Email Author Keith Bowers

2010 Stories by Keith Bowers

• Pencil This In

  published October 27, 2010

  What would you do if you had the time? Here's one thing we bet you wouldn't do: walk into the Santa Cruz Mountains, find a 150-pound wood burl,... More >>

• Which Is Witch

  published October 27, 2010

  We humans are a screwy lot. We use our differences to bitch and bicker and fight and throw tea party rallies at each other when the truth is we... More >>

• Punks 3, Bullies 0

  published October 27, 2010

  Crime fiction author Andrew Vachss says he and his longest-running character share a religion: revenge. The character is Burke, an unlicensed... More >>

• So Funny It's Criminal

  published October 27, 2010

  Crime investigation and absurd humor go hand-in-rubber-glove, stretching from Inspector Jacques Clouseau of Pink Panther fame past Lt.... More >>

• Hero, Recycled

  published October 27, 2010

  The subtitle of Mary Shelley's original Frankenstein is The Modern Prometheus. Victor Frankenstein mirrored Prometheus by upsetting... More >>

• Chekhov at Warp Speed

  published October 13, 2010

  Anton Chekhov is not an easy sell for the YouTube generation. The Russian playwright and author specialized in drawn-out tragedy that mirrored... More >>

• Living Outside the Law

  published October 13, 2010

  You’d think that a person with the name “John Law” would always follow the rules. You’d be wrong. This John Law has... More >>

• A Piece of the Rock

  published October 13, 2010

  Rock Hudson’s 1985 death did a lot toward transforming public awareness of AIDS from a mysterious “gay cancer” to an indiscriminate... More >>

• Walking the Talk

  published October 13, 2010

  Remember when you first considered yourself fluent in Spanish? (Just kidding. Let’s try that again.) Remember your friend who learned... More >>

• Shop Till You Stop

  published October 13, 2010

  You feel it every fall: The Christmas season creeps ever earlier. By next year, maybe plastic Santas, snowmen, and reindeer will steamroll the... More >>

• For the Love of Chewbacca

  published October 13, 2010

  When it comes to hardcore devotion, the Star Wars set is about as fanatical as it gets. We heard about one guy who broke up with his... More >>

• Two Men Walk Into a Subway Station...

  published October 13, 2010

  Two strangers experience a startling encounter on a New York City subway platform. It leads them to a tenement building, where they engage in a... More >>

• In Other News: Hell Freezes Over

  published October 6, 2010

  Have you heard? Maureen Tucker — Moe — former drummer of the Velvet Underground, is in league with the Tea Party. That’s right: The... More >>

• Strangers in a Strange Land

  published October 6, 2010

  Generational conflict and cultural identity are at the center of Habibi, the story of three generations of Palestinian immigrants.... More >>

• Devil Literally in the Details

  published October 6, 2010

  Most magic acts consider the audience witness rather than participant. Sure, we really don’t want Houdini to drown inside that locked trunk... More >>

• Power Plants

  published October 6, 2010

  There are people who’ll tell you that medicinal plants exist all over: in public parks, along roadsides, and some even in your own backyard.... More >>

• Artists Expose Themselves

  published October 6, 2010

  Every year, you pick it up — the brochure on ArtSpan’s SF Open Studios. And with it comes a map. The map has lots of words, numbers, and... More >>

• Grand Inquisitor

  published October 6, 2010

  Consider Michael Krasny. For nearly 20 years he has kept us company for two hours on weekday mornings on KQED-FM's Forum. He has... More >>

• Postcards from the Edge

  published October 6, 2010

  We Americans like our history writ large. Whether it’s Mount Rushmore ― giant presidents carved into a mountain ― or the... More >>

• San Francisco's Other Famous Muralist

  published October 6, 2010

  Bernard Baruch Zakheim (1896-1985) was among the best-known artists working in California in the mid-20th century. Zakheim emigrated from... More >>

• The Body Electric

  published October 6, 2010

  The concept of artificial intelligence has held the imaginations of scientists and science fiction writers for decades. The technology that... More >>

• Society's Ever-Expanding Eye

  published October 6, 2010

  Seeing vs. spying. Looking vs. prying. The right to privacy vs. the right to know. The camera has become nearly ubiquitous in modern society, and... More >>

• Holy Titclamps, Batman!

  published September 29, 2010

  Larry-bob Roberts could be described as the Stephen Colbert of queer culture. He tends toward outrageous parody ― one of his... More >>

• Friendly Neighborhood 'Prop-8-Hating Visual Terrorist'

  published September 29, 2010

  Katie Bush is nothing if not intense. In writing about her show, “Seeking to Destroy Families and Faith” (and referring to... More >>

• Mission: Cerebral

  published September 29, 2010

  It’s Saturday night, and Valencia Street is jammed as usual. Many in the crowd aren’t locals, you can tell. They frequently stop and... More >>