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Read MoreStraight, No Chaser: Writers at the Bar In what has become a Litquake tradition, hallowed North Beach watering hole Vesuvio Café opens its doors for an edgy and hilarious evening reading. This is a rare opportunity to glimpse authors performing new work in their natural habitat. Emceed by Alia Volz. Featuring Jack Boulware …
Read MoreThe Write Stuff: Alia Volz on Not Settling and Being Difficult to Manipulate Posted By Evan Karp on Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 8:00 AM The Write Stuff is a series of interview profiles conducted by Litseen, where authors give exclusive readings from their work. What is art? Is it necessary? Why? I used to…
Read MoreThis April, I told a story at the legendary Castro Theater – before a crowd of 1,400 people! Despite Celtic knots in my belly and severe danger of losing my shit completely – I did just fine, thank you.
Read MoreBest Writers Without a Book San Francisco 2014 By Evan Karp Chances are you could make a list of more than 10 people you know right now who deserve to be on this list. In a highly unscientific Facebook poll, 124 participants answered my question: Who is your favorite Bay Area writer without a book?…
Read MoreSan Francisco’s Inaugural GrandSLAM Championship: Fish Out of Water The Moth presents the GrandSLAM, a battle of wits and words – fierce, hilarious, heartbreaking and all points between. Listen as ten StorySLAM champs tell tales of being out of their element: the freak, the foreigner, dressed for the opera at the clambake, out of the loop,…
Read MoreHere’s an excerpt. Read the full piece in Defenestration. 9:50AM I operate 01194, a white Plymouth bearing the sundial insignia of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. The steering wheel is constructed on the right, to facilitate chalking. I hang the chalking stick out the window and cruise up Fountain at 4 miles per hour,…
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Read MoreAlia Volz: Chaos in a Fur Coat See Alia Sunday, October 7, at Vesuvio for “Do You Come Here Often?”: Writers at the Bar, with Alan Black, Jack Boulware, Beth Lisick, Chuck Thompson, and Missy Robac. 1. What is your favorite book? It must be As I Lay Dying, because I’ve reread it more than any other…
Read MoreSan Francisco Chronicle – by Louis Pitzman Published 05:53 p.m., Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Alia Volz participates in a Litquake event called “PASSWORD: Litquake’s Literary Speakeasy,” in which Bay Area authors dress up as, and read from, Prohibition-era writers. Volz charakter is Louise Brooks. San Francisco, Cal. on Monday, July 16, 2012. Photo: Sonja Och, The…
Read MoreJuly 19, 2012, 8:00 PM Public Works 161 Erie Street $15 in advance; $18 at the door Buy advance tickets online NOTE VENUE CHANGE: Public Works, 161 Erie St. (off Mission St. between Duboce & 14th St.) San Francisco, CA Join us as we take you back to America’s Prohibition era with PASSWORD: Litquake’s Literary Speakeasy, featuring Prohibition-era cocktails,…
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