Hello Litquakers,

What a week! Thank you to all who attended this month’s flurry of events. Whether you came in search of literary guidance at our Craft and the Creative Life panels, turned up to hear about historically-informed swashbuckling with Rita Chang-Eppig, or stopped by the park on your lunch break to hear our Poetic Tuesday poets, we at Litquake appreciate that you took the time to celebrate the written word.

With our annual festival just a few months away, we’re stretching our legs a bit and taking some time to craft the best lineup yet. But that doesn’t mean we’re slowing down. We have lots of plans up our sleeves, so keep your eyes on @litquake on all social media platforms, and scroll down to find out about two incredible films we’re co-presenting this summer.

Until next week!

—The Litquake Staff

Narrated by LGBTQ+ historian Lillian Faderman and illuminated through interviews with trailblazers like Jewelle Gomez (The Gilda Stories), Dorothy Allison (Bastard Out of Carolina), and Sarah Waters (Fingersmith), In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction charts a literary journey from post-war lesbian pulp to modern bestsellers. Highlighting the successful and controversial, directors Lisa Marie Evans and Marianne K. Martin skillfully delve into stories that defined eras of lesbian writers, and the changing socio-political landscapes that encouraged an evolution of the genre.

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Long considered lost, this German adaptation of Shakespeare’s romantic farce was able to be reconstructed when a nitrate print of the North American version was discovered buried under a cellar floor in Oregon in 2010. Thanks to a meticulous restoration process, and minute updates made to individual title slides and film strips, you can now enjoy this magical Shakespeare classic like never before.

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“Ultimately, attempts to ban books are attempts to silence authors who have summoned immense courage in telling their stories.” In the face of the BBC’s recently published list of the 100 greatest children’s books of all time, Jane Ciabattari looks at the unprecedented rate of attempted book banning in the United States • BBC

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“Hoke ironically humanizes our idea of the mountain lions living beside us, making his narrator a “queer and dangerously hungry” creature who has learned just enough about humans to be mildly repulsed.” In Henry Hoke’s Open Throat dispatches from the mind of a mountain lion feel like beautiful condemnations and humorous prophecies • Alta

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About Litquake
Litquake seeks to foster interest in literature, perpetuate a sense of literary community, and provide a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing as a complement to the city's music, film, and cultural festivals. 2023 Dates: Oct. 5-21. www.litquake.org

Litquake is grateful for the support of the following funders who help make our programming possible. Institutional Giving: Bernard Osher Foundation, Brabson Library & Education Foundation, California Arts Council, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Fleishhacker Foundation, Grants for the Arts, Margaret and William R. Hearst III Foundation, Literary Arts Emergency Fund, Miner Anderson Family Foundation, Mystery Writers of America, Northern California Chapter, National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Foundation, the Rock Foundation, Sam Mazza Foundation; Individual Giving: Jared Bhatti, Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler, Evette Davis, Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne, Karyn DiGiorgio and Steve Sattler, Scott James and Gerald Cain, Nion McEvoy, Craig Newmark, Swinerton Family Fund, and Ellen Ullman Media Sponsors: San Francisco Chronicle, 7x7, KQED, SF Arts Monthly, Bay Area Reporter, Johnny Funcheap.

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