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2011 Stories by Michael Leaverton

• Paradise Regained

  published February 23, 2011

  To our recurring surprise, many locals never get the idea to visit Alcatraz, because traveling by boat to an island to walk around cellblocks is... More >>

• Be a Star

  published February 16, 2011

  It started with this shit: "I didn't live to be 73 years old so I could eat kale. Don't fix me your breakfast and pretend you're fixing mine."... More >>

• To Preserve and Protect

  published February 16, 2011

  We have a soft spot for artists who obsessively collect — we like our artists slightly mad. To us, the heroine of this movement, or perhaps... More >>

• 17 Reasons Why

  published February 2, 2011

  Anyone who can walk around the Old Mint and not be swept into the romance of city history needs to go back to their rathole in the Mission, eat a... More >>

• Open Your Heart

  published February 2, 2011

  This Valentine's Day weekend, we invite you to pause and look inside the heart — then death-squeeze the ventricles, hack through the mitral... More >>

• Screw Jerry Only

  published January 26, 2011

  The soul of the Misfits was intact from the beginning, except for one thing: The Misfits were a horror synth band. For two songs, one great... More >>

• Are You Prepared for Some Football?

  published January 26, 2011

  We're usually content to bandwagon whatever team is leading the Super Bowl at the half, but this year we tuned into the NFL early due to Brett... More >>

• Well Played, Sterry

  published January 12, 2011

  You're a writer and you have one minute with Soft Skull Press executive editor Laura Mazer: How do you pitch your book? This isn't a rhetorical... More >>

• Funny People

  published January 5, 2011

  It's no secret that SF Sketchfest draws celebrity performers, so let's dispense with this year's biggest names straightaway: Zach Braff, Dan... More >>

• The New Cheese Lady

  published January 5, 2011

  Last year, Sasha Davies became the cheese hero we didn't know we were waiting for by releasing a book we didn't know we needed — it... More >>