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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Next Book Project: Hunter S. Thompson

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Guided by my intrepid agent, Andy Ross, I accepted an offer from University of California Press to write a book about Hunter S. Thompson. It...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

The History of Dodger Stadium

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The Los Angeles Review of Books posted my review of Jerald Podair's City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles...
Monday, May 15, 2017

SF State Now Flying Its Freak Flag

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The communications folks at SF State have launched a series on the Summer of Love , with special emphasis on the role of the campus, alumni,...

David Talbot & the Bay Area Book Festival

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I got a little love from David Talbot yesterday. In his Sunday column for the San Francisco Chronicle , I credited Cherilyn Parsons for cre...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

Amir Bar-Lev's "Long Strange Trip"

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I saw Amir Bar-Lev's Long Strange Trip last night at the Castro Theatre. I want to write a longer post after I've had a chance to r...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

RIP Kevin Starr

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I just learned that Kevin Starr passed away . Hours ago, I was reading Jason Sexton's interview with him in the current issue of BOOM . ...
Thursday, September 08, 2016

Warren J. Hinckle III, 1938-2016

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On Wednesday, August 24, I learned that Warren Hinckle's death was imminent. The former editor of Ramparts magazine had been ailing for...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Review of Gleason Books

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The book reviews continue. This week my thoughts on the two Ralph J. Gleason volumes from Yale University Press appeared on Beyond Chron, t...
Friday, August 12, 2016

Something Witchy

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I noodled out two books reviews connected to what David Talbot calls San Francisco's "season of the witch." The first review ...
Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Ralph J. Gleason

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The second Bay Area Book Festival has me reflecting on my little spot in the publishing world. Since the early 1980s, I've sold, acquire...