Anna Wintour knows! And approves!

Last week at New York Fashion Week, we dropped in on the Gucci-Burger King collab's after-after party to ask Wintour what she thought of this year's Litquake merch line-up. She did not hold back. "You're gonna love the way you look—I guarantee it," Wintour said, taking off her famed glasses to look not at us, but through us. "Dead ass," she finished. Thanks, Anna!

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Headliners & Major Events

Adrian Tomine w Daniel Handler & Carson Ellis on the artist's life · Annalee Newitz w Kelly Clancy & Trevor Paglen on AI & PSYOPS · Atlas Obscura's Wild Life · Daniel Levitin w Alexis Madrigal on the healing power of music · Dragging Celebrity Autobios · Hernan Diaz · Jenny Slate · Jonathan Lethem · Kaveh Akbar · Maxine Hong Kingston · Michelle Tea's witch's sabbath · Mike Silver w 49ers legend Steve Young · Morgan Parker w Carvell Wallace & sam sax · Paola Ramos on right wing Latine voters · Paul Lynch · Poetry World Series w Daniel Handler & Andrew Sean Greer · Rachel Kushner w John Freeman · Roddy Doyle w Dave Eggers · Storytelling Events: Porchlight Storytelling, Radium Presents, & Generation Women w Jane Smiley

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The Handmaid's Tale
By Poul Ruders and Paul Bentley
Sep 14–Oct 1, 2024

Blessed Be the Fruit … of the Resistance
In a dystopian future, women are forced into childbearing servitude by an extremist theocratic regime. Escape is nearly impossible—but Offred, a handmaid, is determined to find a way back to her child, no matter the cost. Based on the landmark novel by Margaret Atwood, this intense operatic drama gives voice to a terrifying, fictional world. Poul Ruders’ evocative score creates one of the most impactful operas of the late twentieth century, seen for the first time on the West Coast in a powerful new co-production with The Royal Danish Theatre.

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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. 2024 Dates: Oct. 10-26. www.litquake.org

Litquake is grateful for the support of the following funders who help make our programming possible. Institutional Giving: Bernard Osher Foundation, California Arts Council, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Center for the Art of Translation, Fleishhacker Foundation, Grants for the Arts, Hawthornden Foundation, Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation, Margaret and William R. Hearst III Foundation, Miner Anderson Family Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Rock Foundation, Norway House, Sam Mazza Foundation, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation; Individual Giving: Jared Bhatti, Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler, Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne, Karyn DiGiorgio and Steve Sattler, Scott James and Gerald Cain, Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman, and Ellen Ullman Media Sponsors: San Francisco Chronicle, 7x7, KALW, KEXP, KQED, SF Arts Monthly, Bay Area Reporter, Johnny Funcheap.

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