San Francisco
October 22, 2009
- Lenore Kandel died on October 18, 2009 - she was 77. Lenore was originally from New York, but found herself in San Francisco during the 1960's. She is considered one of the last of the Beat poet's and Jack Kerouac portrayed her as the character Romana Swartz in his 1962 novel, 'Big Sur'. She wrote and published 'The Love Book' in 1966 and she soon became one of the shining lights of San ...
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October 22, 2009
- San Francisco in the minds of many conjours up images of Golden Gate Bridges and Seaside views; of Active faultlines and Busy streets. The city of the impossible, as I call it, is the only city I know where a small town denzien feels welcomed and a big city dweller feels at home. A person whose miles away from home can find a tiny, little slice of something familiar on a street, in a pie or in ...
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October 21, 2009
- Here are some of my favorite quotes about favorite cites that were not necessarily favorite cities by the respective people to whom the quotes are attributed:The Best Thing Ever Said about Boston I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself there.— Fred AllenThe Best Thing Ever Said about BuffaloIn Buffalo, suicide is redundant.— From an Unknown Chorus ...
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October 17, 2009
- I'm excited about performing poems at Diesel Books in Oakland, 3 p.m., Sunday, November 8th. I'll see old friends and hope to meet some online friends--just as "real"--at the bookstore event. There must be a good bar nearby where we can toast each other's health and writing. It would be great to meet in person! The November 6th reading at the Art Institute of California in ...
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October 14, 2009
- Tonight I will be attending and participating in the Litquake event honoring Amy Tan at San Francisco’s Herbst Theater. If you don’t know what Litquake is, you should check it out. Litquake makes San Francisco cooler than New York. In fact, Litquake makes San Francisco cooler than San Francisco.Tonight’s occasion is the presentation of the Barbary Coast Award to Amy, a literary gem of this ...
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September 28, 2009
- Is it possible that the future of real journalism is in the form of a non-profit entity? It appears to be the latest approach given that approximately eight to ten non-profit journalism or news outlets have sprung up around the country: ProPublica in New York, The Voice of San Diego, Texas Tribune, Minnesota Post and others. The question is, are these forms of journalism outlets sustainable? ...
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September 28, 2009
- We have some of the best kindergartens in the world here in San Francisco. Or they should be, given what kids and parents have to go through to get into these elite institutions. The screening begins at age three and a majority of applicants are turned down for their first choice of kindergarten. The process is grueling, beginning with the application fees and the numerous high-pressure visits to ...
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September 28, 2009
- Rivalries THE GREATNESS THAT IS, ER, WAS THE RAIDERS, AND THE COMPUTER THAT WAS DALLAS The obvious, natural rival of the San Francisco 49ers always was the Los Angeles Rams. It was a fierce rivalry in the 1950s and early 1970s. In the 1960s the Rams were a dominant team, the 49ers an also-ran. When the 49ers tanked from 1973 to 1980, the rivalry more resembled class warfare, just as ...
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September 26, 2009
- There are novels in which the premise defies logic, yet we breathlessly turn the pages.REGGIE ROCKETSHIP defies logic.Follow the developing manuscript HERE. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ben-Campbell/129477874939
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September 23, 2009
- I have a story in Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues: True Stories of the Unsavory, Unwise, Unorthodox, and Unusual, coming from Scribner September 29, 2009. It's called "The Jumper and The Crabs." I was a 17 year old kid at the time and very wet behind the ears.
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