It's Black History Month!
This February, as with every other month, we encourage you to celebrate the contributions of Black authors, poets, playwrights, community workers and artists at large. We hope you remember the importance of maintaining a diverse reading list and doing your part in fostering a more equitable arts community here in the Bay Area.
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Litquake's Lit Cast is back!
After a lengthy hiatus, we are incredibly happy to be back on the mic, transmitting literary treasures twice a month.
Our first podcast of 2022 features a recording of our Word/Jazz program from last October's festival. In the great tradition of San Francisco jazz and spoken-word basement readings, this performance featured improvised music by the Marcus Shelby Trio, accompanied by poetry from Paul S. Flores, Genny Lim, and devorah major.
Listen here, or watch on YouTube here. |
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Litquake Weekly Highlighting literary news, upcoming events, and whatever else we're looking at...
“...all throughout February, the Library champions Black history, culture and heritage with programs spotlighting Black authors, artists, makers and movers.” Our home branch is hosting tons of events in honor of Black History Month • San Francisco Public Library
“Stephen Curry's debut kids’ book, I Have a Superpower, is the first project from his company Unanimous Publishing...” The Bay Area’s three-time NBA champ is now a children’s author • People
“Kevin Dublin, a San Francisco-based poet and writer, is doing everything he can to keep the city’s literary culture alive.” Our Elder Project program director discusses San Francisco’s guaranteed income pilot program • SF Gate
“The Mayonnaise System is more loyal to what the works mean than what they say. It’s a classification system where nothing must be as it seems.” Can Richard Brautigan inspire a more democratic classification system for the library of congress? • Literary Hub
“This is the latest pandemic phenomenon called Wordle — a free online game that gives users a new word puzzle each day.” Here’s the best words to start a game of Wordle, according to the experts • Inverse
“Knowledge and ignorance, desire and love, control and submission—these are the straits that Ulysses asks its readers to navigate.” This February marks 100 years since the publication of one of literatures most confounding and endlessly alluring works of all time • The New Yorker |
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Litquake Book Recs In which we convince our favorite writers to recommend a must-read book...
Joshua Mohr recommends Live Caught by Cathey Daniels.
“Of all the students I’ve had over the years, no one wonderfully abuses language like Daniels. Live Caught is a torrid page-turner, and yet the real sonic magic happens on the line level.”
Thanks, Joshua!
You can buy his memoir Model Citizen here (or at your local bookstore). For those in the area, Joshua will be at the Tucson Festival of Books March 11-13. |
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