Stephen Elliott

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Deep-Sixing Deep V's: American Apparel in the Mission

The inevitable backlash against the proposed American Apparel store at 988 Valencia Street is coming to a slow boil. The store's inception is unsurprising, as a quick survey of foot traffic on Valencia will reveal more than a few people sporting the company's wares. The storefront sits next to exper ... More >>

Bevan Dufty Is Anti-American (Apparel): Store Opponents Tout Supe's Support

No American Apparel onesies for this kid!The folks over at Stop American Apparel are reporting that District 8 Supervisor Bevan Dufty has offered his support to the campaign. He hasn't issued an official statement yet, but the Planning Commission should be sitting by the phone -- because word on the ... More >>

San Francisco Author Stephen Elliott Offers Hearty Middle Finger to Amazon for 'De-listing' His Book

Eighty years old and too hot for Amazon.com?In perhaps the most misbegotten foray of censorship since Thomas Bowdler decided to snip the racy bits out of Shakespeare (immortalizing himself as an adjective meaning "prudishly edited": bowdlerized), Amazon recently jiggered the sales rankings of its bo ... More >>

Fame, Fortune, and Premature Antifascism

Eighty years old and too hot for Amazon.com?In perhaps the most misbegotten foray of censorship since Thomas Bowdler decided to snip the racy bits out of Shakespeare (immortalizing himself as an adjective meaning "prudishly edited": bowdlerized), Amazon recently jiggered the sales rankings of its bo ... More >>

A Kick in the Rumpus

Eighty years old and too hot for Amazon.com?In perhaps the most misbegotten foray of censorship since Thomas Bowdler decided to snip the racy bits out of Shakespeare (immortalizing himself as an adjective meaning "prudishly edited": bowdlerized), Amazon recently jiggered the sales rankings of its bo ... More >>

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Eighty years old and too hot for Amazon.com?In perhaps the most misbegotten foray of censorship since Thomas Bowdler decided to snip the racy bits out of Shakespeare (immortalizing himself as an adjective meaning "prudishly edited": bowdlerized), Amazon recently jiggered the sales rankings of its bo ... More >>

Viva Loss Vegas

Eighty years old and too hot for Amazon.com?In perhaps the most misbegotten foray of censorship since Thomas Bowdler decided to snip the racy bits out of Shakespeare (immortalizing himself as an adjective meaning "prudishly edited": bowdlerized), Amazon recently jiggered the sales rankings of its bo ... More >>

To the Pain

Eighty years old and too hot for Amazon.com?In perhaps the most misbegotten foray of censorship since Thomas Bowdler decided to snip the racy bits out of Shakespeare (immortalizing himself as an adjective meaning "prudishly edited": bowdlerized), Amazon recently jiggered the sales rankings of its bo ... More >>

How Not to Lie

Eighty years old and too hot for Amazon.com?In perhaps the most misbegotten foray of censorship since Thomas Bowdler decided to snip the racy bits out of Shakespeare (immortalizing himself as an adjective meaning "prudishly edited": bowdlerized), Amazon recently jiggered the sales rankings of its bo ... More >>

The Franz

Eighty years old and too hot for Amazon.com?In perhaps the most misbegotten foray of censorship since Thomas Bowdler decided to snip the racy bits out of Shakespeare (immortalizing himself as an adjective meaning "prudishly edited": bowdlerized), Amazon recently jiggered the sales rankings of its bo ... More >>

For A Lost Cause

Eighty years old and too hot for Amazon.com?In perhaps the most misbegotten foray of censorship since Thomas Bowdler decided to snip the racy bits out of Shakespeare (immortalizing himself as an adjective meaning "prudishly edited": bowdlerized), Amazon recently jiggered the sales rankings of its bo ... More >>

Mea Culpas Are for Suckers

Eighty years old and too hot for Amazon.com?In perhaps the most misbegotten foray of censorship since Thomas Bowdler decided to snip the racy bits out of Shakespeare (immortalizing himself as an adjective meaning "prudishly edited": bowdlerized), Amazon recently jiggered the sales rankings of its bo ... More >>

Angry Sex

Eighty years old and too hot for Amazon.com?In perhaps the most misbegotten foray of censorship since Thomas Bowdler decided to snip the racy bits out of Shakespeare (immortalizing himself as an adjective meaning "prudishly edited": bowdlerized), Amazon recently jiggered the sales rankings of its bo ... More >>

Give a Hoot

Eighty years old and too hot for Amazon.com?In perhaps the most misbegotten foray of censorship since Thomas Bowdler decided to snip the racy bits out of Shakespeare (immortalizing himself as an adjective meaning "prudishly edited": bowdlerized), Amazon recently jiggered the sales rankings of its bo ... More >>

My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up

A clear-eyed autobiographical collection of stories set in the Mission District

Best Sex Writing 2006

It's hardly smut, but still sexy -- and thought-provoking

Political Affairs

When authors stand up for a cause, the unexpected happens

Katrina Benefits

When authors stand up for a cause, the unexpected happens

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

When authors stand up for a cause, the unexpected happens

Film Threat

Form-tweaking docs

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Form-tweaking docs

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Form-tweaking docs

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Form-tweaking docs

Cinemaniacs

Celebrate the Rafael in high style

Politically Inspired: Fiction for Our Time

A gemlike collection of 30 short stories, ranging from comic and satirical to ironic and sad

House of Tudor

Get the scoop on SF's Emperor Norton

Letters to the Editor

That Sinking Feeling; A Biased Opinion; An Issue of Some Gravity; Book Learning; A Sad Development

The Making of Stephen Elliott

How a product of Chicago's group homes became a local literary cause célèbre

A Lot to Take In

How a product of Chicago's group homes became a local literary cause célèbre

My Author Lives in the City and Reads to Me

How a product of Chicago's group homes became a local literary cause célèbre

HUM525: Hitting the Books

Your required reading for the fall semester.

October Book Events: October Book Swap, Barbara Rose Brooker, Tamim Ansary, John Freeman & R. Crumb

Your required reading for the fall semester.

Barbara Rose Brooker

Your required reading for the fall semester.

November Book Events: Howard Junker, Joshua Clover, Lierre Keith, and William S. Burroughs

Your required reading for the fall semester.

10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

Wholphin screening Friday at ATA​Shake off the workday without shedding too many bills. Check out this week's picks for living cheaply without giving up your weekend dose of pop culture and pedal steel. Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo @ de Young (Fri.) The art produced on the streets ( ... More >>

Last Night: The Monthly Rumpus w/ Daniel Handler, Tony DuShane, DJ Real, More

DJ Real​The Monthly Rumpus w/ Daniel Handler, Tony DuShane, Robin Ekiss, Ethan Watters, Kevin Sampsell, DJ Real, the Yello Dress, & Richard Porter on hula hoopMonday, Feb. 8, 2009Make-Out RoomBetter than: Talking about the Super BowlWhere in San Francisco can you get a night of author readings ... More >>

Penny For Your Thoughts

DJ Real​The Monthly Rumpus w/ Daniel Handler, Tony DuShane, Robin Ekiss, Ethan Watters, Kevin Sampsell, DJ Real, the Yello Dress, & Richard Porter on hula hoopMonday, Feb. 8, 2009Make-Out RoomBetter than: Talking about the Super BowlWhere in San Francisco can you get a night of author readings ... More >>

July Literary Events

DJ Real​The Monthly Rumpus w/ Daniel Handler, Tony DuShane, Robin Ekiss, Ethan Watters, Kevin Sampsell, DJ Real, the Yello Dress, & Richard Porter on hula hoopMonday, Feb. 8, 2009Make-Out RoomBetter than: Talking about the Super BowlWhere in San Francisco can you get a night of author readings ... More >>

Writers Write

DJ Real​The Monthly Rumpus w/ Daniel Handler, Tony DuShane, Robin Ekiss, Ethan Watters, Kevin Sampsell, DJ Real, the Yello Dress, & Richard Porter on hula hoopMonday, Feb. 8, 2009Make-Out RoomBetter than: Talking about the Super BowlWhere in San Francisco can you get a night of author readings ... More >>

Graphic Confessions

DJ Real​The Monthly Rumpus w/ Daniel Handler, Tony DuShane, Robin Ekiss, Ethan Watters, Kevin Sampsell, DJ Real, the Yello Dress, & Richard Porter on hula hoopMonday, Feb. 8, 2009Make-Out RoomBetter than: Talking about the Super BowlWhere in San Francisco can you get a night of author readings ... More >>

This month's literary events

DJ Real​The Monthly Rumpus w/ Daniel Handler, Tony DuShane, Robin Ekiss, Ethan Watters, Kevin Sampsell, DJ Real, the Yello Dress, & Richard Porter on hula hoopMonday, Feb. 8, 2009Make-Out RoomBetter than: Talking about the Super BowlWhere in San Francisco can you get a night of author readings ... More >>

Litquake's Bawdy Storytelling: Tales of Fake Rape, Rejection as Foreplay, and Seduction By Muppet

Members of Porn Clown Posse lead a sing-along​Bawdy StorytellingOctober 6, 2010@ The Blue MacawBetter than: Reading a dirty bookSix storytellers flanked by half-naked clowns - and one cop/clown hybrid - engaged in group therapy with about 200 sexy brainiacs last night at the Blue Macaw.Personal na ... More >>

Anti-American Apparel Campaign Founder Goes After Blue Bottle Cart

Stephen Elliott.​Stephen Elliott, local author (The Adderall Diaries, Happy Baby) and the man who launched last year's successful grassroots campaign to keep an American Apparel store out of the Mission, learned out about the Blue Bottle coffee cart going into Dolores Park last Tuesday. The more h ... More >>

Why Are Only Some Food Vendors Okay for City Parks?

Alarzy/FlickrInformal chestnut vendor in Paris.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. So Blue Bottle won't be driving its Third Wave trailer into Dolores Park after all. James Freeman told us whatever benefit the company could scrape together from setting up in the park would be more than oblit ... More >>

February book events in San Francisco

Alarzy/FlickrInformal chestnut vendor in Paris.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. So Blue Bottle won't be driving its Third Wave trailer into Dolores Park after all. James Freeman told us whatever benefit the company could scrape together from setting up in the park would be more than oblit ... More >>

Words Can Never Hurt Me ... Oh Yeah?

Alarzy/FlickrInformal chestnut vendor in Paris.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. So Blue Bottle won't be driving its Third Wave trailer into Dolores Park after all. James Freeman told us whatever benefit the company could scrape together from setting up in the park would be more than oblit ... More >>

Listen, Laugh, Sing, Repeat

Alarzy/FlickrInformal chestnut vendor in Paris.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. So Blue Bottle won't be driving its Third Wave trailer into Dolores Park after all. James Freeman told us whatever benefit the company could scrape together from setting up in the park would be more than oblit ... More >>

Pencils Down

Alarzy/FlickrInformal chestnut vendor in Paris.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. So Blue Bottle won't be driving its Third Wave trailer into Dolores Park after all. James Freeman told us whatever benefit the company could scrape together from setting up in the park would be more than oblit ... More >>

There's No Trans Like PubTrans

Alarzy/FlickrInformal chestnut vendor in Paris.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. So Blue Bottle won't be driving its Third Wave trailer into Dolores Park after all. James Freeman told us whatever benefit the company could scrape together from setting up in the park would be more than oblit ... More >>