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Excerpt from the essay "Ministry of Ruin" by JM Tyree

dublit — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:03:10 -0800

Josh Tyree, Stegner Fellow and Stanford Creative Writing lecturer, reads an excerpt from his essay, Ministry of Ruin, at dublit's Words+Music program 1, 2008

C. Bobby and The Owl Tree

jnelson — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:34:14 -0800

My remembrance of one of San Francisco's last great bars and one of its last great bartenders. I read this at Litquake on October 11, 2008 at City Arts in the Mission District. This story will be published in Instant City 6, "The Disappeared".

Russian Hill (Excerpt)

Gravity Goldberg — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:54:46 -0800

A brief history of San Francisco and the story of how Russian Hill got its name is told by the bones of dead sailors.

Gravity Goldberg

npang510 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:55:09 -0700

Gravity Goldberg reads from her story “Russian Hill,” a story about how San Francisco’s Russian Hill got its name. This reading was recorded at Litcrawl’s event at City Arts in the Mission District. Gravity is the editor of Instant City: A Literary Exploration of San Francisco. Her writing has appeared in Transfer, Morbid Curiosity, Kitchen Sink,etc.

Simone Corday reads from her book, 9 1/2 Years Behind the Green Door

Simone Corday — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:12:19 -0700

A Mitchell Brothers Stripper Remembers Her Lover Artie Mitchell, Hunter S. Thompson, and the Killing that Rocked San Francisco. This excerpt was recorded at Writers with Drinks, San Francisco, Jan 2008

An interview with Alan Black by John Yi, Part 2

JohnYi — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:31:00 -0700

Alan Black talks about his path to writing, about his new novel, Kick the Balls, and a little bit about the history of the San Francisco writing scene and how its Literary Enclave, the Edinburgh Castle, came to be.

Beer, Blood and Cornmeal at the Castle Pt. 3

Count Dante — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:39:33 -0700

The exciting conclusion of Bob Calhoun's reading from his punk wrestling memoir "Beer, Blood and Cornmeal" (ECW Press) on April 19, 08 at the Edinburgh Castle, SF. By this time the stage floor is littered with corn tortillas. It's rumored that Alan Black scooped up the tortillas and gave them to the taqueria across the street.

Beer Blood and Cornmeal at the Castle pt. 2

Count Dante — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:32:22 -0700

Bob Calhoun reads from his punk wrestling memoir "Beer, Blood and Cornmeal: Seven Years of Incredibly Strange Wrestling" (ECW Press) at the book release show at the Edinburgh Castle, SF on April 19, 2008. Keep in mind that people were throwing tortillas at the author throughout this reading.

Beer, Blood and Cornmeal Intro

Count Dante — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:21:21 -0700

Alan Black introduces Bob Calhoun at the book release party for Calhoun's punk wrestling memoir "Beer, Blood and Cornmeal" on April 19, 2008 at the Edinburgh Castle in San Francisco.

86ed Stories Episode 4

blowdryer86 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:19:25 -0700

A San Francisco substitute school bus driver talks about getting kids 86ed from the bus.