AltWeeklies Wire
In Gurba's Gardennew
Dahlia Season tells true-to-life tales of bathroom cruisers, trans gangsters, and freak-magnet teenage baby dyke death rockers in her debut short-story collection
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michelle Tea |
06-21-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dahlia Season, Myriam Gurba
High Trees and High Seasnew
The Wild Trees and The Happiest Man in the World track modern-day explorers of new worlds.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
05-30-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Fiction Reviews
This Town is Noir Townnew
New York's Akashic Books has made its way across a crime-ridden country with titles such as Baltimore Noir.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Lynn Rapoport |
05-30-2007 |
Books
Rave On, Anonnew
The new art book The 1000 Journals Project is a chain message in a bottle.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
05-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Someguy, The 1000 Journals Project
The New Worldnew
Miranda July examines longing and transformation in a new collection of stories.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Davidson |
04-25-2007 |
Fiction
Murder Witnessnew
An observer in Darfur describes an unending nightmare.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tom Gallagher |
04-25-2007 |
Nonfiction
A Quest for Good Sex Prosenew
I'd never considered a career in writing smut until I got fired from my day job as a waiter -- but it wasn't as easy as you'd think.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Justin Juul |
04-11-2007 |
Books
Watching Me, Watching Younew
Security means scrutiny in Jonathan Raban's novel of post-9/11 anxieties.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
03-28-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: surveillance, Jonathan Raban
The Shape of Differencenew
A conversation with poet, writer and indie-culture hero Eileen Myles.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michelle Tea |
03-28-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eileen Myles, Sorry, Tree
A Careful Readernew
A collection of Susan Sontag's later work highlights the writer's unswerving attention to morality.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
03-28-2007 |
Nonfiction
A Talk with Judy Stonenew
The respected journalist dishes her views on film, books, and imbeciles.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sara Scheiron |
03-07-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Ill Fame, Worse Lucknew
A young prostitute seeks her fortune as the corpses pile up in Mailman's tale of gold rush San Francisco.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kemble Scott |
01-31-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Erika Mailman, Woman of Ill Fame
Blasts From the Pastnew
Celebrate the shelf life of good books this holiday season.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michelle Tea |
11-29-2006 |
Books
Tags: 2006gift
The Other Superpowernew
Traub documents the post-cold war careers of the United Nations and Kofi Annan.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tom Gallagher |
11-29-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: James Traub, The Best Intentions
Message Receivednew
Schou's book tells the tragic story of journalist Gary Webb.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
10-25-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kill the Messenger, Nick Schou
