- Arts & Culture, Books, May 15, 2013
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Telling, Not Showing
With 'Cooked', Michael Pollan gets in the kitchen — with mixed success.
- Arts & Culture, Books, May 8, 2013
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The Unsettling Truth Mary Roach Wants Us to Accept
Her new book, Gulp, tackles the taboo topic of what happens beyond the plate.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Apr 10, 2013
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Lucy Knisley Tells Her Life Story, One Bite at a Time
Her new graphic memoir reflects on a life shaped by food.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Mar 13, 2013
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A Graphic Novel for People Who Don't Like Graphic Novels
Thien Pham's Sumo is great, though not necessarily in the way you might think.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Mar 6, 2013
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What Matters Most to Californians?
Hint: It's big and blue, according to local author David Helvarg.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Feb 20, 2013
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A Man and His Plock
With Fight Song, San Francisco's Joshua Mohr enters uncharted territory: the suburbs.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Feb 6, 2013
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These People Take Books (Very) Seriously
The CODEX International Book Fair comes to Richmond.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Jan 23, 2013
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Adam Mansbach's Rage Never Left
Two years after a joke propelled him to the bestseller list, the Berkeley author proves he belongs there with his excellent new "Great American Graffiti Novel".
- Arts & Culture, Books, Jan 16, 2013
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Staving Off a Midlife Crisis With the Ghost of Marc Chagall
That, plus fending off foreclosure and recovering stolen art in Jill Koenigsdorf's Phoebe and the Ghost of Chagall.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Jan 2, 2013
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Circle of Life
Oakland author Nayomi Munaweera had a breakthrough year.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Dec 5, 2012
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The Plot Thickens
Rhys Bowen's holly jolly Christmas murder mystery.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Nov 28, 2012
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James Freeman Reveals Blue Bottle Coffee's Secrets to a Perfect Brew
He discusses his new book, The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee, at Books Inc. in Berkeley.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Nov 21, 2012
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The Mystery in 'Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore'
New and old technologies collide in Robin Sloan's new novel.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Nov 14, 2012
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Oakland, in Its Own Words
With Oakland in Popular Memory, Matt Werner explores the city through its art.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Nov 7, 2012
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Marilyn Yalom Explores the Roots of Romance
Her new book examines how the French became synonymous with amour.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Oct 31, 2012
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Sex Surrogate Cheryl Cohen Greene Discusses Her Memoir That Inspired 'The Sessions'
How a sexually repressed childhood led to a life as a sex surrogate.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Oct 24, 2012
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Mariah K. Young's 'Masha'allah and Other Stories' Show There's No Place Like Home
Oakland is the setting for short stories about undocumented immigrants and hustlers.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Oct 10, 2012
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Louise Erdrich's 'The Round House' Takes Back the Reservation Night
Her new novel highlights the devastating effects of violence.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Oct 3, 2012
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David Levithan Takes Teenage Angst to a Whole New Level
In Every Day, a body-inhabiting teen provokes questions of gender roles.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Sep 26, 2012
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Luisa Weiss Explores Love, Culinary-Style
My Berlin Kitchen is a memoir of people, places, things, and the food that goes with them.
