Saturday, May 4, 2024

Tagged with: Literature

Arts Forecast: Walking the Irish border, making epic poetry

ARTS FORECAST The Counterpulse Festival is on this week (Wed/14-Sun/18) and its bursting with performance and arts innovation. One of its most interesting moments: aon mhac...

How do you feel?

I deliver to you News Not solutions But Torments people go through Trying to solve problems Clashing voices Morbid moral tortures --Benjamin Bac Sierra,...

Zarate prosecution witness blasted for role in earlier murder trial

A key witness in the prosecution of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate gave testimony in a prior case that an expert alleges was not only...

Steinle killing was an accident, defense witness suggests

The bullet that killed Kate Steinle was probably fired from someone in a sitting position leaning forward, a defense firearms expert testified today in...

How to save a very cool bookstore

The banks of the Seine, the tree-lined paths of Madrid's Retiro park, the side streets of Izmir, the markets of Fez ... and San...

Tremble, fair reader, before the mighty Litquake!

Litquake -- the annual, gargantuan local literary festival (October 6-14) -- is turning 18 this year. And it's ready to rumble right out of...

The latest attack on homeless people …

San Francisco politicians have a history of attacking and scapegoating homeless people to advance their careers. Remember, Gavin Newsom (who is now campaigning for...

Breed’s Divisadero St. housing plan helps developers

The Board of Supes Land Use and Transportation Committee heard Board President London Breed’s plan to change affordable housing levels in the Divisidero St....

Democracy in action — or not

I ran into Assemblymember David Chiu Sunday morning, outside the union hall where delegates to the state Democratic Party were being chosen. “Welcome,” he...

How we beat the real estate industry

As we assess the implications of last week’s elections, it is worth considering two clear wins for progressives and for the tenant movement in...