Hello Litquakers,
It was a LONG weekend... what can we say? Better late than never? We got carried away thinking about Presidents’ Day? We got in an hours-long debate with a friend in the middle of our favorite bookstore about the actual meaning of Presidents’ Day in 2022? We became completely consumed with inventing a new holiday called Precedence Day and forgot what day it even was? Is? No excuses. We’re here. We made it. You’re here, and you’re in for a treat.
Below is our latest podcast episode, a book recommendation from Tommy Pico, and your weekly dose of literary links.
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| We’ve got another show for you! Lit Cast #139 is a ticket to one of the most San Francisco readings we’ve ever thrown. Sandwiched between famed watering hole and writers’ hideaway Vesuvio Café and the legendary City Lights bookstore, these poets performed to a packed crowd of literature lovers who were very much in their element, drinks in hand. Now you can celebrate the work of Vanessa Hua, A.H. Kim, Roberto Lovato, Caitlin Myer, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, and Alia Volz without braving the harsh winds of Kerouac Alley. |
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Litquake Book Recs In which we convince our favorite writers to recommend a must-read book...
Tommy Pico recommends Post-Traumatic by Chantal V Johnson.
“The writing is so incredibly vivid and electric, and it is one of those books that makes you excited about the possibilities of writing. It’s dark and funny and obsessive and I love it.”
Thanks, Tommy!
You can pre-order Post-Traumatic here. If you want to see more from Tommy, watch Resident Alien. Not only is he a writer for the acclaimed Syfy series, Tommy is also a guest star on the most recent episode. |
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Litquake Weekly Literary news, upcoming events, and whatever else we’re looking at...
“The lawsuit aims to stop the longstanding and widespread library practice of Controlled Digital Lending, which would stop the hundreds of libraries using that system... from providing their patrons with digital books.” Penguin, HarperCollins, and other major publishers are at war with digital lending services, namely the Internet Archive in San Francisco • San Francisco Chronicle Datebook
“While digital media completely upended industries like music, movies and newspapers, most publishers and authors still make the bulk of their money from selling bound stacks of paper.” From Word doc to hardcover, just how exactly does a book come together? • New York Times
“...detachment, yes, but only because the basic subjects of poetry—how short life is, how quickly beautiful things are lost, how unwitting we are in the face of time—threaten otherwise to be unbearable.” Poet Hannah Sullivan discusses detachment, satire, and the slant rhyme renaissance • McSweeney's
“What the news doesn’t always provide, however, is access to the voices of Ukrainians themselves.” Amidst the flurry of debates over what to do about the situation in Ukraine, it feels important to focus on writing from actual Ukrainians • Words Without Borders
“...this would be a story where grief and love, joy and loss, would coexist in cramped quarter.” A Bay Area author’s story of adolescent grief is transformed into onscreen magic • San Francisco Chronicle Datebook |
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