Letters written by Anne Frank’s father before the family went into hiding have been found and will be released on February 14.

The sheaf of Otto Frank’s letters, about 80 documents in total, show him seeking escape routes to Spain, exit visas from Paris and help to get to the United States or Cuba, all in vain.

And tonight at Dog Ear Books in San Francisco:
Anne-E. Wood, a very talented recent graduate of the SF State MFA program (and, I’m happy to say, a former student of mine), will be reading from her debut short story chapbook, TWO IF BY SEA. She will be joined by Peter Orner, author, most recently, of the stunning novel THE SECOND COMING OF MAVALA SHIKONGO.
8:00 p.m., Valencia at 20th St.

You’ll likely be hearing a great deal more from Wood in the near future.