San Francisco’s Aardvark Books will probably close, maybe
Way back in September we wrote about what looked like the end of the line for San Francisco’s beloved Aardvark Books. To quote myself, the situation was this: As a result… Read more »
San Francisco’s Aardvark Books will remain open
A blogger rarely looks forward to issuing a retraction. To have mis-thought, mis-quoted, or mis-typed is a humbling experience I would not wish on my worst enemy. In this case,… Read more »
DIESEL, A Bookstore encourages donations of children’s books following the northern California wildfires
In troubling times like these, you do what you can with what you have (that’s what we always say, anyway) and what Larkspur, California’s excellent DIESEL, A Bookstore has is a keen… Read more »
As the great wheel of fortune turns, it seems to keep landing with Silicon Valley on top, and local business at the bottom. Case in point: As a result of Big Tech’s ongoing… Read more »
Founder of NYC radical bookstore Bluestockings re-ups in sunny San Francisco, with Black Bird Bookstore
If you’ve ever been to Bluestockings Bookstore, Activist Center, and Fair Trade Café on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, you would probably agree that “minimalist” is not a particularly apt descriptor of the… Read more »
Joanne Kyger (1934-2017): “Crawl / on your sorrowful hands”
The world yesterday woke up gray with the news of Joanne Kyger’s death. A major American poet whose career spanned sixty years, Kyger was beloved by many as a mentor and lynchpin… Read more »