Crossing. Ever been crossed by someone you thought could be trusted? Randomly crossed paths with an old lover while backpacking through Patagonia? Crossed a threshold, arriving at the other side with new insights? Crossed a metaphoric line that you never knew you had? Crossed over bodies of water or masses of land in unconventional...
Evan Karp is steeped so deeply in the Bay Area literary scene, that its nothing short of a miracle that he had time for this interview! Until two years ago, Evan called Savannah, Georgia home and had never experienced the glory that is a spoken word event. Since landing in San Francisco, he has...
Inga Muscio‘s words found permanent residency in the hearts and minds of feminists everywhere with her debut book, Cunt. Cunt did more for the feminist movement than shout out a call to reclaim the word itself. Muscio offered an invitation for women to engage in radical self-love and self-knowing. Through her fearless and unapologetic...
A traveling and writing machine, Melinda Misuraca ties together whip smart anecdotes and vividly detailed prose for stories that readers want to step inside of. With her words appearing in such publications as Natural Bridge, The Best Travel Writing 2006, The Portland Review, Salon.com , Misuraca taught creative writing at New College of California...
An interview with author and writing teacher Sarah Stone in which she shares her own tips for creativity and developing a writing life.
I first met Abigail Wick when we were students together in the MFA Writing and Consciousness Program at California Institute of Integral Studies. Impressed by her ability to string together an impeccable sentence, as well as her singular voice, I’ve followed Abigail’s writing adventures since we graduated in 2008. Over the past few months,...
My (Dani’s) introduction to Mike Sacks consisted of cyber-exchanging one another’s disturbing Cuddle Party articles. From there, the glory of his writing filled many sleepless nights with muffled outbursts of laughter which coincided with frequent suppression of the gag reflex, most recently a result of tearing through the pages of Sex: Our Bodies, Our...
Trane DeVore eats, breathes and sleeps with his creative wheels churning. The author of two published books of poetry– series/mnemonic (1999) and Dust Habit (2005) – he is currently at work on his UC Berkeley dissertation on “sensation and perception in Thoreau’s writing”. His poetry appears in numerous international publications and his photography was...
Tomas Moniz is the editor and founder of Rad Dad zine–winner of Utne Magazine’s Independent Media award for Best Zine in 2009–which is subtitled “a zine on radical parenting .” Tomas is a vibrant writer and speaker, who is not afraid to get down and dirty with his politics. For that reason, he was the perfect subject...
Esther Zinn is a freelance writer, editor, novelist, film director, and playwright based in New York City. I met her when we were students together in the MFA program at the New College. Over the years, I’ve been highly impressed by the drive and dedication Esther shows to carving out a writing life in a...