Wendy Lesser, who founded the arts journal The Threepenny Review in Berkeley 35 years ago. Photo: Threepenny Review Wendy Lesser started The Threepenny Review in 1980 in Berkeley with the intent of highlighting art, literature, and music, not just in the Bay Area, but around the country. Over the years, the quarterly journal has evolved […]
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There’s more to Berkeley’s Uncharted festival than ideas
Along with engaging with some of the world’s leading thinkers, Uncharted ticket-holders get to look forward to seeing (top to bottom, l to r): Vocal Rush, Michael LaMacchia 3o, Nell Robinson (l), Joyce Maynard, and Calvin Keys ticket-holders get to look forward to seeing (top to bottom, l to r): Vocal Rush, Michael LaMacchia 3o, Nell Robinson […]
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Politics and prose are all in a day’s work for Erik Tarloff
Erik Tarloff. Photo: Terry Lorant When the bestselling author Erik Tarloff turned up for an interview at Berkeley’s Elmwood Café in July, he had left an empty house. His wife, Laura D’Andrea Tyson, the former economic advisor to President Bill Clinton and a professor at the Haas School of Business, was in Aspen consulting with U.S. […]
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Recommended: 10 great recent books by Berkeley writers
Berkeley authors Michael Lewis, Michael Pollan, and Michael Chabon at a Berkeleyside event in December 2012. Photo: Pete Rosos Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think so. So far as I can tell, people living in what has become my home town of Berkeley, California, have been writing an inordinate number of really good […]
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Erik Tarloff’s ‘All Our Yesterdays’ is grounded in Berkeley
Berkeley resident Erik Tarloff reading from his new book All Our Yesterdays, at an event for the Bay Area Book Festival. Photo: Richard Friedman What has Erik Tarloff got that I haven’t got? After all, we’re both, let’s say, not getting any younger; both long-time Berkeley residents; both Jewish; and both writers. OK, scratch that […]
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Berkeley Authors’ Dinner honors writers and library staff
Hundreds of people came to the 12th annual Berkeley Authors’ dinner on Sat. Feb. 8. Photo: Richard Friedman Hundreds of people came to the 12th annual Berkeley Authors’ dinner on Sat. Feb. 8. Photo: Richard Friedman Berkeley, a literary city if there ever was one, celebrated local authors, readers and the renovation of its branch […]
