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2011 Stories by Jonathan Kiefer

• Love Has a Shadow

  published November 2, 2011

  There's a li’l shame sandwich going on in the title of Peter Orner's latest novel. But the bread makes all the difference. We know we... More >>

• October Book Events: Literary Happenings in San Francisco

  published October 5, 2011

  Sunday, Oct. 9 This year's Litquake has possibly more author events per capita than any other literary festival ever. Here's one:... More >>

• "boneyard": Stephen Beachy Examines an Amish School Shooting

  published October 5, 2011

  San Francisco author Stephen Beachy describes his new novel as "collaborative." The exact number of collaborators is uncertain, but Beachy will... More >>

• Refuge in Refuse

  published September 14, 2011

  “If I’d known what it was like, I wouldn’t have come here,” a man says, speaking of the United States. His wife interjects,... More >>

• "Trashed": Two Movies About Garbage and the World Economy

  published Sep 13, 2011

  "If I'd known what it was like, I wouldn't have come here," a man says, speaking of the United States. His wife interjects, "You wouldn't have met me, my love." He repeats: "I wouldn't have come here.... More >>

• Fall Arts: What to Read This Fall

  published September 7, 2011

  Fall is funny around here. While the rest of the country goes properly autumnal, with days cooling and notable new books consisting of a Dick... More >>

• "A Pornography of Grief: Stories": Queer Performance Artist Revels in the Grim

  published August 3, 2011

  People do so much suffering and dying in A Pornography of Grief that endurance starts seeming indecent. There are two broken necks... More >>

• August's Literary Events

  published August 3, 2011

  Thursday, Aug. 4 Edie Meidav's new novel Lola, California (FSG, $27), which takes its name from the Kinks song, is... More >>

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  Miranda July Talks The Future, Tina Fey, and Writing to Prisoners

  published Jul 27, 2011

  We have seen The Future , and it is forlorn yearning and time-warping magical realism, with Miranda July and Hamish Linklater as a Los Angeles couple whose life together changes a lot when they prepar... More >>

• Marius Watz Builds Algorithms into Trippy and Beautiful Art

  published Jul 21, 2011

  In 2004, the Norwegian-born software artist Marius Watz, normally a mild-mannered visual abstractionist, got a gig with Nike. His task: "Show the individual energy and aura that women achieve when the... More >>

• July's Literary Events

  published July 6, 2011

  Thursday, July 7 Some mad science is going on at the Interdisciplinary Writers Lab. By this we mean that emerging writers... More >>

• "Exiles": A Stanford Doctor and His Daughter Take on the World in Debut Novel

  published July 6, 2011

  In Exiles, the debut novel from journalist Cary Groner, a middle-aged Bay Area cardiologist yanks his teenaged daughter out of their... More >>

• June's Literary Events

  published June 1, 2011

  Thursday, June 2 Selling paperbacks has never been more revolutionary. It was pretty damn revolutionary before, in the beginning,... More >>

• "Go the Fuck to Sleep": Profane Kids' Book for Adults

  published June 1, 2011

  Not all of them will admit it, but most authors want their books to become Amazon bestsellers. Being an Amazon bestseller before even being... More >>

• Swim Back to Me Author Ann Packer Takes a Calm Look at Rough Situations

  published May 24, 2011

  The cover of Swim Back to Me, as you can see, the new book by San Carlos author Ann Packer, bears a picture of a pink candy heart on a fishhook. Perhaps it's a sly rebuke to the unspoken notion of Pac... More >>

• Launch Party for Jesus Angel Garcia Novel BadBadBad Sounds Anything But

  published May 18, 2011

  Just who is Jesus Angel Garcia, anywayr It is fair to ask. The inviting cover of BadBadBad, a new novel from New Pulp Press, posits him as the author and first-person narrator thereof, but it also bea... More >>

• Mary Winegarden Deals with the Death of a Sibling in The Translator's Sister

  published May 16, 2011

  This book originated as a novel by an accomplished editor, critic, and translator of poetry. It was to be called The Translator's Apology. But the author suddenly died. Then her sister resumed it, in... More >>

• Bukowski: Born into This Screens at the Red Vic

  published May 10, 2011

  Bukowskiology wasn't taken seriously for a while. But then it started seeming like a tenure-track discipline. Still, the proper Bukowskiologist maintains an ambivalent relationship with his subject. ... More >>

• Katie Arnold-Ratliff Reads from Bright Before Us Friday at Green Apple

  published May 04, 2011

  At the start of Katie Arnold-Ratliff's debut novel, Bright Before Us, a 25-year-old teacher takes his second-grade class to a beach in San Francisco. It's a field trip. With discoveries. "The children... More >>

• Anti-Hero-Worship

  published May 4, 2011

  Bukowskiology wasn’t taken seriously for a while. But then it started seeming like a tenure-track discipline. Still, the proper... More >>

• May's Literary Events

  published May 4, 2011

  Friday, May 6 At the start of local author Katie Arnold-Ratliff's debut novel, Bright Before Us (Tin House Books,... More >>

• "The Great Night": A Brilliant, Exhausting Midsummer Night's Dream Through S.F.

  published May 4, 2011

  Now that Chris Adrian has graduated from Harvard Divinity School, is just about done with his pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship at UCSF,... More >>

• Meet Paul Madonna of All Over Coffee Fame Friday at Book Launch Party

  published Apr 27, 2011

  In Paul Madonna's San Francisco, which is ours too, the frisson of recognition feels like a reason to live. I know where that is, we say, meaning the geographic as well as the psychic space in Madonna... More >>

• Some Books to Read Now

  published April 27, 2011

  Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Résumé Ages 0-22 (Harper, $16) By: MariNaomi Published: March More >>

• "New California Writing 2011": Interesting Times for the Golden State Make Good Reads

  published April 27, 2011

  Like any anthology, New California Writing 2011, from Berkeley's Heyday Books, enjoys the privilege of a self-selecting readership. It... More >>