Peter Richardson

Fanatical readers of this blog will recall that I edited Cannabiz , John Geluardi's book on the medical marijuana business. That snappy ...

A couple weeks ago, David Gans graciously agreed to visit our California Culture class at San Francisco State and talk about the Grateful D...

I traveled to San Antonio for a popular culture conference last week, but the only sessions I saw were on the Grateful Dead--more than a doz...

After the Ramparts book came out, I developed a list of high-profile ways that the magazine changed America, as per my subtitle. The best ...

As my little bio says, I teach California Culture at San Francisco State University, and I'm currently reading student essays. It's...

My colleagues and I at the California Studies Association were shocked and saddened to hear that Jonathan Rowe passed away suddenly last wee...

Thanks to the efforts of Nicholas Meriwether, Grateful Dead archivist at UC Santa Cruz, I'm scheduled to deliver a paper on the Dead nex...

I attended the California Studies dinner last night in Berkeley and was treated to the perfect blend of expertise and conviviality that I as...

I just returned from a book event in Oakland for William Bennett Turner's Figures of Speech: First Amendment Heroes and Villains . Supe...

This morning I came upon an adroit piece in the Los Angeles Times on Carey McWilliams's Southern California: An Island on the Land . T...