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Litquake is San Francisco's nine-day literary festival for booklovers, complete with cutting-edge panel discussions, unique cross-media events, and hundreds of readings. Litquake's Lit Cast is our selection of live recordings from the "Epicenter", a monthly series which embraces a theater of ideas between writers and readers.

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Straight, No Chaser: Writers at the Bar: Lit Cast Live Episode 139 from 2022-02-23T02:15:52

Famed bohemian saloon Vesuvio Café welcomes Litquake for an edgy and hilarious North Beach reading celebrating 2020 authors (who didn’t get to have any damn fun). Featuring Vanessa Hua, A.H. Kim...

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Word Jazz: Lit Cast Live Episode 138 from 2022-02-08T15:00:24

Sponsored by Yerba Buena Community Benefit District

Co-presented by Healdsburg Jazz Festival and Poets & Writers

In the great tradition of San Francisco jazz and ...

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Raceless: Georgina Lawton in conversation with Jess Cole: Lit Cast Live Episode 137 from 2021-05-22T02:07:22

Co-presented with MOAD. From The Guardian’s Georgina Lawton, a moving examination of how racial identity is constructed—through the author’s own journey grappling with secrets and stereotypes, h...

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Funeral Diva: Pamela Sneed with Tommy Pico: Lit Cast Live Episode 136 from 2021-03-23T16:34:02

This event is now available to watch on our YouTube page, along with the rest of...

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Good Things in Small Packages: Lit Cast Live Episode 135 from 2021-03-10T19:21:06

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Hurricane Season: Fernanda Melchor with Yuri Herrera: Lit Cast Live Episode 134 from 2021-02-09T15:00

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Foglifter Journal Volume 5 Issue 2 Launch: Lit Cast Live Episode 133 from 2021-01-26T20:33:29

As part of Litquake Festival 2020 we will be launching our latest issue with readings from:
Ching-In Chen
Piper J. Daniels
Chekwube Danladi
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson
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Every Day We Get More Illegal: Juan Felipe Herrera with Jericho Brown: Lit Cast Live Episode 132 from 2020-12-29T15:00

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An Evening with The Rumpus: Lit Cast Live Episode 131 from 2020-12-11T18:39:51

The Rumpus proudly presents our San Francisco Lit Crawl 2020 event, An Evening with The Rumpus! With readings from Tongo Eisen-Martin, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, and Monica Sok, and featuring comed...

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The Other America: Finding Common Ground: Lit Cast Live Episode 130 from 2020-11-24T16:00

“This is an unflinching book that illustrates the central, confounding American paradox—in a country that purports to root for the underdog, too often we exalt the rich and we punish the poor. W...

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Freemans Best New Writings on Love: Lit Cast Live Episode 129 from 2020-11-18T08:53

Litquake and City Lights present John Freeman with Robin Coste Lewis, Tommy Orange, and Matt Summell. John Freeman celebrates the latest in...

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A Family Divided: Lit Cast Live Episode 128 from 2020-08-25T17:15:52

Millions of families are separated today, by circumstances of the current pandemic, by draconian immigration policies, and by war. Family separation has long been used as an intentional politica...

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Alexandra Petri and Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why: Lit Cast Live Episode 127 from 2020-08-18T18:57:19

“One of the difficulties of being alive today, is that everything is absurd but fewer and fewer things are funny.” In her new essay collection Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, acclaimed Washing...

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Afrofuturism — Risen From a Poet’s Sun: Lit Cast Live Episode 126 from 2020-08-11T14:00

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You, Me, and Everyone In Quarantine: Lit Cast Live Episode 125 from 2020-07-21T15:00

Cutting-edge poetry and visuals from both coasts, on the theme of "You, Me, and Everyone In Quarantine." From the depths of their shelter-in-place, these writers will perform their literary hear...

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Literary Page Turners: Lit Cast Live Episode 124 from 2020-07-14T15:00

Page turners are usually associated with genre or popular fiction rather than literary fiction. In this discussion, Melanie Abrams, Laura Mazer, and Kate Milliken will talk about what readers, a...

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Alka Joshi and The Henna Artist: Lit Cast Live Episode 123 from 2020-07-13T18:09:17

Please join us for this vivid and compelling evening with Alka Joshi, author of The Henna Artist, the May selection for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Book Club. Tune in and learn w...

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Ishmael Beah and Little Family: Lit Cast Live Episode 122 from 2020-06-23T21:14:42

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Sierra Leone child-soldier memoir, A LONG WAY GONE, comes this powerful new novel about young people living at the margins of societ...

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Fiction Writing in a Time of Crisis: Lit Cast Live Episode 121 from 2020-05-27T07:27:58

Fiction writers Nayomi Munaweera, R.O. Kwon, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, and host Lauren Markham discuss bot...

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Bring the World into Your Home with World Editions: Lit Cast Live Episode 120 from 2020-05-19T15:00

Let's connect our global literary community in a time of closed borders. Hear World Editions authors Adam Dalva, Esther Gerritsen, Adeline Dieudonné, Pierre Jarawan, Sisonke Msimang, and Amin Ma...

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DIY Flash with the Flash Fiction Collective: Lit Cast Live Episode 119 from 2020-05-06T18:05:51

A reading of dozens of tiny stories from micro-fictionistas, including guest readers, plus a discussion of the Art of Flash and prompts—including visual prompts—to write and submit your own, wit...

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ZYZZYVA 35th Anniversary Issue Release: Lit Cast Live Episode 118 from 2020-04-28T15:00

Celebrate ZYZZYVA's 35th anniversary issue with contributors Dave Madden, Lysley Tenorio, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, and Kristen Iskandrian.

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William Gibson: Lit Cast Live Episode 117 from 2020-03-24T15:00

Booksmith presents visionary novelist William Gibson reading from the sharply imagined sequel to his New York Times bestselling novel The Peripheral. He is in conversation with Mother Jones edit...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance: Lit Cast Live Episode 116 from 2020-03-03T07:04:34

Co-presented by Litquake and MoAD

In honor of the post-mortem publication of Zora Neal-Hurston’s short story anthology Hitting a Straigh...

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Anna Wiener: Lit Cast Live Episode 115 from 2020-02-18T22:45:13

Anna Wiener discusses her new memoir, Uncanny Valley, with author Mike Isaac.  This podcast was recorded at Green Apple Books on January 27, 2020

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Triple Trouble Queerboy Extravaganza at Wolfman Books: Lit Cast Live Episode 114 from 2020-02-04T07:46:16

Towards the end of 2019, we attended one of the many incredible readings held at Oakland-based Wolfman Books. To celebrate  Trebor Healey’s new collection, Fallin...

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The Ego Has Landed: A Closer Look at Uber and Facebook: Lit Cast Live Episode 113 from 2019-12-17T15:00

Who doesn't love a glimpse behind the facades of troubled Silicon Valley giants? In the tradition of Brad Stone’s Everything Store and John Carreyrou’s Bad Blood, award-winning...

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Eureka! California's Best Authors Read by More of the Same: Lit Cast Live Episode 112 from 2019-12-03T22:00

Eureka! We did it! From this year’s 20th Litquake festival, we present some of our favorite Bay Area authors reading from THEIR favorite Californian wordsmiths li...

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Lit Cast Live Episode 111 from 2019-09-19T17:00

In this very special episode of Lit Cast, we're proud to feature the only recording Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading his original work "Lit.quake?" - plus a few more - at Litquake 2002.  

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Rachel Kushner: Lit Cast Live Episode 110 from 2019-08-20T17:00

From the Litquake archives!

During our 2018 festival, National Book Award–nominated Rachel Kushner joined Litquake f...

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Julia Flynn Siler: Lit Cast Live Episode 109 from 2019-08-06T18:30:06

Litquake’s proud to present a special episode of Lit Cast Live featuring one of our own, Julia Flynn Siler, in conversation on her newest book Listen

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Chia-Chia Lin: Lit Cast Live Episode 108 from 2019-07-23T17:02:54

One of Esquire, The Rumpus, T...

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Ocean Vuong: Lit Cast Live Episode 107 from 2019-07-09T13:00

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Porchlight at Litquake: Lit Cast Live Episode 106 from 2019-06-18T18:55:42

From the Litquake archive!

In this recording from our 2018 festival, the Bay Area’s long-running Porchlight storytel...

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Karen Russell: Lit Cast Live Episode 105 from 2019-05-29T23:13:43

MacArthur and Guggenheim fellow Karen Russell’s new short story collection, Orange WorldListen

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Grace Notes Poetry: Lit Cast Live Episode 104 from 2019-05-21T18:24:05

Back in April, Litquake celebrated National Poetry Month by hosting a group of esteemed poets at one of San Francisco’s famous landmarks. This event was hosted by...

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Franny Choi and sam sax: Lit Cast Live Episode 103 from 2019-05-06T22:11:45

Award-winning poet Franny Choi recently passed through San Francisco on tour for her second collection, Soft Science, which uses the myth of the cyborg to explore queer, Asian...

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Evan James: Lit Cast Live Episode 102 from 2019-04-23T07:38:51

Litquake and The Bindery present Evan James reading from his debut novel, Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe Listen

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Mitchell S. Jackson: Lit Cast Live Episode 101 from 2019-04-09T19:39:53

Back in March, Mitchell S. Jackson came to San Francisco on tour for his latest book, Survival Math: Notes on an All-Am...

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Amy Tan and Armistead Maupin: Lit Cast Live Episode 100 from 2019-03-26T04:10:22

To celebrate our 100th(!) episode, we've got an extra-special recording from Litquake’s 2018 festival: an evening of freewheeling conversation between San Francis...

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Charlie Jane Anders and Meg Elison: Lit Cast Live Episode 99 from 2019-03-12T16:50:29

Fantasy and science fiction stories have long embraced the darker themes of a dystopian future. Do these narratives speak to our fears of what the future will bri...

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Akwaeke Emezi: Lit Cast Live Episode 98 from 2018-12-18T19:48:06

A rising star in today’s Nigerian novel boom, the trans and non-binary Akwaeke Emezi has brought us Freshwater, an autobiographical debut written with stylistic brilliance, exploring th...

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Melissa Broder: Lit Cast Live Episode 97 from 2018-10-12T00:35:57

Back in the summer, author Melissa Broder dropped into The Bindery to read and discuss her hilarious debut novel, The ...

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Elaine Castillo: Lit Cast Live Episode 96 from 2018-09-12T19:24:31

Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Elaine Castillo and her debut novel, "America Is Not The Heart". In illuminating the violent political history o...

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Sloane Crosley: Lit Cast Live Episode 95 from 2018-08-01T23:59:56

Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Sloane Crosley, New York Times–bestselling author of "Look Alive Out There"―a brand-new collection of essays fil...

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Meg Wolitzer: Lit Cast Live Episode 94 from 2018-07-11T19:12:53

Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with the charming, witty, and always-incisive Meg Wolitzer and her new novel The Female Persuasion, which ch...

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Cheston Knapp: Lit Cast Live Episode 93 from 2018-06-26T01:17:11

Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with the daring and wise, hilarious and tender, Cheston Knapp and his exhilarating collection ...

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Samantha Irby: Lit Cast Live Episode 92 from 2018-06-13T19:31:01

Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Samantha Irby on tour for her second essay collection, MEATY. After attracting thousands of loyal readers to her...

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Leslie Jamison: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 91 from 2018-05-22T01:22:38

Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Leslie Jamison, on tour for her new book THE RECOVERING: Intoxication and its Aftermath. Jamison has been compar...

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Morgan Jerkins: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 90 from 2018-05-07T19:27:34

Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Morgan Jerkins, on tour for her new book THIS WILL BE MY UNDOING: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, a...

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Leni Zumas: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 89 from 2018-03-20T21:44:16

Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Leni Zumas, on tour for her novel RED CLOCKS. The New York Times describes Zumas as having "a perfectly tuned ea...

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Chloe Benjamin: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 88 from 2018-02-27T21:46:44

Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Chloe Benjamin, on tour for her novel THE IMMORTALISTS, described by The Guardian as "not just a novel about gri...

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Carl Pope with Mark Hertsgaard: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 87 from 2018-01-09T17:49:11

The science is unequivocal: Earth is getting hotter, endangering human civilization as well as myriad species of plants and animals. But individuals, businesses, cities and states can still take...

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Loudon Wainwright III with Chuck Prophet: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 86 from 2017-12-12T05:26:03

With a career spanning more than four decades, Loudon Wainwright III has established himself as one of America's most enduring singer-songwriters. His songs can be laugh-out-loud funny, but they...

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Black Against Empire and the Black Panther Party: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 85 from 2017-11-29T02:14:18

In 2017, San Francisco's 13th Annual One City One Book committee selected "Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party," a bold, engrossing, and richly detailed exa...

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Best American Essays: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 84 from 2017-11-16T01:45:37

Since 1986, Houghton Mifflin's The Best American Essays has delivered an annual treasure trove of fine writing and thought-provoking essays selected from hundreds of magazines, journals...

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Parsing the President: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 83 from 2017-11-02T01:02:20

Never before has our commander-in-chief’s behavior been so puzzling, so laughable, so…troubled? This October the Litquake festival assembled a panel of experts to shed some light on the presiden...

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Eugene Lim with Mauro Javier Cardenas: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 82 from 2017-10-03T00:53:45

Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Eugene Lim, author of the novel Dear Cyborgs. Entwining comic-book villains with cultural critiques, Li...

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Tom Perrotta: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 81 from 2017-09-19T20:43:41

Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Tom Perrotta, on tour for his novel MRS. FLETCHER, described by The New York Times as "th...

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Bad Hombres / Anita Amirrezvani, Laleh Khadivi, Andrew Lam, Nyuol Lueth Tong: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 80 from 2017-08-16T05:10:39

Litquake's Shadows & Light series continues with a conversation between Anita Amirrezvani, Laleh Khadivi, and Andrew Lam, moderated by The Bare Life Review editor Nyuol Lueth Tong. In this live ...

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Alysia Abbott, Clane Hayward and Joshua Safran with Gabe Meline: Litquake’s Lit Cast Episode 79 from 2017-07-06T05:27:31

Litquake's new "Lit Cast Live" continues with a panel discussion between Alysia Abbott, Clane Hayward and Joshua Safran, moderated by Gabe Meline of KQED Arts. For decades, Northern California h...

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Jeff VanderMeer with Robin Sloan: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 78 from 2017-06-06T05:25:39

Litquake's new "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Jeff VanderMeer, on tour for his novel BORNE, named one of the most anticipated books of 2017 by The New Yor...

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Sarah Ladipo Manyika with Daniel Handler: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 77 from 2017-05-23T06:27:34

Litquake's first entry in our "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores presents professor/author Sarah Ladipo Manyika, for the launch of her newest novel, LIKE A MULE BRINGING ICE...

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The Most Dishonest People on Earth, with Lowell Bergman, Geoffrey Nunberg, Marisa Lagos, Scott Shafer: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 76 from 2017-04-11T04:38:32

Litquake's second event in our "Shadow & Light" series presents "The Most Dishonest People on Earth: Journalists Respond to Trump," another glimpse of sanity in an increasingly insane world. Thi...

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Word /Jazz with Chinaka Hodge, RyanNicole, devorah major, Broun Fellinis: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 75 from 2017-03-07T06:14:39

In the great tradition of jazz and spoken-word basement readings in North Beach first forged by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kenneth Rexroth, and Bob Kaufman, hear this contemporary update co-presente...

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No Shadow Without Light: Writers Respond to Trump: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 74 from 2017-02-07T06:08:21

As with the rest of the world, Litquake has been festering over the unexpected election of Donald Trump. Do we publish a manifesto? Or curl up in the fetal position? Yes, times are dark indeed, ...

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Kim Addonizio with Jen Siraganian: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 73 from 2016-11-22T05:30:26

Lit Cast presents this live recording featuring author Kim Addonizio and poet Jen Siraganian at Litquake's Epicenter series. This onstage conversation discusses Addonizio's two newest releases, ...

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The Atavist's Evan Ratliff with Jennifer Kahn: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 72 from 2016-09-27T04:06:26

Lit Cast presents this live recording featuring Atavist editor Evan Ratliff and journalist Jennifer Kahn at Litquake's Epicenter series. The onstage conversation discusses LOVE AND RUIN, the new...

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Natashia Deón and Kaitlin Solimine: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 71 from 2016-07-19T17:06:29

Lit Cast presents this live recording featuring novelist Natashia Deón and journalist Kaitlin Solimine at Litquake's Epicenter series. This conversation discusses Natashia's debut release, GRACE...

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Adam Haslett and Jane Ciabattari: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 70 from 2016-06-27T22:00:22

Lit Cast presents this live recording featuring novelist Adam Haslett and book critic Jane Ciabattari at Litquake's Epicenter series. This conversation discusses Haslett's newest release, "Ima...

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Dan Lyons and Chris Colin: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 69 from 2016-05-11T03:40:53

Lit Cast presents this live recording featuring journalist/author Dan Lyons and journalist Chris Colin at Litquake's Epicenter series. This conversation discusses Lyons' new memoir, "Disrupted: ...

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Cintra Wilson and Gary Kamiya: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 68 from 2016-04-19T05:22:01

Lit Cast presents this live recording which features writer/critic CIntra Wilson and journalist/editor Gary Kamiya at Litquake's Epicenter series. This conversation discus...

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Patricia Park and Vanessa Hua: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 67 from 2016-03-23T03:33:56

Lit Cast presents this live recording which features novelist Patricia Park and journalist/fiction author Vanessa Hua at Litquake's Epicenter series. This conversation explores Park's recent deb...

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Sunil Yapa and Marie Mockett: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 66 from 2016-03-08T06:05:34

Lit Cast presents this live recording from Litquake's Epicenter series, featuring Sunil Yapa, author of the debut novel "Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist," in conversation with writer M...

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Lori Ostlund and Amelia Gray: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 65 from 2016-02-24T02:27:05

Lit Cast presents this live recording which features California fiction writers Lori Ostlund and Amelia Gray at our Off the Richter Scale series. This conversation, title...

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Dennis Lehane, with Eddie Muller: Litquake’s Lit Cast Episode 64 from 2016-01-26T23:10:48

Lit Cast is proud to present this live recording of the recent Litquake event featuring author and screenwriter Dennis Lehane, for the Bay Area launch of his recen...

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Boots Riley, with W. Kamau Bell&Adam Mansbach: Litquake’s Lit Cast Episode 63 from 2016-01-06T00:52:12

Lit Cast is proud to present this live recording of the recent Litquake event featuring activist, emcee and front-man Boots Riley, for the Bay Area launch of his new book Tell Homeland Secur...

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Christopher Moore and S.G. Browne: Litquake’s Lit Cast Episode 62 from 2015-12-10T01:32:19

Lit Cast is proud to present this live recording of the recent Litquake event “Horror and Hilarity: A Conversation with Christopher Moore and S.G. Browne.” Both of these authors have mastered th...

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Chinelo Okparanta and Vu Tran: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 62 from 2015-11-18T07:23:26

Litquake is honored to present this live recording of the recent event "Writing Cultural Identity." Short story writers Chinelo Okparanta and Vu Tran discuss the fiction of cultural identity, mi...

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Poetic Tuesday at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 61 from 2015-09-17T16:34:46

Litquake is proud to co-present the monthly Poetic Tuesday series, our summertime collaboration with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, showcasing top Bay Area poets and musicians. This episode w...

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Maggie Nelson in Conversation with Lucy Corin: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 60 from 2015-09-02T05:18:47

Litquake is proud to host the San Francisco launch of "The Argonauts," the new genre-bending memoir...

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Joshua Mohr in Conversation with Jack Boulware: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 59 from 2015-08-18T05:23:26

Litquake is proud to host the San Francisco launch of "All Ths Life," the newest novel by Joshua Mohr...

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Katherine Taylor in Conversation with Frances Dinkelspiel: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 58 from 2015-08-05T05:24:39

Litquake is honored to host the San Francisco launch of "Valley Fever," the newest novel by Katherine...

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Bruce McCullough in Conversation with Paul Myers: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 57 from 2015-07-21T04:43:50

Litquake is honored to host the comedian, writer, director and legendary Kid in the Hall Bruce McCull...

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Peter Coyote in Conversation with Phil Bronstein: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 56 from 2015-07-01T02:23:57

Litquake is honored to host the legendary actor/activist/author Peter Coyote as he discusses the rele...

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 55- Joyce Carol Oates in Conversation with Cornelia Nixon from 2015-06-16T18:08:18

Litquake is honored to host the acclaimed bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates as she discusses the r...

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 54 - David Vann in Conversation with Tom Barbash from 2015-04-22T03:43:03

International bestselling author David Vann discusses the hardback release of his newest novel “Aquar...

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 52 - Drivel from 2015-02-24T07:05:45

Launch event for DRIVEL, Litquake's first book, edited by Julia Scott. Great authors share their earliest, worst writings! Hear excerpts from this hilarious collection read aloud by everyone fro...

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 51 – Stephan Eirik Clark and Joe Loya from 2015-01-21T06:37:47

Stephan Eirik Clark discusses his debut novel “Sweetness #9,” with essayist/author Joe Loya.  A former Fulbright Fellow to Ukraine, Clark is also author of the short story collection “Vladimir's...

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 50 Chinelo Okparanta and NoViolet Bulawayo at Litquake 2014 from 2015-01-06T07:31:08

As transnational writers who both emigrated to the United States in their youth, Nigerian author Chinelo Okparanta ...

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 49 Marc Maron and Jack Boulware at Litquake 2014 from 2014-12-22T07:08:31

For three decades, Marc Maron has been writing and performing raw, honest and thought-...

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 48 – Emma Donoghue and Jewelle Gomez at Litquake 2014 from 2014-11-25T06:46:39

Emma Donoghue, the author of Room (which sold over two million copies, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and ...

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 47 – Nicholson Baker and Steven Winn at Litquake 2014 from 2014-11-11T04:03:19

Bestselling author Nicholson Baker discusses libraries, lawsuits, life in Maine, and his recent novels  Listen

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Lit Cast Episode 46 - Geoff Dyer&Chris Colin in Conversation from 2014-09-23T03:46:48

Litquake is proud to host the launch of Geoff Dyer’s new nonfiction book,  Listen

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Lit Cast Episode 45 - Edan Lepucki and John McMurtrie in Conversation from 2014-08-26T05:19:18

Edan Lepucki is the author of California, which became the #1 bestseller on Powells.com after being praised by Stephen Colbert. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a staff writer for Th...

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Lit Cast Episode 44 - Brad Stone&Bridget Kinsella at digi.lit Sneak Preview from 2014-08-12T06:19:25

Brad Stone is the author of <...

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Colson Whitehead and T. Geronimo Johnson at the Epicenter from 2014-07-29T02:16:11

When Grantland magazine sent Colson Whitehead to cover the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the ...

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 42 - Kaui Hart Hemmings&Michelle Richmond at the Epicenter from 2014-07-07T23:07:08

Kaui Hart Hemmings’ highly anticipated new novel The Possibilities was the subject of our May Epicenter. Her first novel, The Descendants, has been published in 20 countries an...

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 41 - Using Words as Arrows: Contemporary Native American Writers from 2014-05-19T17:08:44

Using poetry, prose, and reportage, five Native American voices showcase the diversity of current Indian l...

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 39 - Molly Antopol in conversation with Anthony Marra at the Epicenter from 2014-04-18T21:26

Did you miss Litquake's April Epicenter? We were thrilled to ...

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 38 – Scott O'Connor and Eddie Muller at the Epicenter from 2014-03-15T00:00

CIA? Drugs? Mind-control? Don't miss Scott O'Connor and Eddie Muller in conversation at Litquake's ...

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Litquake's Lit Cast
Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 37 – Mireille Guiliano at the Epicenter from 2014-02-22T00:01

Join Mireille Guiliano, author of the new bestseller, French Women Don't Get Facelifts: The Secret of Aging with Style and Attitude, in conversation wit...

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 37 – Iranian Voices at Off the Richter Scale from 2014-02-14T00:10

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Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 36 – The Rumpus at the Lit Crawl from 2014-01-18T00:15

Co-hosted by managing editor Zoë Ruiz and Rumpus contributor Ryan Pittington, "For We Have Fa...

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