Hello Litquakers,
It’s the final countdown (cue guitar)! In just one week you’ll be privy to the full extent of the #Litquake2022 schedule. All the juicy details, the splashy names, the mind-bending workshops, the consciousness-expanding panels... they’ll all be one click away. We’re so excited we can barely focus. We’ve been reading the same page of Ulysses since last Friday and it’s not getting any clearer.
Before you completely lose it, be sure to take a look at this week’s Litquake Weekly. We have a few big announcements, including a reading in September and a casting call to be in a sci-fi play at this year’s festival. Scroll down to find out more, and keep you eyes peeled for the big reveal next Tuesday! |
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Along with Gray Area, San Francisco Center for the Book, The Lab, 826 Valencia, and many other local arts organizations, Litquake is seeking new board members! If you have some time and expertise to share by volunteering, join us at CounterPulse on Tuesday September 13th, where you’ll meet with the leadership of organizations that keep Bay Area arts alive!
SF Arts Board Match
September 13, 6-9pm
CounterPulse
80 Turk St
SF, CA 94102 |
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Litquake Weekly Literary news, upcoming events, and whatever else we’re looking at...
“Come join the Cayuga Community Connectors for the Litquake Elder Writing Project.” It’s that time again! Come watch the writers of Litquake’s Elder Project read their latest work, from the comfort of your home • SF Community Living
“Set against the backdrop of the Fillmore, a Black neighborhood in gentrifying 1950s San Francisco, where the likes of Sam Cooke and Sarah Vaughan grace the stages of Bop City and other local music venues, On the Rooftop turns its spotlight on one family’s quest for musical stardom.” On October 7, Margaret Wilkerson-Sexton takes the stage at Litquake, alongside KQED’s Mina Kim, to celebrate her new historical novel with musical accompaniment from jazz/blues vocalist Kim Nalley • The San Francisco Chronicle’s Datebook
“The year is 2047; Mark is an environmental journalist about to interview the richest man in the world, Eric Steele; the pretext for the interview...Mark has a thumb drive in his pocket that would bury Steele's company, wipe away his wealth and eliminate his carbon footprint.” We’re co-hosting a speculative sci-fi play as a part of this year’s Litquake, and you can be a part of it! All auditions are virtual. • Backstage
“The book’s alternate world combines Grimmian fairy-tale elements with Lovecraftian cosmic horror, but it takes a while to get there. The more of them I read, the more I appreciate King’s set-ups.” The master of page-turning fiction is at it again • Slate
“We live in a time of rapid and disorienting shifts in gender, religion and technology. Aesthetically, thanks to the internet, it’s all quite dull.” Someone with the last name Marx explains why mainstream books, television, movies, and the like have become so...boring • The New York Times
“On Saturday, 826 Valencia celebrated its 20th anniversary with a block party outside its Mission storefront.” In honor of one of the Bay Area’s greatest literary institutions, read an interview with founder and author Dave Eggers • The San Francisco Standard |
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