Oakland The Poet Remains A Capella Local spoken word poet Shawn William takes the stage tentatively at newly opened cocktail lounge. Sarah Bass 21 May 2025 · 3 min read
All Over Comedy Racket Before the "Daily Show," Michael Kosta dreamed of tennis fame. Jenn McKee 21 May 2025 · 4 min read
All Over A City at the Crossroads: Oakland’s Global Role Madrigal has deftly illuminated a web of history, credit, globalization and customer desire that created the landscape that we know of as Oakland today. Vita Hewitt 16 May 2025 · 4 min read
All Over Unjust Thoughts Lori Ostlund’s collection of short stories explores the daily pains of family, love, and trauma, in an easy to consume package. Sarah Bass 15 May 2025 · 3 min read
All Over From Blob To Belief In a debut novel, A new take on molding non-human companionship. Paul Bass 8 May 2025 · 4 min read
Tulsa Can We Offer You A Little Dignity And Candor? With free expression on the chopping block, Tulsa LitFest is more essential than ever before. Meredith Boe 6 May 2025 · 3 min read
New Haven Calvin And “Kebabs” Do you know food? Do you know books? Jisu Sheen 28 Apr 2025 · 4 min read
All Over Betting Big On whether a book can make people care about a new runaway-train predatory industry. Paul Bass 10 Apr 2025 · 5 min read
Oakland A Shining Star In The Shadow of Hollywood’s Barriers “When I die, my epitaph should be: I died a thousand deaths. That was the story of my film career.” Vita Hewitt 9 Apr 2025 · 5 min read
book review Now We Know Why A new "Hunger Games" prequel answers some questions and challenges us about our role amid the world' evils. Erica Hobbs 8 Apr 2025 · 4 min read
book review Survival Is No Joke In Boris Fishman's new novel about a family escaping civil war and totalitarianism. Paul Bass 27 Mar 2025 · 6 min read
book review Get This Bread A fresh book by baker and writer Jim Franks frames culinary experimentation as a coping tactic for existential dread. Izzy True 10 Mar 2025 · 1 min read
Books What We Owe The Dogs We "Own" In his new poetry collection, Reginald Dwayne Betts questions who's in control Laura Glesby 3 Mar 2025 · 3 min read
New Haven Libertad Meets Best Video By ABBEY KIM High school senior Libertad’s brother, Maynor, is dead. As her family sorts through his room, she wonders: “How long can a space hold a memory?” His Midbrow Editor 27 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
Books Book Review: A Raw, Poetic Journey of Identity, Rebellion, and Self-Discovery How much of who we are is defined by the world around us, and how much of it is something we must create for ourselves? Aria Aber explores identity in this debut coming of age novel. Vita Hewitt 21 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
Philadelphia Reasons Why I Hate Spotify "Mood Machine," journalist Liz Pelly's new book, lays out how a Swedish ad-tech company swallowed the music industry with the help of major labels. Izzy True 13 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
All Over Power To The Novelist A search for Black Panther truth -- through fiction. Paul Bass 10 Feb 2025 · 5 min read
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