Last night, Kevin and I went to Epic Roasthouse, Pat Kuleto’s new venture on the Embarkadero. Having followed a bit of the controversy about the new building, we wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
The View: Inside, a wall of glass looks up and out to stunning views of the Bay Bridge. [...]
Join Stephen Elliott (Happy Baby), Nick Flynn (Another Bullshit Night in Suck City), Anthony Swofford (Jarhead), and yours truly tonight at Booksmith on Haight. We’ll be dishing the dirty with Steve’s latest anthology, the very hot and bothered and utterly deliciousSex for America.
Andrew Foster Altschul’s debut novel, Lady Lazarus, is just around the bend. Andrew’s [...]
I just received the prettiest bouquet of roses from my publisher, with a note that said,
“Dear Michelle, Congratulations on your very first New York Times bestseller.”
Well, I would like to be very dignified and nonchalant about this, but I just about peed in my pants, as we say down in Alabama.
Granted, they told me [...]
Join me tonight for tea & conversation at Englund’s Tea Cottage in Clayton, California. This is a Clayton Books event. We’ll begin at 7:00. Tea and goodies will be served. The event is free with book purchase, but reservations are requested– (925)673-3325. Where: 5433 Clayton Road.
Via SF Girl by Bay, this monthly blog in the New York Times by artist Maira Kalman. It’s actually an old blog, looks as though it’s no longer updated, but it’s fun to peruse.
Will post soon on:
The Story of a Marriage, the forthcoming novel by Andrew Sean Greer, a worthy and beautifully written follow-up to [...]
I’ll be reading tonight at A Great Good Place for Books in Oakland, 6120 LaSalle Avenue, 7:00 p.m. Please come by and say hello!
The AP reports that trace levels of prescription drugs have been found in drinking water of 24 major metropolitan areas, including San Francisco. The drug found in San Francisco’s drinking supply is estradiol. I looked up estradiol on Wikipedia. I’ve always loved the taste of San Francisco’s water, but this is frightening.
Estradiol (17β-estradiol) (also oestradiol) [...]
to listen to this fabulous song, and watch the book trailer too!
I’ll be reading from and discussing THE YEAR OF FOG, just out in paperback, tonight at Mrs. Dalloway’s in Berkeley, 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Seltzer’s memoir of Los Angeles Gang Life, Love and Consequences, was a fabrication, reports the New York Times. The book has been recalled by the publisher, Riverhead Books.
This news comes just days after Belgian writer Misha Defonseca admitted that her book, Misha: A Memoir of the Holocaust Years, which details her, um, life with [...]
