Appearance — Litquake Literary Festival
The Bay Area’s annual Litquake literary festival takes place October 6-14 at various venues throughout the city, and you must check out at least a few of the events. Complete details are posted to www.litquake.org.
I will be appearing at the Porchlight Storytelling night on Monday October 9. Here’s the details:
Writers, Muses, Flacks, and Escorts
Publishing-related tales of frustration, woe, relief, and comic humiliation
Swedish American Hall
2174 Market Street
$12 admission, 8 pm
Beer and cocktails for sale!
Advance tickets available at www.ticketweb.com
The lineup includes Arielle Eckstut, Mark Ewert, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Joyce Maynard, Pat Montandon, Eddie Muller, Sean Wilsey, and myself. I will be unveiling the true story behind the rise and fall of the satirical investigative Nose magazine (R.I.P. 1995). Or at least some of the highlights.
I’ll also be moderating a panel during the Lit Crawl on Saturday, October 14. Here’s info on that:
The Anxiety Chronicles: How Fear Shapes Politics, Sex, and Language
Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia Street
Free admission, 6–7 p.m.
Panelists: Susie Bright, Mark Hertsgaard, and Geoffrey Nunberg.
I’m also producing or co-producing some of the events, so stop by and say hi at these:
Between the Bridges
Friday, October 6
Regency Center Grand Ballroom
Van Ness at Sutter Street
$25 admission, 8 p.m.
Advance tickets: www.cityboxoffice.com
A special gala evening of musicians inspired by literature, with readings and performances from some of the Bay Area’s biggest stars. Sponsored by SPIN and 7×7 magazines and produced in conjunction with Artists for Literacy.
Lineup includes: Dave Eggers and End Of Suffering, Mark Eitzel (American Music Club), Jay Farrar (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt), Dan Hicks, Penelope Houston (The Avengers), Ray Manzarek (The Doors), Dan “The Automator” Nakamura (Gorillaz), Frank Portman (The Mr. T. Experience), Chuck Prophet, Samantha Stollenwerck, Jill Tracy, and Lars Ulrich (Metallica). Emcee: Ben Fong-Torres.
Sit ’N Spin
Saturday, October 7
Edinburgh Castle Literary Pub
950 Geary Street
$5-$10 sliding scale, 9 p.m.
The acclaimed reading series from Los Angeles presents Bay Area natives in a voyeuristic night of people telling the truth, but funny. Guaranteed to expose the underbellies of those who’ve sold their souls to the entertainment biz.
Lineup includes: Andrea Abbate, Andersen Gabrych, Claudia Lonow, Marc Maron, Rick Overton, Maggie Rowe, Jonathan Schmock, Jill Soloway, and Ron Zimmerman. With music by Mark Nutter.
America at War: Al-Qaeda, Iraq, and the Politics of Terror
Wednesday, October 11
Swedish American Hall
2174 Market Street
$10 admission, 7 p.m.
Advance tickets: www.ticketweb.com
Litquake presents a special conversation with New Yorker contributors Lawrence Wright (author of the best-selling The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11) and Mark Danner (author of The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War’s Buried History, and professor of journalism at U.C. Berkeley), with audience Q&A following.
Flor Y Canto: Chicano/Latino Writers in English
Saturday October 14
Encantada Gallery
908 Valencia Street
free admission, 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm
Lineup includes: Ruben A. Barron, Ananda Esteva, Melissa Lozano, Alejandro Murguia, Milta Ortiz, and Luis Alberto Urrea
Diversidad de las Voces Latinos: Spanish Language Writers
Saturday, October 14
La Casa Del Libro
973 Valencia Street
free admission, 8:30–9:30 p.m.
Lineup includes: Daniel Alarcón, Camincha, Adela Castillo, Jose Antonio Galloso, and Willy Lizárraga.