Litquake hits San Francisco
Wow. First the San Francisco Writers Grotto event a few weeks ago. Now Litquake. They kicked of this literary festival extravaganza at the Commonwealth Club on Friday night with a panel on Dystopia/Utopia: Can the Bay Area Uphold a New Generation of Writers?
Moderated by Oscar Villalon, book editor, San Francisco Chronicle, the panel includes authors of diverse opinions and generations, Justin Chin, Herb Gold, Beth Lisick, devorah major, and Peter Plate, as well as James Kass, founder and executive director of Youth Speaks.
And then yesterday as the Blue Angels flew overhead a capacity crowd overflowed at the Public Library's Koret Auditorium, one of the two locations where over 60 writers, poets etc. thrilled the audiences with their back-to-back readings from 12 noon to 6 pm, and then again at night at the Edinburgh Pub. Included were Dave Eggers, Po Bronson, Justin Chin...just brilliant!