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Litquake's Lit CastPorchlight Storytelling: Touched by an Angel (episode #156)The Bay Area's long-running Porchlight storytelling series returned to Litquake once again for this special edition, featuring tales on the theme of Touched by an Angel: Stories of Mentors, Teachers, Guardians, and Influencers. Featuring off the cuff stories by Litquake co-founder Jack Boulware and memoirists Nico Lang, Adam Nimoy, Eugene Rodriguez , Dawn Silva, and Christina Vo. Co-hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Lisick. With music by Marc Capelle. Interested in learning more about Litquake? Visit us at www.litquake.org Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky!
2025-08-1150 minLitquake's Lit CastGeneration Women: Plot Twists (episode #155)Generation Women returns to Litquake with a powerful night of live, multigenerational storytelling. Founded by author Georgia Clark in 2017, this series amplifies underheard voices and fosters intergenerational connection. In this special festival edition, one woman or non-binary storyteller from each decade—20s through 70s+—shares an original, true story inspired by the evening's theme. Featuring performances by Eirinie Carson, Susan Kiyo Ito, Giovanna Lomanto, Jenny Pritchett, Rachel Levin, and Jane Smiley. Hosted by writer and curator Samantha Schoech. Interested in learning more about Litquake? Visit us at www.litquake.org Connect with us o...
2025-08-0439 minLitquake's Lit CastModern Magic with Michelle Tea (episode #154)Recorded at The Lost Church during Litquake 2024, this magical evening features DIY witch and literary icon Michelle Tea in conversation with The Witching Year author Diana Helmuth, guided by writer and artist MK Chavez—plus a special onstage gathering in the second half. Interested in learning more about Litquake? Visit us at www.litquake.org Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky!
2025-07-2834 minLitquake's Lit CastHow to Get Free Healing with Morgan Parker, Sam Sax, and Carvell Wallace (episode #153)Three acclaimed writers—Morgan Parker, Carvell Wallace, and sam sax—offer bold, deeply personal takes on healing in a world that resists it. From mental health and identity to queerness and survival, their recent works reimagine what self-love can look like today. Interested in learning more about Litquake? Visit us at www.litquake.org Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky!
2025-07-211h 09Litquake's Lit CastAtlas Obscura's Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders (episode #152)Recorded live at Litquake Festival 2024, this episode celebrates Wild Life, the latest from the minds behind Atlas Obscura. Editor Cara Giaimo, journalist Marissa Ortega-Welch, and Oakland Zoo's Amy Gotliffe share stories of Earth's most awe-inspiring creatures—and why they matter. Interested in learning more about Litquake? Visit us at www.litquake.org Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky!
2025-07-141h 09Litquake's Lit CastMayor of the Tenderloin: Del Seymour's Journey from Living on the Streets to Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco (Episode #151)Recorded during Litquake Festival 2024, journalist Alison Owings and Del Seymour—founder of Code Tenderloin and former unhoused advocate—share a powerful conversation about recovery, resilience, and community transformation. Featuring a special performance by Skywatchers! Interested in learning more about Litquake? Visit us at www.litquake.org Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky!
2025-07-071h 05Litquake's Lit CastPaola Ramos on her book Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right (Episode #150)On the eve of the 2024 presidential election, journalist Paola Ramos joined us to discuss her urgent new book, Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right. In conversation with KALW's Angie Coiro, Ramos explores the complex forces—identity, race, disillusionment, and political trauma—driving a growing number of Latino voters toward conservative candidates and causes. Interested in learning more about Litquake? Visit us at www.litquake.org Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky!
2025-06-301h 10Litquake's Lit CastPorchlight Storytelling 2023: Tricks Up My Sleeve: Lit Cast Episode #146Another from the archives! A staple of Litquake for nearly two decades, the Bay Area's long-running Porchlight storytelling series returned once again to Litquake Festival 2023 for this special edition, featuring tales on the theme of Tricks Up My Sleeve: Invisible Magic. With authors Derrick Brown, Dorothy Lazard, Dominic Lim, Ahmed Naji, and Dan Stuart. Porchlight is co-hosted as always by Arline Klatte and Beth Lisick, and with music by Marc Capelle.
2024-11-041h 37Litquake's Lit CastGrace Notes 2021: Lit Cast Episode: #145Litquake Festival 2021 saw us return to San Francisco's gothic and gorgeous Grace Cathedral for the first time post-COVID. This event, which has now been going for almost 10 years is always a special evening. In 2021, Grace Notes featured Sandra Lim, Forrest Gander, Miguel Murphy, and Derrick Austin with Danusha Lameris' poems read by TS Leonard as Danusha was sick that night. Grace Notes has been curated and hosted by D.A. Powell since its inception, and is now co-curated by Preeti Vangani. Check out our upcoming Grace Notes event during Litquake Festival 2024 on Wed. 10/23.
2024-10-031h 21Litquake's Lit CastHow They Did It: High-Stakes Memoir: Litcast Episode #143Writing anything for public consumption is an act of bravery, but writing memoir and autobiography requires next-level courage. How can you share a true story that demands to be told—even if it might harm relationships, revisit trauma, unearth secrets—and portray your own life honestly and vulnerably, without the benefit of an Instagram filter? In the this "How They Did It" conversation, co-presented by Litquake and LitCamp and recorded at Page Street Co-Working, we'll hear from five intrepid authors of recent memoirs, all of whom took the heroic step of committing their fascinating stories to the page. ...
2024-07-181h 13Litquake's Lit CastRambling Reckless Hobo: A Woody Guthrie Tribute: Litcast Episode 141We're going way back to Litquake Festival 2012. It was a Sunday evening early in the festival at Z Space, the same Sunday that Hardly Strictly Bluegrass wrapped. That night, Hardly Strictly lent us some special guests with My Morning Jacket's Jim James enjoying from the stands. On stage to celebrate Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday, we had Jay Farrar of Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo fame, as well as surprise guest alt-country legend Steve Earle who closed the night out. Keep an ear/eye out for more archival recordings and stories as we count down to the 25th a...
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Litquake's Lit CastHow They Did It: Publishing After 40: Lit Cast Episode 140Sure, you might not have made the cut for "5 Under 35," but that certainly doesn't mean you need to give up on your dreams of writing and publishing a book! In the first installment of our ongoing "How They Did It" series, Litquake and LitCamp have brought together six authors who found their way to publishing success after the age of 40. Recorded live at Page Street Co-Working's space in Berkeley this spring, Alka Joshi, Anita Amirrezvani, Barbara Graham, Jacqueline E. Luckett, and Mark Ernest Pothier shared practical advice and inspiration in this lively discussion moderated by LitCamp's Janis...
2024-04-251h 12Litquake's Lit CastStraight, No Chaser: Writers at the Bar: Lit Cast Live Episode 139Famed bohemian saloon Vesuvio Café welcomes Litquake for an edgy and hilarious North Beach reading celebrating 2020 authors (who didn't get to have any damn fun). Featuring Vanessa Hua, A.H. Kim, Roberto Lovato, Caitlin Myer, and Maggie Tokuda-Hall. Hosted by Alia Volz. A rare opportunity to glimpse authors performing new work in their natural habitat. Held outdoors in Kerouac Alley.
2022-02-231h 28Litquake's Lit CastWord Jazz: Lit Cast Live Episode 138Sponsored by Yerba Buena Community Benefit District Co-presented by Healdsburg Jazz Festival and Poets & Writers In the great tradition of San Francisco jazz and spoken-word basement readings first forged by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kenneth Rexroth, and Bob Kaufman, Litquake is proud to bring back this festival favorite, showcasing world-class poets accompanied by improvised music created on the spot. With Genny Lim, devorah major, Paul S. Flores, and Brontez Purnell. Music by the Marcus Shelby Trio.
2022-02-081h 52Litquake's Lit CastFuneral Diva: Pamela Sneed with Tommy Pico: Lit Cast Live Episode 136This event is now available to watch on our YouTube page, along with the rest of our 2020 festival programming. Co-presented by City Lights Booksellers & Publishers "This notable achievement...is a harrowing account of how Sneed transforms violence and pain into an artist's life." —Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen: A Lyric In this collection of personal essays and poetry, acclaimed Brooklyn-based poet/performer Pamela Sneed details her coming of age in New York City during the late 1980s. Funeral Diva (City Lights) captures the impact of AIDS on Black Queer life, and highlights the endurin...
2021-03-231h 06Litquake's Lit CastGood Things in Small Packages: Lit Cast Live Episode 135Co-presented by The Ruby and Left Margin Lit The best short stories evoke a whole world in a small space. But how do they get written? Join Litquake as we hear five writers (and readers) of short stories discuss their different approaches to writing the form. They'll discuss their own methods, philosophies, and techniques behind telling stories with economy and heart. With Yalitza Ferreras, Rachel Khong, Mimi Lok, Shruti Swamy, and C Pam Zhang. Remember to subscribe to Lit Cast to be notified the minute we release our episodes -- and subscribe to our Youtube channel to watc...
2021-03-101h 18Litquake's Lit CastFoglifter Journal Volume 5 Issue 2 Launch: Lit Cast Live Episode 133As part of Litquake Festival 2020 we will be launching our latest issue with readings from: Ching-In Chen Piper J. Daniels Chekwube Danladi Cyrée Jarelle Johnson J.S. Kuiken t. tran le Wryly T. McCutchen heidi andrea restrepo rhodes Zak Salih Mimi Tempestt Join Foglifter is as we celebrate powerful, intersectional writing that queers our perspectives; writing that explores the sometimes abject, sometimes shameful, but always honest and revelatory experience; writing that calls into question the things we believe to be true, the things we believe t...
2021-01-2658 minLitquake's Lit CastEvery Day We Get More Illegal: Juan Felipe Herrera with Jericho Brown: Lit Cast Live Episode 132 This event is now available to watch on our YouTube page, alongside the rest of our 2020 festival programming. Co-presented by City Lights Booksellers & Publishers "From Basho to Mandela, Every Day We Get More Illegal takes us on an international tour for a lesson in the history of resistance...In ways subtle and sometimes proudly loud, this book makes it clear exactly why Juan Felipe Herrera continues to be recognized and sought after for his work."—Jericho Brown Join Litquake and City Lights in celebrating the publication of Juan Felipe Herrera's Every Day We Get More Il...
2020-12-291h 00Litquake's Lit CastFreemans Best New Writings on Love: Lit Cast Live Episode 129Litquake and City Lights present John Freeman with Robin Coste Lewis, Tommy Orange, and Matt Summell. John Freeman celebrates the latest installment of the journal that is called "a powerful force in the literary world" (Los Angeles Times.) Freeman's turns to one of the greatest elevating forces of life: love. FREEMAN'S: Best New Writings on LOVE edited by John Freeman, and published by Grove Press. Litquake and City Lights present John Freeman with Robin Coste Lewis, Tommy Orange, and Matt Summell. John Freeman celebrates the latest installment of the journal that is called "a powerful force in the literary world"...
2020-11-181h 29Litquake's Lit CastA Family Divided: Lit Cast Live Episode 128Millions of families are separated today, by circumstances of the current pandemic, by draconian immigration policies, and by war. Family separation has long been used as an intentional political tool to pressure, frighten, and terrorize. Through the lens of fiction, we can understand the impact of such wounds, and strengthen our shared belief in family and community connection. Authors Donna Hemans, Aimee Liu, Ellen Meeropol, and Kristen Millares Young discuss their Spring 2020 novels, and explore the paths of families torn apart. F
2020-08-2559 minLitquake's Lit CastAlexandra Petri and Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why: Lit Cast Live Episode 127"One of the difficulties of being alive today, is that everything is absurd but fewer and fewer things are funny." In her new essay collection Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, acclaimed Washington Post satirist Alexandra Petri offers perfectly logical, reassuring reasons for everything that has happened in recent American politics that will in no way unsettle your worldview. Petri reports that the Trump administration is as competent as it is uncorrupted, white supremacy has never been less rampant, and men have been silenced for too long. The "woman card" is a powerful card to play! Q-Anon makes...
2020-08-181h 08Litquake's Lit CastAfrofuturism — Risen From a Poet's Sun: Lit Cast Live Episode 126 Afrofuturism: Risen From a Poet's Sun explores the intersection of technology, science, and the arts, as well as culture, of the African Diaspora. Featuring Bay Area poets James Cagney, Tongo-Eisen Martin, Thea Matthews, and Tureeda Mikell.
2020-08-111h 21Litquake's Lit CastYou, Me, and Everyone In Quarantine: Lit Cast Live Episode 125Cutting-edge poetry and visuals from both coasts, on the theme of "You, Me, and Everyone In Quarantine." From the depths of their shelter-in-place, these writers will perform their literary hearts out for you! With SevanKele Boult, Wo Chan, Katie Fricas, Irene McCalphin aka Magnoliah Black, and Preeti Vangani. Curated and hosted by Baruch Porras-Hernandez. Books are available from your favorite indie bookstores, or order from bookshop.org!
2020-07-211h 34Litquake's Lit CastLiterary Page Turners: Lit Cast Live Episode 124Page turners are usually associated with genre or popular fiction rather than literary fiction. In this discussion, Melanie Abrams, Laura Mazer, and Kate Milliken will talk about what readers, agents, and editors are looking for when it comes to plot. Our guest authors speak about marketability, but also how to write a beautifully crafted narrative while still making readers turn pages. Books are available from your favorite indie bookstores, or order from bookshop.org!
2020-07-141h 14Litquake's Lit CastZora Neale Hurston: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance: Lit Cast Live Episode 116Co-presented by Litquake and MoAD In honor of the post-mortem publication of Zora Neal-Hurston's short story anthology Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick: Stories From The Harlem Renaissance, we put together a reading at the Museum of African Diaspora here in San Francisco. After reading pieces of their favorite stories from the book, local authors, educators, and activists spoke to a sold out crowd about the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston and how it has influenced contemporary literary culture. With a Q&A to wrap the whole thing up, this night was one for...
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Litquake's Lit CastEureka! California's Best Authors Read by More of the Same: Lit Cast Live Episode 112Eureka! We did it! From this year's 20th Litquake festival, we present some of our favorite Bay Area authors reading from THEIR favorite Californian wordsmiths live at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco. Listen to this festival kick off with a raucous night of readings by Charlie Jane Anders, Natalie Baszile, Elaine Castillo, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Daniel Handler, Adam Johnson, Chang-rae Lee, Beth Lisick, Ishmael Reed, and Tobias Wolff, presenting from the works of writers who inspired them -- from Dashiell Hammett to Daniel Alarcón. Hosted by Isaac Fitzgerald, with live music from the Patrick Wolff Quartet a...
2019-12-031h 43Litquake's Lit CastLawrence Ferlinghetti: Lit Cast Live Episode 111In this very special episode of Lit Cast, we're proud to feature the only recording Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading his original work "Lit.quake?" - plus a few more - at Litquake 2002. Litquake's 20th anniversary festival will take place October 10-19, 2019. For all the latest updates, follow us @litquake on Facebook and Twitter!
2019-09-1917 minLitquake's Lit CastRachel Kushner: Lit Cast Live Episode 110From the Litquake archives! During our 2018 festival, National Book Award–nominated Rachel Kushner joined Litquake for an evening on her New York Times bestselling novel The Mars Room. This novel tells the story of Romy Hall, who's at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility, deep in California's Central Valley. As James Wood said in The New Yorker, Kushner's fiction "succeeds because it is so full of vibrantly different stories and histories, all of them particular, all of them brilliantly alive." This event features Kushner in conversation with San Francisco Chronicle culture co...
2019-08-201h 30Litquake's Lit CastJulia Flynn Siler: Lit Cast Live Episode 109Litquake's proud to present a special episode of Lit Cast Live featuring one of our own, Julia Flynn Siler, in conversation on her newest book The White Devil's Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown. In a narrative hailed as "eye-opening" by Kirkus Reviews, Siler tells the story of both the abolitionists who challenged the corrosive anti-Chinese prejudices of the time and the young women who dared to flee their fate. She relates how the women who ran the Cameron House defied contemporary convention by physically rescuing children from the brothels where they worked or by...
2019-08-061h 06Litquake's Lit CastChia-Chia Lin: Lit Cast Live Episode 108One of Esquire, The Rumpus, The Millions, Literary Hub and Electric Literature's Most Anticipated Books of 2019, Chia-Chia Lin's debut novel The Unpassing explores community, identity, and the myth of the American dream through a Taiwanese immigrant family of six struggling to make ends meet on the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska. Lit Cast is proud to feature Chia-Chia as she reads an excerpt from her novel and goes deep into her writing process, influences, and more with her former Iowa MFA classmate Jamel Brinkley. This episode was recorded live at Green Apple Books on the Park on May 30, 2019. L...
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Matthew Felix On Air: People Who Create. People Who Make a Difference.Litquake's Jane Ganahl: Books, writers, and celebrating all things literaryThe show is on hiatus for the summer, so I’m digging into the archives for some great episodes from the recent past.
This episode, which aired in July of last year, is the first of two episodes I did with Litquake co-founders Jane Ganahl and Jack Boulware; this being the one with Jane.
Litquake is a literary festival based in San Francisco. In 2017 Litquake featured 850 authors, had 14,300 attendees, and held 180 events, 86% of which were free. And that’s not even including the many Litquake spinoff events held in cities throughout the United States and abroad.
I specifically dug this epis...
2019-07-1000 minLitquake's Lit CastOcean Vuong: Lit Cast Live Episode 107Following the success of his T.S. Elliot-prizewinning poetry collection Night Sky With Exit Wounds, Ocean Vuong's debut novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous was heralded as one of the most hotly anticipated books of 2019 by Publishers Weekly, the LA Times, The Guardian, and many more. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, written as a letter from a son to his mother, is both a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity and a testament to the power of agency over one's own story. This episode of Lit Cast features Vuong in conversation with San Francisco literary legend Rebecca...
2019-07-091h 12Litquake's Lit CastPorchlight at Litquake: Lit Cast Live Episode 106From the Litquake archive! In this recording from our 2018 festival, the Bay Area's long-running Porchlight storytelling series returns with "advice"-themed tales from Steve Almond, Dickson Lam, Sands Hall, Sisonke Msimang, Maggie Rowe, and Betty Charbonnet Reid Soskin, the nation's oldest park ranger. This event was co-hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Lisick, and recorded live at the Swedish American Hall on October 15, 2018. Litquake's 20th anniversary festival will take place October 10-19, 2019. For all the latest updates, follow us @litquake on Facebook and Twitter!
2019-06-181h 25Litquake's Lit CastKaren Russell: Lit Cast Live Episode 105MacArthur and Guggenheim fellow Karen Russell's new short story collection, Orange World, was declared "hilarious, exquisite, first-rate" by The New York Times Book Review and "one of the most innovative, inspired short-story collections of the past decade" by NPR. Lit Cast Live proudly features Russell in conversation with Zoetrope editor Michael Ray at Green Apple Books on the Park in San Francisco on May 21, 2019. Litquake's 20th anniversary festival will take place October 10-19, 2019. For all the latest updates, follow us @litquake on Facebook and Twitter!
2019-05-301h 06Litquake's Lit CastGrace Notes PoetryBack in April, Litquake celebrated National Poetry Month by hosting a group of esteemed poets at one of San Francisco's famous landmarks. This event was hosted by D.A. Powell, whose honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and featured incredible poets like Robert Hass, former Poet Laureate of the United States and winner of a Pulitzer prize; Brenda Hillman, Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets; Henri Cole, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry; Barbara Jane Reyes; Paola Capo-Garcia; and Marcello Hernandez Castillo. Our newest Lit Cast Episode features...
2019-05-2155 minLitquake's Lit CastFranny Choi and sam sax: Lit Cast Live Episode 103Award-winning poet Franny Choi recently passed through San Francisco on tour for her second collection, Soft Science, which uses the myth of the cyborg to explore queer, Asian American femininity through a series of Turing test-inspired poems. Our newest Lit Cast episode features Choi joining local poet (and frequent Litquake collaborator!) sam sax for an electrifying evening of readings from Soft Science and sax's recent collection Bury It - plus a few brand-new, heretofore unpublished gems. This episode was recorded live at The Bindery on April 25, 2019.
2019-05-0756 minLitquake's Lit CastEvan James: Lit Cast Live Episode 102Litquake and The Bindery present Evan James reading from his debut novel, Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe. In a return of a not-so-prodigal son, author Evan James comes to San Francisco on book tour for his comedy of manners debut novel that tells the story of a family summer on Puget Sound. Conjuring a Wes Anderson-meets-John Updike vibe, it tells a tale filled with tennis, a personal assistant in search of romance, a preppy screenwriter with a penchant for pills, a landscape gardener named Marvelous Matthews, and a bewitching self-help author, all attempting to find that elusive something that will...
2019-04-231h 11Litquake's Lit CastMitchell S. JacksonBack in March, Mitchell S. Jackson came to San Francisco on tour for his latest book, Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family. With a poet's gifted ear, a novelist's sense of narrative, and a journalist's unsentimental eye, Mitchell S. Jackson candidly explores his tumultuous youth in the other America. Survival Math takes its name from the calculations Mitchell and his family made to keep safe—to stay alive—in their community, a small black neighborhood in Portland, Oregon blighted by drugs, violence, poverty, and governmental neglect. This event was recorded live at The Bindery on March 12, 2019.
2019-04-091h 22Litquake's Lit CastAmy Tan and Armistead Maupin: Lit Cast Live Episode 100To celebrate our 100th(!) episode, we've got an extra-special recording from Litquake's 2018 festival: an evening of freewheeling conversation between San Francisco literary legends Amy Tan and Armistead Maupin. Bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement, Amy Tan's most recent novel is Where the Past Begins; Armistead Maupin, whose series Tales of the City helped change our cultural conversation about being gay in America, has just released the paperback edition of Logical Family. This event was recorded live at the Swedish American Hall on October 19, 2018. Litquake's 20th anniversary festival will take place October 10...
2019-03-261h 06Litquake's Lit CastCharlie Jane Anders and Meg Elison: Lit Cast Live Episode 99Fantasy and science fiction stories have long embraced the darker themes of a dystopian future. Do these narratives speak to our fears of what the future will bring, or do they reflect the current reality in which the authors live and write? Is futuristic fiction pure escapism, or can it alter our destiny? In this episode of Lit Cast Live, Bay Area authors Charlie Jane Anders (All the Birds in the Sky; The City in the Middle of the Night), and Meg Elison (The Book of the Unnamed Midwife) explore these questions and more in a discussion moderated by...
2019-03-1251 minLitquake's Lit CastAkwaeke Emezi: Lit Cast Live Episode 98A rising star in today's Nigerian novel boom, the trans and non-binary Akwaeke Emezi has brought us Freshwater, an autobiographical debut written with stylistic brilliance, exploring the metaphysics of identity and being, plunging the reader into the mysteries of self. Emezi was named one of the National Book Foundation's '5 under 35' for 2018 and Freshwater was long-listed for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. In convo with Whiting Award-winning novelist Esmé Weijun Wang. Recorded live at the Museum of African Diaspora during Litquake Festival 2018. Sponsored by California College of the Arts.
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Words & Images: Writers, Photographers, Filmmakers, & MoreWriters & Books: Litquake with Co-Founder Jane GanahlOver 18 years ago at a bar in San Francisco, a free one-day reading series was born. Last year, it featured 850 authors, had 14,300 attendees, and held 180 events, 86% of which were free. That event is Litquake, and author, journalist, editor, screenwriter, and public speaker Jane Ganahl is its co-founder. I talked with Jane about the organization’s origins, its incredibly successful namesake festival, its year-round initiatives, and more. Recorded live on July 1, 2018.
2018-10-1000 minMatthew Felix On Air: People Who Create. People Who Make a Difference.Litquake San Francisco with Co-Founder & Writer Jack BoulwareLitquake co-founder Jack Boulware filled us in on what’s in store for this year’s San Francisco festival, October 11 - 20!
Litquake is an annual literary festival started in 1999 in San Francisco that has since spread to cities throughout the country and abroad. The festival consists of readings, discussions, and themed events, and it’s heralded as the largest literary event west of the Mississippi. To date 7,100 authors and 145,854 attendees have participated in the festival.
2018-10-0100 minLitquake's Lit CastElaine Castillo: Lit Cast Live Episode 96Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Elaine Castillo and her debut novel, "America Is Not The Heart". In illuminating the violent political history of the Philippines in the 1980s and 1990s and the insular immigrant communities that spring up in the suburban United States, Castillo delivers an incisive and powerful story about the promise of the American dream and the unshakable power of the past. This appearance was recorded live at Green Apple Books on the Park in San Francisco. Sponsored by California College of the Arts. ww.facebook.com...
2018-09-1245 minLitquake's Lit CastSloane Crosley: Lit Cast Live Episode 95Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Sloane Crosley, New York Times–bestselling author of "Look Alive Out There"―a brand-new collection of essays filled with her trademark hilarity, wit, and charm. The characteristic heart and punch-packing observations are back, but with a newfound coat of maturity. A thin coat. More of a blazer, really. In conversation with Daniel Mallory Ortberg. This appearance was recorded live at Green Apple Books on the Park in San Francisco. ww.facebook.com/litquake https://twitter.com/Litquake
2018-08-0246 minLitquake's Lit CastMeg Wolitzer: Lit Cast Live Episode 94Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with the charming, witty, and always-incisive Meg Wolitzer and her new novel The Female Persuasion, which chronicles the highs and lows of power, loyalty, hero worship, womanhood and ambition. At its heart, The Female Persuasion is about the flame we all believe is flickering inside of us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time. This appearance was recorded live at The Bindery in San Francisco. ww.facebook.com/litquake https://twitter.com/Litquake
2018-07-1156 minLitquake's Lit CastCheston Knapp: Lit Cast Live Episode 93 Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with the daring and wise, hilarious and tender, Cheston Knapp and his exhilarating collection of seven linked essays, Up Up, Down Down, which tackles the Big Questions through seemingly unlikely avenues. Taken together, the essays in Up Up, Down Down amount to a chronicle of Knapp's coming-of-age, a young man's journey into adulthood, late-onset as it might appear. He presents us with formative experiences from his childhood to marriage that echo throughout the collection, and ultimately tilts at what may be the Biggest Q of them all: wha...
2018-06-261h 08Litquake's Lit CastSamantha Irby: Lit Cast Live Episode 92Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Samantha Irby on tour for her second essay collection, MEATY. After attracting thousands of loyal readers to her notoriously hilarious blog, bitchesgottaeat.com, Samantha Irby first exploded onto the printed page with WE ARE NEVER MEETING IN REAL LIFE, her debut collection of essays about trying to laugh her way through failed relationships, taco feasts, bouts with Crohn's disease, and more. Every essay is crafted with that distinctive voice hailed by Kirkus Reviews as "raunchy, funny, and vivid...strap in and get ready for a roller-coaster...
2018-06-1349 minLitquake's Lit CastLeslie Jamison: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 91Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Leslie Jamison, on tour for her new book THE RECOVERING: Intoxication and its Aftermath. Jamison has been compared to such iconic writers as Joan Didion and Susan Sontag. Yet her utterly singular voice also offers something new. With enormous empathy and wisdom, Jamison has given us nothing less than the story of addiction and recovery in America writ large, a definitive and revelatory account that will resonate for years to come. This appearance was recorded live at Green Apple Books on the Park in San Francisco...
2018-05-2253 minLitquake's Lit CastMorgan Jerkins: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 90Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Morgan Jerkins, on tour for her new book THIS WILL BE MY UNDOING: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America. This highly-anticipated collection of linked essays interweaves Jerkins' incisive commentary on pop culture, feminism, black history, misogyny, and racism with her own experiences to confront the very real challenges of being a black woman today. Jenkins is currently a contributing editor at Catapult and a Book of the Month judge. This appearance was recorded live at The Booksmith in San Francisco. Spon...
2018-05-0736 minLitquake's Lit CastLeni Zumas LIVE at The BooksmithLitquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Leni Zumas, on tour for her novel RED CLOCKS. The New York Times describes Zumas as having "a perfectly tuned ear for the way measures to restrict lives and enforce social confirmity are couched in the moralizing sentimentalism of children's needs" and her novel "a clear and well-constructed extrapolation of the current debate." RED CLOCKS is Zumas's second novel, following her darkly funny debut THE LISTENERS in 2012. This appearance was recorded live at The Booksmith in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake https://twit...
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Porchlight Storytelling SeriesAnnual Litquake Show! Life During WartimeEvery year, we join forces with the amazing Litquake Literary Festival to bring you a night of stories told by authors and writers. Our theme for this show is ripped from the Talking Heads song "Life During Wartime," and involves tales of explosive scenarios, epic struggles, and living each day like it could be your last. With Greg Milner, Laurie Notaro, D. Watkins, Jack Boulware, Eric Spitznagel, Bucky SInister, and Pamela Alma Weymouth. Hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Lisick, with music by Marc Capelle.
2018-03-091h 05Litquake's Lit CastChloe Benjamin LIVE at Green Apple BooksLitquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Chloe Benjamin, on tour for her novel THE IMMORTALISTS, described by The Guardian as "not just a novel about grief; it conjures characters with such dimension that you mourn them too, a magic rare enough to leave one astonished." THE IMMORTALISTS is Benjamin's second novel, following her award-winning debut THE ANATOMY OF DREAMS in 2014. This appearance was recorded live at Green Apple Books on the Park in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake https://twitter.com/Litquake
2018-02-2758 minLitquake's Lit CastCarl Pope with Mark Hertsgaard: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 87The science is unequivocal: Earth is getting hotter, endangering human civilization as well as myriad species of plants and animals. But individuals, businesses, cities and states can still take action to ensure a future for our children and grandchildren. Former Sierra Club president Carl Pope ("Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses and Citizens Can Save the Planet") and award-winning journalist Mark Hertsgaard ("Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth") discuss. Recorded live as part of the Litquake festival, at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake https://twitter.com/Litquake
2018-01-091h 07Litquake's Lit CastLoudon Wainwright III with Chuck Prophet: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 86With a career spanning more than four decades, Loudon Wainwright III has established himself as one of America's most enduring singer-songwriters. His songs can be laugh-out-loud funny, but they also can cut to the bone. This past October, he discussed his memoir "Liner Notes: On Parents & Children, Exes & Excess, Death & Decay, & a Few of My Other Favorite Things," with musician Chuck Prophet. Plus, a few songs! Recorded live as part of the Litquake festival, at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake https://twitter.com/Litquake
2017-12-121h 08Litquake's Lit CastBlack Against Empire and the Black Panther Party: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 85In 2017, San Francisco's 13th Annual One City One Book committee selected "Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party," a bold, engrossing, and richly detailed examination of the revolutionary Black Panther movement, and its disastrous unraveling. This past October, co-author Waldo E. Martin, Jr. discussed the book and the Party's political dynamics with writer/curator D. Scot Miller. Recorded live as part of the Litquake festival, at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake https://twitter.com/Litquake
2017-11-2943 minLitquake's Lit CastBest American Essays: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 84Since 1986, Houghton Mifflin's The Best American Essays has delivered an annual treasure trove of fine writing and thought-provoking essays selected from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. This past October, Litquake assembled a stellar gathering of some of California's leading contemporary essayists, and contributors to the anthology. With readings from Kendra Atleework, Richard M. Lange, Angela Morales, Karen Palmer, Jose Antonio Vargas, and Alia Volz. Recorded live as part of the Litquake festival, at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake https://twitter.com/Litquake
2017-11-161h 12Litquake's Lit CastParsing the President: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 83Never before has our commander-in-chief's behavior been so puzzling, so laughable, so…troubled? This October the Litquake festival assembled a panel of experts to shed some light on the president's fundamental shortcomings. Senator Barbara Boxer addresses his political naiveté, linguist and NPR contributor Geoffrey Nunberg helps parse his verbal tics, psychiatrist Dr. Dee Mosbacher sheds light on his mental state, and comedian Will Durst talks about finding humor in this unfunny crisis. Moderated by journalist and author David Talbot. Recorded live as part of the Litquake festival, at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litq...
2017-11-021h 12Litquake's Lit CastEugene Lim with Mauro Javier Cardenas: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 82Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Eugene Lim, author of the novel Dear Cyborgs. Entwining comic-book villains with cultural critiques, Lim creates a fleet-footed literary exploration of power, friendship, and creativity. Ambitious and knowing, Dear Cyborgs combines detective pulps, subversive philosophy, and Hollywood chase scenes, unfolding like the composites and revelations of a dream. In conversation with author Mauro Javier Cardenas, and recorded live at Green Apple Books on the Park in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake https://twitter.com/Litquake
2017-10-031h 05Litquake's Lit CastTom Perrotta: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 81 Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Tom Perrotta, on tour for his novel MRS. FLETCHER, described by The New York Times as "the sweetest and most charming novel about pornography addiction and the harrowing issues of sexual consent that you will probably ever read." Best known for his novels turned into film and TV -- ELECTION, LITTLE CHILDREN, and THE LEFTOVERS -- Perrotta feels most comfortable when uncomfortable, and has said, "As writers, we need to go into territory that confuses us, or scares us, or that we're conflicted about." This appearance wa...
2017-09-1942 minLitquake's Lit CastBad Hombres / Anita Amirrezvani, Laleh Khadivi, Andrew Lam, Nyuol Lueth Tong: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 80Litquake's Shadows & Light series continues with a conversation between Anita Amirrezvani, Laleh Khadivi, and Andrew Lam, moderated by The Bare Life Review editor Nyuol Lueth Tong. In this live event, "Bad Hombres: Immigrant Voices Respond to Trump," panelists discuss the impact of the current regime on immigrant writers' lives and creativity, and explore how immigrant voices can prevail against our nation's current intellectual recession. Recorded live at the San Francisco Public Library's Koret Auditorium in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake https://twitter.com/Litquake
2017-08-161h 16Litquake's Lit CastAlysia Abbott, Clane Hayward and Joshua Safran with Gabe Meline: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 79Litquake's new "Lit Cast Live" continues with a panel discussion between Alysia Abbott, Clane Hayward and Joshua Safran, moderated by Gabe Meline of KQED Arts. For decades, Northern California has been Ground Zero for countercultural communities, rejecting conventional suburbia in favor of individualism and personal freedom. But what happens to children with this background, growing up amid such unorthodox family dynamics? These three Bay Area authors with recent memoirs meet on the summer solstice to discuss their experiences growing up in the shadow of the Summer of Love. Recorded live at the California Historical Society in San Francisco. h...
2017-07-061h 04Litquake's Lit CastJeff VanderMeer with Robin Sloan: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 78Litquake's new "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Jeff VanderMeer, on tour for his novel BORNE, named one of the most anticipated books of 2017 by The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Book Riot, Chicago Reader, The Week, and Publishers Weekly. Author of the bestselling Southern Reach Trilogy, VanderMeer also will soon see a film adaptation of the trilogy's first installment, ANNIHILATION. In conversation with Robin Sloan, author of MR. PENUMBRA'S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE. Recorded live at Green Apple Books on the Park, in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake https://twitter.com/Litquake
2017-06-0647 minLitquake's Lit CastSarah Ladipo Manyika with Daniel Handler: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 77Litquake's first entry in our "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores presents professor/author Sarah Ladipo Manyika, for the launch of her newest novel, LIKE A MULE BRINGING ICE CREAM TO THE SUN. Set in San Francisco, this book presents a subtle and mesmerizing meditation on aging, friendship, and loss, and fleshes out a nuanced portrait of the erotic yearnings of an older woman. In conversation with Daniel "Lemony Snicket" Handler. Recorded live at the Booksmith bookstore, in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. https://www.facebook.com/litquake https://twitter.com/Litquake
2017-05-2358 minLitquake's Lit CastThe Most Dishonest People on Earth, with Lowell Bergman, Geoffrey Nunberg, Marisa Lagos, Scott Shafer: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 76Litquake's second event in our "Shadow & Light" series presents "The Most Dishonest People on Earth: Journalists Respond to Trump," another glimpse of sanity in an increasingly insane world. This current political climate demands honest and unvarnished media coverage. But is the American press doing enough to tell the truth behind the lies? Are we in a spiral of spin where truth no longer matters? With Lowell Bergman, Geoffrey Nunberg, Marisa Lagos, and Scott Shafer. Recorded live at the Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library. https://www.facebook.com/litquake https://twitter.com/Litquake
2017-04-111h 00Litquake's Lit CastWord /Jazz with Chinaka Hodge, RyanNicole, devorah major, Broun Fellinis: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 75In the great tradition of jazz and spoken-word basement readings in North Beach first forged by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kenneth Rexroth, and Bob Kaufman, hear this contemporary update co-presented by City Lights Books. With poets Chinaka Hodge, devorah major, and RyanNicole. Music by Afro-futurist jazz trio Broun Fellinis. Recorded live at Doc's Lab, formerly The Purple Onion, in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake https://twitter.com/Litquake
2017-03-071h 42Litquake's Lit CastNo Shadow Without Light: Writers Respond to Trump: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 74As with the rest of the world, Litquake has been festering over the unexpected election of Donald Trump. Do we publish a manifesto? Or curl up in the fetal position? Yes, times are dark indeed, but it's incumbent on the creative class to stand tall and contribute. And so we present some diverse and electric Bay Area voices who speak to our nation's fear, anger, and perhaps even optimism. With Elmaz Abinader, Robert Mailer Anderson, devorah major, Sarah Ladipo Manyika, and T.J. Stiles. Recorded live at the Koret Auditorium at San Francisco Public Library, main branch. https://www.fac...
2017-02-0757 minLitquake's Lit CastKim Addonizio with Jen Siraganian: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 73Lit Cast presents this live recording featuring author Kim Addonizio and poet Jen Siraganian at Litquake's Epicenter series. This onstage conversation discusses Addonizio's two newest releases, the poetry collection MORTAL TRASH, and the memoir BUKOWSKI IN A SUN DRESS. Learn why the San Francisco Chronicle says "Addonizio tackles tough subjects -- unequipped mothers, the loss of love, mental illness -- with unflinching clarity, lyricism, and humor." Unexpected fun fact for this episode: both Kim and Jen attended the same high school in Maryland. Co-presented by Green Apple Books, and recorded live at Alamo Drafthouse in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.co...
2016-11-221h 09Litquake's Lit CastThe Atavist's Evan Ratliff with Jennifer Kahn: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 72Lit Cast presents this live recording featuring Atavist editor Evan Ratliff and journalist Jennifer Kahn at Litquake's Epicenter series. The onstage conversation discusses LOVE AND RUIN, the new collection of nonfiction from The Atavist, a trailblazing leader in longform narrative writing. Tune in and hear why The New York Times describes The Atavist as "remarkable...can't look away pieces of multimedia journalism." Co-presented by Green Apple Books, and recorded live at Alamo Drafthouse in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake/ https://twitter.com/Litquake
2016-09-2758 minLitquake's Lit CastNatashia Deón and Kaitlin Solimine: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 71Lit Cast presents this live recording featuring novelist Natashia Deón and journalist Kaitlin Solimine at Litquake's Epicenter series. This conversation discusses Natashia's debut release, GRACE, from Counterpoint Press. The New York Times says, "Ms. Deón is not merely another new author to watch. She has delivered something whole, and to be reckoned with, right now." Co-presented by Green Apple Books, and recorded live at Alamo Drafthouse in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake/ https://twitter.com/Litquake
2016-07-191h 03Litquake's Lit CastAdam Haslett and Jane Ciabattari: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 70Lit Cast presents this live recording featuring novelist Adam Haslett and book critic Jane Ciabattari at Litquake's Epicenter series. This conversation discusses Haslett's newest release, "Imagine Me Gone." With his striking emotional precision and lively, inventive language, Haslett has given us something rare: a novel with the power to change how we see the most important people in our lives. Co-presented by Green Apple Books, and recorded live at Alamo Drafthouse in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake/ https://twitter.com/Litquake
2016-06-2851 minLitquake's Lit CastDan Lyons and Chris Colin: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 69Lit Cast presents this live recording featuring journalist/author Dan Lyons and journalist Chris Colin at Litquake's Epicenter series. This conversation discusses Lyons' new memoir, "Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble," the New York Times bestseller about the "troubling but funny" world of America's technology culture from one of the contributors to HBO's "Silicon Valley." Co-presented by Green Apple Books, and recorded live at Alamo Drafthouse in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake/ https://twitter.com/Litquake
2016-05-111h 00Litquake's Lit CastCintra Wilson and Gary Kamiya: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 68
Lit Cast presents this live recording which features writer/critic CIntra Wilson and journalist/editor Gary Kamiya at Litquake's Epicenter series. This conversation discusses Wilson's most recent collection, "Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style," a hilarious road trip across the landscape of American fashion. Co-presented by Green Apple Books, and recorded live at Alamo Drafthouse in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake/ https://twitter.com/Litquake
2016-04-191h 01Litquake's Lit CastPatricia Park and Vanessa Hua: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 67Lit Cast presents this live recording which features novelist Patricia Park and journalist/fiction author Vanessa Hua at Litquake's Epicenter series. This conversation explores Park's recent debut book "Re Jane," a retelling of the Charlotte Brontë classic Jane Eyre, set in the Korean immigrant community of Queens, New York. Co-presented by Green Apple Books, and recorded live at Alamo Drafthouse in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake/ https://twitter.com/Litquake
2016-03-2353 minLitquake's Lit CastSunil Yapa and Marie Mockett: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 66Lit Cast presents this live recording from Litquake's Epicenter series, featuring Sunil Yapa, author of the debut novel "Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist," in conversation with writer Marie Mutsuki Mockett ("Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye"). Co-presented by Green Apple Books, and recorded live at Alamo Drafthouse in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake/ https://twitter.com/Litquake
2016-03-081h 00Litquake's Lit CastLori Ostlund and Amelia Gray: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 65Lit Cast presents this live recording which features California fiction writers Lori Ostlund and Amelia Gray at our Off the Richter Scale series. This conversation, titled “Our Strange Skin,” ranges from readings to discussions about love, cages, and the freakishness of the human body. Recorded live at Z Below during the 2015 Litquake festival in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake/ https://twitter.com/Litquake
2016-02-241h 10Litquake's Lit CastDennis Lehane, with Eddie Muller: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 64Lit Cast is proud to present this live recording of the recent Litquake event featuring author and screenwriter Dennis Lehane, for the Bay Area launch of his recent novel "The World Gone By." In this episode, Lehane is joined onstage by film noir historian Eddie Muller, in a conversation about his book-to-film career. Recorded live at Jewish Community Center San Francisco during the 2015 Litquake festival in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/litquake/ https://twitter.com/Litquake
2016-01-271h 22Litquake's Lit CastBoots Riley, with W. Kamau Bell & Adam Mansbach: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 63Lit Cast is proud to present this live recording of the recent Litquake event featuring activist, emcee and front-man Boots Riley, for the Bay Area launch of his new book Tell Homeland Security—We Are The Bomb. In this episode, Boots is joined onstage by comedian W. Kamau Bell and author Adam Mansbach, in a conversation about the intersection of art and politics. Recorded live at Z Space during the 2015 Litquake festival in San Francisco.
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Porchlight Storytelling SeriesKill Your Darlings: The Unpleasant Art of Starting Over. Porchlight + Litquake 2015Litquake's edition of the Bay Area's long-running Porchlight series (15 years!) returns to the festival for a special storytelling night of authors and writers, telling tales on the theme of "Kill Your Darlings." Featuring stories by Heather Mackey, Martha Tolles, Neal Pollack, Mark Haskell Smith, Siamak Vossoughi and Ali Liebegott. Hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Lisick on October 12, 2015 at San Francisco's Verdi Club. Recorded by Brandi Howell. Mixed by Patty Fung.
2015-12-151h 17Litquake's Lit CastChristopher Moore and S.G. Browne: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 62Lit Cast is proud to present this live recording of the recent Litquake event “Horror and Hilarity: A Conversation with Christopher Moore and S.G. Browne.” Both of these authors have mastered the craft of mining humor from the macabre: soul-collecting demons, romance-seeking zombies, undead redhead vampires and more. Moderated by book journalist Zack Ruskin, and recorded live at Z Below during the 2015 Litquake festival in San Francisco.
2015-12-101h 12Litquake's Lit CastChinelo Okparanta and Vu Tran: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 62Litquake is honored to present this live recording of the recent event "Writing Cultural Identity." Short story writers Chinelo Okparanta and Vu Tran discuss the fiction of cultural identity, migration, and the craft of good writing. Born in Nigeria, Chinelo is author of the collection “Happiness, Like Water” and the novel “Under the Udala Trees.” Born in Vietnam, Vu is author of many published short stories, as well as the novel “Dragonfish.” Moderated by Commonwealth Prize winner Nayomi Munaweera. Recorded live at Z Below during the 2015 Litquake festival in San Francisco.
2015-11-181h 05Litquake's Lit CastPoetic Tuesday at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 61Litquake is proud to co-present the monthly Poetic Tuesday series, our summertime collaboration with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, showcasing top Bay Area poets and musicians. This episode was recorded on May 12, and features Tria Andrews, Rebecca Foust, Bill Mayer, Bruce Snider, and musical guest Naima Shalhoub. Recorded live at Jessie Square in downtown San Francisco.
2015-09-171h 03Litquake's Lit CastMaggie Nelson in Conversation with Lucy Corin: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 60 Litquake is proud to host the San Francisco launch of "The Argonauts," the new genre-bending memoir by Maggie Nelson. Writing in the spirit of public intellectuals such as Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes, Nelson binds her personal experience to a rigorous exploration of what iconic theorists have said about sexuality, gender, and the vexed institutions of marriage and child-rearing. In conversation with fiction writer Lucy Corin. Recorded live at Litquake's Epicenter in San Francisco, and co-presented by Green Apple Books.
2015-09-021h 13Litquake's Lit CastJoshua Mohr in Conversation with Jack Boulware: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 59Litquake is proud to host the San Francisco launch of "All Ths Life," the newest novel by Joshua Mohr, which examines the dangerous intersection of reality and the imaginary, where coding and technology seek to highlight and augment our already flawed human connections. In conversation with Litquake co-founder Jack Boulware. Recorded live at Litquake’s Epicenter in San Francisco, and co-presented by Green Apple Books.
2015-08-181h 01Litquake's Lit CastKatherine Taylor in Conversation with Frances Dinkelspiel: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 58Litquake is honored to host the San Francisco launch of "Valley Fever," the newest novel by Katherine Taylor, set amid the wine country of Fresno, California. In conversation with journalist/author Frances Dinkelspiel. Recorded live at Litquake’s Epicenter in San Francisco, and co-presented by Green Apple Books.
2015-08-0555 minLitquake's Lit CastBruce McCullough in Conversation with Paul Myers: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 57Litquake is honored to host the comedian, writer, director and legendary Kid in the Hall Bruce McCulloch as he discusses his newest book, "Let's Start a Riot: How A Young Drunk Punk Became A Hollywood Dad," with writer/musician Paul Myers. Recorded live at Litquake’s Epicenter in San Francisco, and co-presented by Green Apple Books.
2015-07-2151 minLitquake's Lit CastPeter Coyote in Conversation with Phil Bronstein: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 56Litquake is honored to host the legendary actor/activist/author Peter Coyote as he discusses the release of his new spiritual biography, “The Rainman's Third Cure: An Irregular Education,” with Center for Investigative Reporting board chairman Phil Bronstein. Recorded live at Litquake’s Epicenter in San Francisco, and co-presented by Green Apple Books.
2015-07-011h 08Litquake's Lit CastLitquake's Lit Cast Episode 55- Joyce Carol Oates in Conversation with Cornelia NixonLitquake is honored to host the acclaimed bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates as she discusses the release of her newest psychological noir thriller “Jack of Spades,” with award-winning novelist Cornelia Nixon. Recorded live at Litquake’s Epicenter in San Francisco, and co-presented by Green Apple Books.
2015-06-161h 10Litquake's Lit CastLitquake's Lit Cast Episode 54 - David Vann in Conversation with Tom BarbashInternational bestselling author David Vann discusses the hardback release of his newest novel “Aquarium,” with acclaimed writer Tom Barbash (“Stay Up with Me”). Recorded live at Litquake’s Epicenter in San Francisco, in March 2015, and co-presented by Green Apple Books.
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Litquake's Lit CastLitquake's Lit Cast Episode 52 - DrivelLaunch event for DRIVEL, Litquake's first book, edited by Julia Scott. Great authors share their earliest, worst writings! Hear excerpts from this hilarious collection read aloud by everyone from Peter Orner to Andrew Sean Greer. Co-presented by the SF Writers' Grotto, and recorded live at Z Space during Litquake 2014. More book details at litquake.org/drivel.
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Litquake's Lit CastLitquake's Lit Cast Episode 51 – Stephan Eirik Clark and Joe LoyaStephan Eirik Clark discusses his debut novel “Sweetness #9,” with essayist/author Joe Loya. A former Fulbright Fellow to Ukraine, Clark is also author of the short story collection “Vladimir's Mustache,” and teaches English at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Recorded live at Litquake’s Epicenter in San Francisco, 2014.
2015-01-2154 minLitquake's Lit CastLitquake's Lit Cast Episode 50 Chinelo Okparanta and NoViolet Bulawayo at Litquake 2014As transnational writers who both emigrated to the United States in their youth, Nigerian author Chinelo Okparanta and Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo interrogate the meaning of home and writing across continents, and redefine diaspora literature for a new generation. Conversation moderated by Sarah Ladipo Manyika, with music provided by Emmanuel Nado of KALW’s AfricaMix. Conversation recorded live at San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora during Litquake 2014.
2015-01-061h 02Litquake's Lit CastLitquake's Lit Cast Episode 49 Marc Maron and Jack Boulware at Litquake 2014For three decades, Marc Maron has been writing and performing raw, honest and thought-provoking comedy for print, stage, radio, online and television. His WTF podcast has become a worldwide phenomenon, regularly hitting #1 on the iTunes charts, and his most recent essay collection is the bestselling "Attempting Normal." In conversation with Litquake executive director Jack Boulware. Recorded live at Z Space during Litquake: San Francisco's Literary Festival on October 12, 2014.
2014-12-221h 48Litquake's Lit CastLitquake's Lit Cast Episode 48 – Emma Donoghue and Jewelle Gomez at Litquake 2014Emma Donoghue, the author of Room (which sold over two million copies, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize, and featured on several best of the year lists), discusses Frog Music, her new murder mystery set in San Francisco. In conversation with playwright and author of seven novels, Jewelle Gomez (The Gilda Stories). Recorded live at Z Space during Litquake: San Francisco's Literary Festival on October 13, 2014.
2014-11-251h 08Porchlight Storytelling SeriesBrushes with the Other Side of Fame. Porchlight + Litquake 2014This installment comes from our collaboration with the yearly Litquake Literary Festival. The theme of the evening was brushes with the other side of fame told by Jennifer Longo, Antonia Crane, Caitlin Doughty, Joshua Safran and Owen Egerton along with songs by Frank Portman. Hosted by Arline Klatte & Beth Lisick on October 13, 2014 at the Verdi Club. Recorded by Paula Junn. Mixed by Patty Fung.
2014-11-2555 minLitquake's Lit CastLitquake's Lit Cast Episode 47 – Nicholson Baker and Steven Winn at Litquake 2014Bestselling author Nicholson Baker discusses libraries, lawsuits, life in Maine, and his recent novels The Anthologistand Traveling Sprinkler. Baker is the author of ten novels, including Vox and The Fermata, and five works of nonfiction, including Human Smoke and Double Fold (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award). In conversation with San Francisco writer and critic Steven Winn. Recorded live at Z Space during Litquake: San Francisco’s Literary Festival on October 15, 2014.
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Rudy Rucker PodcastsPodcast #44. Eddie Poe in THE HOLLOW EARTH. Litquake Steampunk.October 24, 2008, Rudy reads from his novel at an evening of steampunk readings hosted by SF in SF as part of LitQuake. Taped and posted by Rick Kleffel of Trashotron. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.The post Podcast #44. Eddie Poe in THE HOLLOW EARTH. Litquake Steampunk. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.
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Rudy Rucker PodcastsPodcast #44. Eddie Poe in THE HOLLOW EARTH. Litquake Steampunk.October 24, 2008, Rudy reads from his novel at an evening of steampunk readings hosted by SF in SF as part of LitQuake. Taped and posted by Rick Kleffel of Trashotron. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.
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