Dave Eggers, The Circle and Why I’m Leaving the Bay Area — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By KQED Pop I can’t tell you definitively what brought me to San Francisco seven years ago. I mean,...
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Jerry Stahl Shot Heroin with a Tenderloin God — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
Jerry Stahl is the author of eight books, including I, Fatty; Bad Sex On Speed; and Permanent Midnight, which was...
The Famous Writer Who Lied to Me — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Michelle Tea San Francisco has hosted a rich annual celebration of writing for more than a decade thanks to...
Dave Eggers Rips Into Silicon Valley Tech Cults — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
If you’ve ever worked for a startup you already know some companies operate like cults. The gleaming, amenity-laden offices...
Big Changes at Adobe Books — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
Editor’s Note: As part of our Facing Change package, we invited Mission icon Andrew McKinley to write a piece...
What Is the San Francisco Dream?
Illustrated by Helen Tsang When I was a kid, I was sure I’d grow up to be a writer....
Bookin’ It to the Bar
By Matt Bloom “Reading is for dorks,” the bouncer tells me as a group of 20-somethings approaches the bar. “What...
Book Ends — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
Adobe Books is going out of business, and there’s not much anyone can do about it. On one side...
Literary Drinking
By LJ Moore As a poet recently released from the repressive wine-and-cheese readings of academia, I’m really tired of...