Allen Ginsberg

Reading S.F. the Riot Act

January's Literary Events

Picturing Queer Literary History

Arthouse movie listings for December 15-21, 2010

"Howl": Longtime doc filmmakers tackle Ginsberg's poem

Queer Close-Ups

Beat Crazy

High Times

Michael Savage The New Yorker = What the Hell?

​San Francisco, a city quite accustomed to ostentatious displays of affection, this past week has played host to one so shocking that locals have felt compelled to look the other way. We're talking about the love-fest between the left-wing intelligentsia at The New Yorker magazine, and Michael ... More >>

Sonic Youth massages the past

​San Francisco, a city quite accustomed to ostentatious displays of affection, this past week has played host to one so shocking that locals have felt compelled to look the other way. We're talking about the love-fest between the left-wing intelligentsia at The New Yorker magazine, and Michael ... More >>

Eat This Book

​San Francisco, a city quite accustomed to ostentatious displays of affection, this past week has played host to one so shocking that locals have felt compelled to look the other way. We're talking about the love-fest between the left-wing intelligentsia at The New Yorker magazine, and Michael ... More >>

Ferlinghetti

​San Francisco, a city quite accustomed to ostentatious displays of affection, this past week has played host to one so shocking that locals have felt compelled to look the other way. We're talking about the love-fest between the left-wing intelligentsia at The New Yorker magazine, and Michael ... More >>

PunkLit at Make-Out Room on Feb. 28

If you're a fan of Crime, the Dwarves, and other punk rockers with as much going on in their literary imaginations as they have coming out through their amps, check out LitPunk on Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Make-Out Room. The event features Johnny Strike from Crime, John Shirley from Sado-Nation, Char ... More >>

Sheer Poetry

Simple but good Italian food is tucked away in a second-story room.

Dreamy Patti Smith Visits SF, Enjoys Fans, Party, Shrimp

Simple but good Italian food is tucked away in a second-story room.

No Shame On You

Simple but good Italian food is tucked away in a second-story room.

O Hypodermic Light

Simple but good Italian food is tucked away in a second-story room.

Brief History of S.F. Experimental Music in New Yorker

Simple but good Italian food is tucked away in a second-story room.

Howl Howl Howl

Simple but good Italian food is tucked away in a second-story room.

Chronicle Bitches Out and Doesn't Publish 'Howl'

Simple but good Italian food is tucked away in a second-story room.

And the Beat Goes On

An interview with Alan Kaufman

Notebooks From the Underground

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Heavenly States Sign Film Option for Libya Movie

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Song of Himself

Performer John O'Keefe breathes new life into the work of a dead poet

Inside the Savage Nation

He adored beatniks, trolled the streets of North Beach in a beret, and was once Timothy Leary's gatekeeper, and now he packs a gun.

The Best Minds

An epic reading for the 50th anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl"

Sketching It Out

Poetry and its friends

Musical Theater

A striking performance

Picture This

At Photo San Francisco, four days of all things emulsified, exposed, and enlarged

Stark Raving Rad

At Photo San Francisco, four days of all things emulsified, exposed, and enlarged

The Call of the Coop

At Photo San Francisco, four days of all things emulsified, exposed, and enlarged

Best Local Poet-Crank

August Kleinzahler

Straight From the Fridge

This 25-year-old play about Beats sticks too close to biography to be cool

House of Tudor

The ever-expanding aural universe between Ralph Carney's ears, and a sugary LiftOff! Spacecapades farewell

Dramatic Readings

The Poets Theater Jubilee brings verse to the stage

Time Capsule

Artifacts and artwork explore the Jewish concept of time

Buried Memories

San Francisco is home to one of the largest and most renowned poetry archives in the world. Where? Well, right now it's in some guy's apartment.

The Return of the Bastard Angel

To resurrect his reputation as one of America's greatest poets, Harold Norse is counting on the help of one of the city's most despised organizations -- Act Up S.F.

Best Bookstore for New Books

The Booksmith

Pride of Place

The Booksmith

Night Crawler

The Booksmith

Rad Alert

The Booksmith

Letters

The Booksmith

Snatching Saroyan

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Slap Shots

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Night+Day

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Kiddie Primer

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Night+Day

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Beer-Soaked Lambs

Hype! surpasses its title

Night+Day

Hype! surpasses its title