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NY Times: In Praise of Amy Tan and San Francisco’s Literary Life

by Bruce Weber Published: October 17, 2009 Read Full Article SAN FRANCISCO — The event to honor the novelist Amy Tan at the Herbst Theater here on Wednesday night was supposed to be in the spirit of a roast. But the organizers couldn’t quite call it that — “a braising,” they suggested instead ...

Lit Crawl Updates!

With nearly 300 authors, of course there’s going to be a few changes. Check out our twitter feed @litcrawl for the most up-to-date schedules! Phase 1: 6-7 pm Change of Venue Meat Paper is no longer at Bar Tartine; it's now at Mission Street Food! At Lung Shan Restaurant, 2234 Mission St. Address Correction Gorey ...

LitCrawl, Phase 1: Saturday, Oct. 17

Phase 1: 6-7 pm Lit Crawl launches Phase 1 with readings from local lit orgs, reading series, and indie publishers; themes of food, transgressive lit, spirituality, and online writing; Bomb magazine’s BOMB-aoke!; and our annual Clarion Alley madness! Access a printable Litquake 2009 Crawl Map. Clarion Alley, Between 17th & 18th, Mission & ...

The Lit Crawl Is Coming!

The annual Lit Crawl just happens to take place on the 20th anniversary of Loma Prieta—Saturday, Oct. 17. Coincidence? We don’t think so. Join us for Phase 1 (6-7 pm) Phase 2 (7:15-8:15 pm) Phase 3 (8:30-9:30 pm) Absolutely Free! And watch this space for last minute updates—you don't really think that Lit ...

Must-See LitCrawl Events

Crawl events you should definitely catch: Phase 1: Bomb Magazine presents BOMB-AOKE! The Dark Room, 2263 Mission St. Re-enact BOMB’s classic interviews (available at BOMBsite.com) in an interactive karaoke-style format! Best performance wins a free vintage issue of BOMB worth lots of dough. BOMB did a similar event at our New York Lit ...

Litquake’s Loyal-est

After ten years of celebrating literature, Litquake has many fans who go to events daily during the Festival—sometimes even multiple events in an evening. But we dare say that no one surpasses Evan Karp, aka the SF Literary Culture Examiner, who has been lending his exuberant presence to multiple events ...

LitCrawl, Phase 2: Saturday, Oct. 17

Phase 2: 7:15-8:15 pm Phase 2 features Clarion Alley antics, reading series and indie publishers; social publishing with Scribd; behind-bars writing from HarperOne; voices from the Middle East, South Asia, and Afghanistan; zombies, smut, Jewish and Latino lit, 826 Valencia, a beekeeping store, and much more! Access a printable Litquake 2009 Crawl ...

Orta, Marisela Treviño

Marisela Treviño Orta is a San Franciscan poet and playwright. Her debut play Braided Sorrow won the 2009 PEN Center USA Literary Award in Drama.

LitCrawl, Phase 3: Saturday, Oct. 17

Phase 3: 8:30-9:30 pm Phase 3 presents publication-curated readings from Ping-Pong, Re/SEARCH, Narrative, Canteen, Tin House, The Believer, & McSweeney’s, S.F. Chronicle, and Watchword Press/Farallon Review; themed fun with Heyday Books, The Rumpus, Philippine-American lit, travel authors, haiku and poetry; comedy group Kasper Hauser, and even more! Access a printable Litquake 2009 ...

Litquake’s Tenth

Full schedule available now! Litquake plans a real page-turner of a celebration to commemorate our ten-year anniversary! The West Coast's largest literary festival opens on Friday, October 9 with "Black, White and Read: Litquake's Book Ball," featuring performances from the worlds of opera, jazz, classical music and the circus! The following eight ...