- Arts & Culture, Books, Nov 30, 2011
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Christopher Sandford Plumbs a Mysterious Friendship
Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle: the Jagger and Richards of their day?
- Arts & Culture, Books, Nov 23, 2011
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Faster, Parkway Guy! Write! Write!
Will "The Thrill" Viharo reveals his secret identity: Will "The Quill."
- Arts & Culture, Books, Nov 16, 2011
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Philip K. Dick's Exegesis
New book is a trip inside the mind of the acclaimed science-fiction novelist.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Nov 9, 2011
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Sarah Schulman's Future Perfect
In The Mere Future, the New York author emerges as a unique voice in speculative fiction.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Nov 2, 2011
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Stephen Beachy, the Bone Collector
Digging for authorial voice in boneyard.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Oct 26, 2011
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Ten Years of Mondays
East Bay annual Monday Night celebrates a decade.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Oct 19, 2011
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What Henry Rollins Sees
The renaissance man adds "photojournalist" to his C.V.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Oct 12, 2011
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Reading in the Slow Lane at University Press Books
With Slow Reading Dinners, the Berkeley bookstore applies tenets of the slow-food movement to books.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Oct 5, 2011
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A Rather Regal Peter S. Beagle
The World Fantasy Lifetime Achiever and The Last Unicorn author settles into Oakland.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Sep 28, 2011
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Sour Bird of Youth
Russell Banks goes dark in Lost Memory of Skin.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Sep 21, 2011
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Vanessa Diffenbaugh's Love Letter to Humanity
The author's first novel reminds us of what's forgotten.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Sep 14, 2011
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Child's Play with Jim Cohee
With The Swan, the 67-year-old debut novelist writes from the perspective of a child.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Sep 7, 2011
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Cookbook on a Mission
Anthony Myint and Karen Leibowitz help McSweeney's gain entrée to your kitchen.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Aug 31, 2011
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Home Is Where the Homesteading Is
K. Ruby Blume and Rachel Kaplan are here to help you off the grid.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Aug 24, 2011
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The Food Fight Rages On
Angry Mom Amy Kalafa takes her cause to the page.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Aug 17, 2011
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Fruitful Memories
Romney Steele harvests fruit and memories in her new cookbook Plum Gorgeous.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Aug 10, 2011
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Stacy Carlson Explores the Wonderful
In her debut novel, a giantess and a widowed taxidermist fumble toward humanity.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Aug 3, 2011
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Amy Reed Comes Clean
The author of books for young adults avoids the most convenient definitions.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Jul 27, 2011
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Edie Meidav and the Two Lolas
Lola, California addresses choice, friendship, and cellular imperatives.
- Arts & Culture, Books, Jul 20, 2011
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Little Birds, Big Questions
Anders Nilsen's philosophizing finches.
