Literary events

San Fran author revisits beloved characters

March 28, 2010
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San Fran author revisits beloved characters

San Francisco author K.M. Soehnlein has a new novel out, Robin and Ruby. Readers first met Robin MacKenzie almost nine years ago in Karl’s debut novel, The World of Normal Boys. In that book, which received the Lambda Literary Award, Robin was a 13-year-old child of the seventies attempting to find his place and his voice. The new book catches up with Robin in the eighties, “caught between his dreams of being a stage actor and the nightmare of negotiating relationships in an era when sex and death are inevitably linked.” Join the author for the book launch at...

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Ben Fong-Torres on the Grateful Dead (+ Pat Sajak, + Elvis)

October 7, 2009
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My friend Ben Fong-Torres will be at the Booksmith on Haight Street tonight at 7:30, talking about his new book, Grateful Dead Scrapbook: The Long, Strange Trip in Stories, Photos, and Memorabilia. Also, read a terrific blog post here for Asian Connections in which Ben talks about Telling My Story, sparring with Pat Sajak, his early experiments in governance at Westlake Junior High, and more. Kevin and I had dinner with Ben and Dianne a few nights ago at Flour & Water, where we learned that Ben recently took part in a television show for which he played the...

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Talking with Julia Glass, tonight

September 30, 2009
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Join me tonight at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco for a conversation with Julia Glass, National Book Award-winning author of Three Junes, The Whole World Over, and I See You Everywhere. The event begins at 8:00. Details here.

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Tonight at the Goth Hop: Zombie Lit

August 14, 2009
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Join me tonight at the Verdi Club in San Fran for the Litquake Goth Hop. A number of authors have been asked to channel our inner Satan and write short pieces for the evening; I’m working on mine as we speak. Naturally, I planned the outfit long before I even began thinking about the prose. I’ll be wearing that black leather corset that’s never seen the light of day–you know, one of those impulse buys that seemed so practical at the moment of purchase. Not to mention the tallest, most painful shoes I can find. I hear there will...

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Literary Death Match tonight

June 12, 2009
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If you think writers are full of it, this is the event to attend, because rarely does the evening end without at least one writer suffering some form of public humiliation. Tonight, I just hope it’s not me. To read more about the format and the chilling Death Match finale, go here. Tonight’s Literary Death Match is also a launch party for Issue 8 of Opium Magazine. It’s happening at the Elbo Room, 647 Valencia St. Doors open at 6:30, and the show begins at 7:15. Who’s in the face-off: Katharine Noel (Halfway House), Eric Puchner (Music Through the...

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