate magic

Mary Corbin - June 21, 2021

You'll want to catch his vivid scenes, from the quiet streets of Bernal Hill to vibrant La Victora panadería.

Movies

At 25, Berlin & Beyond fest keeps expanding borders

Dennis Harvey - May 24, 2021

Women filmmakers and international concerns, alongside familiar spirits like Fassbinder, light up the hybrid fest

Art

Her childhood in Russia’s Arkhangelsk region inspires Nadezda’s haunting art

Mary Corbin - May 18, 2021

The painter channels mysterious, mystic imagery from a cat's dinner song, or the shadows around her sink.

Opinion

Opinion: AIDS denialism in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Bruce Mirken - May 17, 2021

In 2000, the Foo Fighters embraced the kind of anti-science thinking we still see today. It's time they apologized.

Lit

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.

Housing

Breed won’t promise to spend real-estate tax money on rent relief

Tim Redmond - April 13, 2021

The voters approved Prop. I last fall to support tenants and affordable housing, but the mayor says she will use the money for her own priorities.

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