SFist, 9/27/2007 read full article

Serialized gem/siren song Tales of the City drew many folks to SF. Well, it brought us here, anyway. And the character of Mary Ann Singleton acted as a temporary stand-in until many of us arrived…Laura Linney brought Singleton to life with brilliance and wide-eyed, no-so plain Jane beauty in the ’90s PBS and Showtime mini-series Tales of the City. Next week she will help celebrate Tales’ 31 years along with a local literary lineup of such talented key tappers as Amy Tan, Andrew Sean Greer, Michelle Tea, K.M. Soehnlein, Susie Bright, and…Father Guido Sarducci . Litquake will fete the anniversary of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City with a reading by Laura Linney and the aforementioned….