http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:14:45 -0700 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:57:00 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m11d17-The-Remaining-Leg-on-Nina-Lesowitzs-Bay-Area-Book-Tour?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”—CiceroIf you’ve missed any of Nina Lesowitz’s previous Bay Area bookstore events, be sure to calendar at least one of the remaining not-t... Berkeley Bookstores Viva Editions Book Reading Nina Lesowitz Living Life as a Thank You Danville Corte Madera Cicero Read Bookstore Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:57:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m11d17-The-Remaining-Leg-on-Nina-Lesowitzs-Bay-Area-Book-Tour?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m11d17-The-Beats-celebrate-the-50th-anniversary-of-BEATITUDE?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner Writer, poet and Tibetan Buddhist scholar Latif Harris, author of Bodhisattva’s Busted Truth, is the proud editor of the highly anticipated Beatitude Golden Anniversary. Harris has teamed up with writer, poet and Beat historian Neeli Cherkovski... Literary Journals and Magazines literary scene Literary Events Bookstores Diane di Prima Charles Bukowski Book Review Anthology San Francisco Beat Movement Jack Kerouac Modern-day Beats Book Reading Allen Ginsberg Gregory Corso City Lights The Dead-Beats Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:48:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m11d17-The-Beats-celebrate-the-50th-anniversary-of-BEATITUDE?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Boil-Those-Hippos-in-Their-Tanks?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner Lucien Carr, college roommate of Allen Ginsberg and a dear friend of Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, made a fatal decision that changed his life indefinitely.In New York City, during the predawn hours of August 14th, 1944, Lucien Car... Book Review Beat Movement Jack Kerouac SF Chronicle Gerald Nicosia New York Lucien Carr William S. Burroughs Grove Press Penguin Classics David Kammerer And the Hippos were Boiled in Their Tanks Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:19:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Boil-Those-Hippos-in-Their-Tanks?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m11d4-NINA-LESOWITZ-will-be-at-A-GREAT-GOOD-PLACE-FOR-BOOKS-this-Friday?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner Come check out Nina Lesowitz, co-author of Living Life as a Thank You: The Transformative Power of Daily Gratitude, this Friday, November 6th, at A Great Good Place For Books in Oakland’s Montclair District. This literary event begins at 7... literary scene Oakland Literary Events Bookstores Viva Editions Book Reading Nina Lesowitz Mary Beth Sammons Living Life as a Thank You A Great Good Place For Books Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:40:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m11d4-NINA-LESOWITZ-will-be-at-A-GREAT-GOOD-PLACE-FOR-BOOKS-this-Friday?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Dewan-W-Gibson-a-literary-Bachelor?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner DEWAN W. GIBSON “This book made me laugh and I don’t even like to smile.”—Big ‘Los, San Quentin State PrisonDewan W. Gibson is a man of surprising honesty. While most of us (at times) think things we dare not say, G... Interview Barack Obama sex Twitter San Diego Dewan W. Gibson Irc Books The Imperfect Enjoyment Marquis de Sade Henry Miller Muslims San Diego State University Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:26:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Dewan-W-Gibson-a-literary-Bachelor?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m11d1-ANDRE-AGASSI-will-be-at-BOOKS-INC?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner Tennis fans . . . check out Andre Agassi’s highly anticipated autobiography OPEN, due out in stores November 9th. As we all know, Agassi is a man who had rocked professional tennis for twenty years (1986-2006), eventually securing himself ... literary scene Literary Events Bookstores San Francisco Book Reading Books Inc. Andre Agassi Autobiographies Knopf Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:44:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m11d1-ANDRE-AGASSI-will-be-at-BOOKS-INC?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Whos-Hungry?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner  When it comes to enjoying a savory and inventive meal, you might be a person who has the financial means to continually dine out at some chic restaurant with a promising menu abundant with succulent dishes. But in reality, most of us are withou... Book Review Viva Editions The Frugal Foodie Cookbook Lara Starr Lynette Shirk Food Network Cookbooks Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:53:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m10d24-Whos-Hungry?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m10d19-A-little-chat-with-Patrick-Marks-of-The-Green-Arcade?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner Patrick Marks is an intellect of many things. From pressing social rights issues to counter-culture movements to literary pioneers, Marks stands humbly as a scholar who is truly a well-rounded human being. Because of his astute capacity for books, Ma... literary scene Jesus Christ Catholicism Bookstores Interview Barack Obama San Francisco Beat Movement The Green Arcade Patrick Marks St. Martin de Porres Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:24:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m10d19-A-little-chat-with-Patrick-Marks-of-The-Green-Arcade?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Barack-Obama-supports-this-book?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner  Dewan W. Gibson is an imperfect bachelor bellowing his life experiences with a raw and beastly tongue in his hilarious memoir The Imperfect Enjoyment. Saturated with remarkable literary poise that at times trickles into bent depravity, Gibson o... Barack Obama Book Review Cleveland San Diego Dewan W. Gibson Irc Books The Imperfect Enjoyment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:09:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Barack-Obama-supports-this-book?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m10d12-The-Green-Arcade-a-literary-Nirvana?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner Photo by TONY R. RODRIGUEZWhat keeps you going back to your favorite bookstore? There must be a certain sentiment charismatique about your preferred book depository. When you walk into the store, there must be some potent literary sensation permeatin... Bookstores Barack Obama San Francisco Patrick Marks Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:35:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m10d21-The-Green-Arcade-a-literary-Nirvana?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m10d9-The-NICK-BELARDES-Bay-Area-book-tour?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner If you missed Nick Belardes last night at The Booksmith, you missed out on a night of quirky mayhem and shared bizarre factoids. But don’t worry. Belardes will be reading at Books Inc this Friday night and at The Green Arcade Books this Saturda... literary scene Catholicism Bookstores San Francisco Viva Editions Book Reading Nick Belardes The Booksmith Random Obessions Brenda Knight Landen Belardes The Green Arcade Books Inc. Alameda Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:29:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m10d9-The-NICK-BELARDES-Bay-Area-book-tour?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m10d5-NICK-BELARDES-will-be-at-THE-BOOKSMITH-this-Thursday?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner I bet any one of us can go on and on about obscure life experiences or perhaps even discuss a few complex oddities that surrounded a particular time period in history. But it takes a real intellectual socialite with gobs of random and bizarre factoid... Bookstores San Francisco Viva Editions Book Reading Nick Belardes The Booksmith Random Obessions Brenda Knight Landen Belardes Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:40:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m10d5-NICK-BELARDES-will-be-at-THE-BOOKSMITH-this-Thursday?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Come-check-out-the-NCIBAs-annual-convention-in-Oakland?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner  October 8th - 10th, the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) will host their 2009 Trade Show in Oakland. The trade show will bring together a huge number of booksellers in the greater regional area. The NCIBA is a non... literary scene NCIBA Oakland Literary Events Bookstores Literary Advice Lisa Lutz Book Reading Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:11:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Come-check-out-the-NCIBAs-annual-convention-in-Oakland?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m9d28-Here-comes-Litquake?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner With autumn descending upon us, so does another thrilling year of literary celebration. The annual Litquake festival will run from October 9th through the 17th of this year, and the line-up promises to be quite savory. Take a gander at the schedule o... literary scene Literary Events Litquake 2009 Amy Tan San Francisco Book Reading James Ellroy Maurice Sendak Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:46:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m9d28-Here-comes-Litquake?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Artie-Lange-please-dont-die?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner With the reprint of comedian Artie Lange’s #1 New York Times best-selling memoir Too Fat to Fish, publishers Spiegel & Grau cynically joke, “We don’t want to make you feel bad or anything, but the author of this book may be dead... Book Review New York Times The Dead-Beats Artie Lange Howard Stern Spiegel & Grau Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:01:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Artie-Lange-please-dont-die?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Dan-Brown-is-back?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner Dan Brown is back with his highly-anticipated sequel to the mega best-seller The Da Vinci Code. Brown’s latest novel, The Lost Symbol, hit stores today, and immediately became Amazon’s #1 Best-Seller, no surprise there. What’s the s... Amazon.com Dan Brown Doubleday The Lost Symbol The Da Vinci Code Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:40:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Dan-Brown-is-back?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m9d14-I-want-to-have-a-beer-with-DD-Murphry?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner Authors Alan M. Clark and Elizabeth Massie drench their narratives in a gorgeous pool of neurotic and unpredictable awe with their release of D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman. This book is dangerous, yet chaotically fun. It offers celebratory moments o... Raw Dog Screaming Press Book Review D.D. Murphry Secret Policeman Alan M. Clark Elizabeth Massie Edgar Allan Poe Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:24:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m9d14-I-want-to-have-a-beer-with-DD-Murphry?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m8d26-A-literary-discussion-with-Nick-Mamatas-the-PopTart-connoisseur?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner NICK MAMATAS Nick Mamatas is an East Bay writer who composed the vivacious gathering of shorts collectively titled You Might Sleep . . . . Mamatas stands as a clever artisan of unpredictable lit that dips into beautiful chaos, obscure emotionali... Literary Journals and Magazines Berkeley literary scene Moe's Books Jesus Christ Bookstores Coffee Shops Interview San Francisco sex sex writing Beat Movement Modern-day Beats Book Reading The Dead-Beats Nick Mamatas You Might Sleep . . . Prime Books Lat Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:13:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m8d26-A-literary-discussion-with-Nick-Mamatas-the-PopTart-connoisseur?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m8d17-One-flew-over-but-many-flew-into-theatric-bliss?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner If Ken Kesey were to sit in the audience of The SF Playhouse and take in their current production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, he would probably demand to speak with stage director Bill English directly after the show. Kesey would approa... San Francisco Beat Movement literary theatre Later-day Beats Ken Kesey One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest The SF Playhouse Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:19:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m8d17-One-flew-over-but-many-flew-into-theatric-bliss?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m8d16-We-should-get-Medical-not-Political?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner With the Obama administration incessantly making headlines with their grandiose visions for the future of national health care, it seems many politicos on both sides of the aisle are pushing a heavily layered political agenda. A growing number of Ame... Barack Obama Book Review Book Reading Origin Press Medical Literature Len Saputo MD Byron Belitsos A Return to Healing Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:42:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-706-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner~y2009m8d16-We-should-get-Medical-not-Political?cid=exrss-East-Bay-Literary-Examiner