Name: The Upward Spiral: Writers Speak to San Francisco’s Resilient Urban Culture
Start: 2024-10-26T18:30:00-0700
End: 2024-10-26T19:30:00-0700

Sponsored by California Humanities

One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, Lit Crawl SF brings together authors and fans for the world’s largest FREE pop-up literary extravaganza! Check out our full schedule of 60+ events below.

Saturday October 26, 2024 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT

Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative

Urban environments play a special role in American culture, providing safety, sanctuary, and community for many, including immigrants, people of color, low-income and LGBTQ people. This intergenerational group of authors and activists who have deep roots in San Francisco and are involved in ecological and social justice movements will temper some media pundits' "doom loop" narrative of fear and despair with tales of cultural survival and innovation. We speak from our experiences and read from our work.

Speakers

Joan Gelfand

Author of three poetry collections, a novel and a book for writers, Joan’s memoir, .“Outside Voices: A Memoir of the Berkeley Revolution” won the International Book Award. Joan’s work appears in Huffington Post, LA Review of Books, SF Chronicle and more. Joan is listed in... Read More →

Thaddeus Howze

Attendee, Krypton Radio

Thaddeus Howze is an award-winning writer, editor, and podcaster creating speculative fiction, scientific, political and cultural commentary from his office in Hayward, California. He's published two books, Hayward's Reach (2011), a collection of short stories and Broken Glass (2013... Read More →

Miah Jeffra

Editor, Foglifter Press

Miah Jeffra is author of four books—most recently The Violence Almanac (finalist for several awards, including the Grace Paley and Robert C Jones Book Prizes) and the novel American Gospel, finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award—and is co-editor of the anthology Home is Where You... Read More →

Aya de Leon

Aya de León teaches writing at UC Berkeley. Her award-winning novels focus climate and social justice. She has been featured in The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, and on Def Poetry. Her online conference Black Literature vs. the Climate Emergency is available on YouTube. She... Read More →

Alvin Orloff

author

Alvin Orloff is the author of four extremely queer novels as well as "Disasterama!" - a finalist for the Lambda Literary award for Gay Memoir. He spends his days running Fabulosa Books, a literary hotspot in San Francisco's Castro District and doting on his cats Pretty Pie and Captain... Read More →

Truong Tran

Adjunct Professor, Mills College At Northeastern University

Truong Tran is an artist, Wirter and teacher. He is the author of 9 10 books including Looking and Seeing and Book of the Other, recipient of the American Book Award

Saturday October 26, 2024 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative 3130 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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