Email Author Jonathan Kiefer

2010 Stories by Jonathan Kiefer

• Lit events: Doug Dorst, Mary Roach, Bookswap, and more

  published August 4, 2010

  Monday, Aug. 9 Former local Doug Dorst has a knack for getting lots of people to read his fiction. His Colma-set debut novel,... More >>

• "Chronicle" crime reporter Henry K. Lee dissects the Reiser case

  published August 4, 2010

  "Let's give Hans Reiser some more media attention, shall we? You remember Reiser. The Oaklander and "self-described computer genius," as... More >>

• More Theater Reviews

  published July 28, 2010

  How the Other Half Loves. Alan Ayckbourn's acidic, class-conscious 1969 comedy explores the collateral damage of an affair,... More >>

• More Theater Reviews

  published July 21, 2010

  How the Other Half Loves. Alan Ayckbourn's acidic, class-conscious 1969 comedy explores the collateral damage of an affair,... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  The New Pornographers and the Dodos at the Fox Theater

  published Jul 19, 2010

  The New PornographersThe DodosImaad WasifJuly 18, 2010 The Fox Theater, Oakland Better than: The old pornographers, presumably As everybody who is not Canadian knows, the New Pornographers consist of... More >>

• Theater Review: "How the Other Half Loves" at the Phoenix Theatre

  published July 14, 2010

  Alan Ayckbourn's acidic, class-conscious 1969 comedy explores the collateral damage of an affair, leavening bitterness with laughter. The posh... More >>

• July Literary Events

  published July 7, 2010

  Wednesday, July 7 Let's judge local writer Suzanne Rivecca's book by its cover, which depicts a young person's arm reaching toward... More >>

• "The French Revolution"

  published July 7, 2010

  Before he was officially a novelist, San Francisco writer Matt Stewart was a marketing guy. And among the abundant publicity materials for... More >>

• More Theater Reviews

  published June 23, 2010

  All My Sons. Arthur Miller's 1947 breakthrough play was a sort of proto–Law and Order episode. It was ripped from... More >>

• More Theater Reviews

  published June 16, 2010

  All My Sons. Arthur Miller's 1947 breakthrough play was a sort of proto–Law and Order episode. It was ripped from... More >>

• Theater Review: "All My Sons" at Actors Theatre

  published June 9, 2010

  Arthur Miller's 1947 breakthrough play was a sort of proto–Law and Order episode. It was ripped from the headlines and elaborated... More >>

• Tortured: Coming to grips with the War on Terror

  published June 2, 2010

  Just because the subtitle of San Francisco writer Justine Sharrock's book was changed from "How Our Cowardly Leaders Abused Prisoners, American... More >>

• More Theater Reviews

  published June 2, 2010

  Hot Greeks. To complement their wildly successful (and deservedly so) run of Pearls over Shanghai (running through... More >>

• June Literary Events

  published June 2, 2010

  Thursday, June 3 Local travel writer Laura Fraser's new book, All Over the Map (Harmony, $24), is a sequel of sorts... More >>

• Theater Review: "Slasher" at the SF Playhouse

  published May 26, 2010

  Apparent opening-night jitters, compounded by chronic set-change mishaps, didn't daunt the troupers in director Jon Tracy's production of... More >>

• Glen David Gold

  published May 19, 2010

  Glen David Gold's Sunnyside, new this month in paperback, explores what he calls the "mysterious alchemy" by which "Charlie Chaplin became... More >>

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  May Literary Events

  published May 5, 2010

  Monday, May 24 While we're on the subject of Booksmith events involving local author Glen David Gold (see above), allow me... More >>

• "Wilson": Daniel Clowes' new comic misanthropy

  published May 5, 2010

  What is happening to Wilson? He keeps changing. He's like the astronaut at the end of 2001: now steady, now quivering, his age and... More >>

• Also Playing

  published May 5, 2010

  Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews? A great performer can be his own worst enemy if he looks in the mirror too much, and in his newest show,... More >>

• Also Playing

  published April 28, 2010

  The Diary of Anne Frank.There is probably a special place in hell for obscure, junior-grade theater critics who would use what few column... More >>

• Theater Review: "John Gabriel Borkman" at Aurora Theatre

  published April 28, 2010

  Be warned: The symmetry of the Bernie Madoff scandal, a selling point in Aurora's John Gabriel Borkman marketing push, is rather a red... More >>

• Also Playing

  published April 21, 2010

  The Diary of Anne Frank.There is probably a special place in hell for obscure, junior-grade theater critics who would use what... More >>

• Theater Review: "The Diary of Anne Frank" at The Next Stage

  published April 14, 2010

  There is probably a special place in hell for obscure, junior-grade theater critics who would use what few column inches they have to pick on a... More >>

• April Literary Events

  published April 7, 2010

  Saturday, April 10 It doesn't take a Shepard Fairey to figure out that good political posters, like good political ideas, stand... More >>

• Michael Lewis profiles the nervy investors who made a fortune from the financial crisis

  published April 7, 2010

  I'm still trying to get my head around this. Brad Pitt bought the movie rights to this book? Really? I mean, sure, bestselling Berkeley author... More >>