PRESS ARCHIVE
2023
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7x7: Litquake turns 24 in 2023: 5 Highlights For This Year’s Fest
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48 Hills: Litquake Turns The Page With A New Leader, Who Tells Us What To Catch
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Alta: New Era in San Francisco
2022
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7x7: Litquake’s 2022 Festival Set To Be a Many-Splendored Thing
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48 Hills: Arts Forecast: 6 Litquake Picks, Kafana Balkan Returns, Día at SOMArts...
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​48 Hills: Arts Forecast: Much ado about Shakespeare in the Park—and Litquake 2022 announced
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Alta: Litquake and Alta Present Roberto Lovato and Vanessa Hua
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East Bay Express: Piercing the Book Bubble: Litquake Celebrates 23 Years of Bringing Literature to the People
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KQED: 8 Highly Anticipated Books and Literary Events For Your Fall Reading Pleasure
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Mission Local: Lit Crawl and Other Weekend Pleasures
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Mission Local: Tonight: Live from Lit Crawl
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Nob Hill Gazette: Best of the Gazette: 44 things we love about the Bay Area
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Publisher’s Weekly: Big Indie Books of Fall 2022
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San Francisco Chronicle: SF’s Longest Running Festival Hopes to Take Book Events to the Next Level
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San Francisco Chronicle: Win Tickets to the 'Litquake' Literary Festival Opening Night Party
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San Francisco Chronicle: RAWdance brings the arts to Salesforce Park with Step/Song/Story
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The San Francisco Standard: Litquake, SF’s Bookworm Bash, Returns With Author Talks, Dance Parties, and the Beloved Lit Crawl
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The San Francisco Standard: Ahead of Litquake, Check Out This Map of San Francisco in Literary Quotes
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The San Francisco Standard: Litquake, SF’s bookworm bash, returns with author talks, dance parties and the beloved Lit Crawl
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SFGATE: Litquake Announces Full Return To In-Person Events For October 2022
2021
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7x7:
Daniel Handler, Alia Volz + more fete Litquake's opening night at Saint Joseph's Arts Society
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​7x7: Fall Arts Highlights: Judy Chicago, Leonard Cohen, the IRL return of Litquake, SF Symphony + more
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​7x7: Queer icons Monique Jenkinson and K.M. Soehnlein rap about their new books, art, activism + blazing trails
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48 Hills: Litquake erupts in verbiage
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​Bay Area Reporter: Litquake's finale and queer choices
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East Bay Express: Litquake 2021 is rooted in the present and gives glimpses into the future of arts and letters
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Mission Local: Lit Crawl's tonight and here is your interactive map
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Mission Local: Neighborhood notes: Blue Angels, bikes and books abound
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National Book Critics Circle: Alternative Histories
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Nob Hill Gazette: Bigelow's Babble On by the Bay: Hello, Hybrid!
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San Francisco Chronicle: Chronicle's picks and tips for Litquake's live return in 2021
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San Francisco Chronicle: A good reason to plan ahead for the holiday season
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Vacation Idea: 25 Best Literary Festivals in the World
2020
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San Francisco Chronicle: Sink into the Bay Area's literary scene with these virtual fall events
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San Francisco Chronicle:
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​San Francisco Chronicle: Litquake 2020 looks to crack the boredom of life online
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SFWeekly: Litquake Takes 2020 Festival Online
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7x7: Lines Ballet, Litquake, SFMoMA + More: How to Get Your Local Arts and Culture Fix in Fall 2020
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San Francisco News: Litquake Literary Festival To Be Held Online
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Piedmont Exedra: Prepare now for Litquake 2020
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Local News Matters: Litquake at decade three: a fest of digital derring do
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SF Funcheap: Virtual Litquake 2020 Festival (Authors, Poets, Activists, & Performers)
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The Mercury News: Bay Area Litquake 2020 takes stellar expanded lineup online
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SF Examiner: Forum on 'Forests of California' towers at virtual Litquake
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48 Hills: Museums reopen, Litquake rolls out...and music in parklets?
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SoGlos: Cheltenham Literature Festival Lit Crawl goes virtual in 2020
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Merci SF: Eleanor d"Aquitaine invites herself to Litquake San Francisco Festival
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The Daily Californian: An Intervention in Monument-making: A Litquake book talk with Natasha Trethewey
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Nob Hill Gazette: Closeout Lit Crawl San Francisco 2020 with an epic global literary "hoe-down"
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Nob Hill Gazette: Words Worthy
2019
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Oakland Magazine: East Bay Writers Light Up Litquake
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Berkeleyside: 6 must-see Litquake literary events this week in the East Bay
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Half Moon Bay Review: Festival offers escape with 'Beach Reads' at Ink Spell
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San Francisco Examiner: Litquake hosts 'BoJack Horseman' creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg
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Bay Area Reporter: Arts Events Oct. 10–17, 2019
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Modern Luxury Silicon Valley: Indulge Your Inner Bookworm At This Month's Litquake Festival
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The Rumpus: Notable San Francisco 10/9–10/15
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San Francisco Chronicle: Litquake, 20 Years Old, is keeping the soul of San Francisco alive
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San Francisco Chronicle: Is Litquake too much? Not for this book lover
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48 Hills: At Litquake, the Infamous Literary Death Match Hits 500
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East Bay Express: Close to the Bone—and Close to Readers
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The Bay Area Reporter: Bring on the Fall Arts!
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San Francisco Chronicle: At 20, Litquake sends a message ‘Godfather’ fans can’t refuse
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San Francisco Chronicle: Litquake to shake up 20 cities for its 20th anniversary
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San Jose Mercury News: Litquake: Inside the West Coast’s grandest literary festival
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San Francisco Chronicle: Gauging the future, savoring donuts at Night of Ideas
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7x7: San Francisco bubbles with excitement for this week's free Night of Ideas
2018
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The Nob Hill Gazette: The Hob Nob Kicks Off Litquake's 2018 Festival
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Mission Local: Lit Crawl Live in the Mission
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KQED, Forum with Michael Krasny: Octavio Solis on Growing Up on the U.S.-Mexico Border
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San Francisco Chronicle: Amy Tan, Armistead Maupin meet onstage for Litquake
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SFWeekly: The Second Half of Litquake Has Some Awesome Events
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KQED, Forum with Michael Krasny: Michael Imperioli on Writing, Lou Reed and Life After 'The Sopranos'
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East Bay Express: New Documentary 'The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin' Celebrates Iconoclast Writer
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San Francisco Chronicle: Lit Crawl, the wild, pop-up party night, set to cap Litquake Fest
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SFWeekly: A Perfectly Cromulent Conversation with Simpsons Writer Mike Reiss
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San Francisco Chronicle: Litquake art of literature and gossip
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7x7: 25 Fun Things: Warriors Opening Night, Oakland's Autumn Lights Festival + All the Litquake
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SFWeekly: Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin Has Led a Most Magnificent Life
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SFWeekly: What Would the Kids in the Hall Do?: Dave Foley at Litquake
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SFWeekly: This is the Last Literary Death Match at the Elbo Room
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SFWeekly: Ron Stallworth, Real-Life BlacKkKlansman
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SFWeekly: (Lit-)Crawling out of This Mess, at Survival of the Queerest
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Bay Area Reporter: Litquake's queer pages: Literary festival's got plenty for all
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7x7: 28 Fun Things: Litquake, Treasure Island Music Festival + More Bay Area Events
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Berkeleyside: New film showcases the imagination of Ursula K. Le Guin
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San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco's Litquake promises written word, weird and worldly
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San Francisco Chronicle: An early look at Litquake's 2018 festival
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San Francisco Senior Beat: Litquake Elder Project writings borne of experience, sharpened with wit and wisdom
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Time Out San Francisco: Save the date: Litquake brings major authors (and parties) to San Francisco this fall
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JWeekly: New Litquake project puts lives of our elders on paper
2017
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San Francisco Chronicle: My First Time: Chronicle writers and editors recount their earliest bylines
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Hoodline: With 800+ Authors, 'Litquake' Turns 18 With 9-Day Festival
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KQED, The Do List: A Literary Festival Explores Every Kind of Writing — and a Bit of Drinking
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SF Station: We’re Due for a Litquake: Literary Festival Shakes It Up
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San Jose Mercury News (BANG): Country star Lee Brice comes from Las Vegas to San Jose
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San Jose Mercury News (BANG): SF Litquake is back — here’s a guide to the sprawling event, with highlights
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Lit Hub: A Brief History of Litquake, a San Francisco Literary Institution
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San Francisco Chronicle: Weekend booking: Litquake
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48 Hills (Formerly SF Bay Guardian): Tremble, fair reader, before the mighty Litquake!
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Time Out: Litquake brings major authors (and parties) to San Francisco this fall
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San Francisco Chronicle: Litquake comes of age, ready for its 18th year
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San Francisco Chronicle: Weekend booking: Journalists respond to Trump
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KALW: Writers respond to Trump: "As humans we need hope. We also need leaders."
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KQED Arts: Cy and David’s Picks: Love in Bitter Times, Corporatizing the Unthinkable, and Writers on Trump
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7x7: The Bay Area Protests, Vigils + Political Gatherings You Need to Know About Now
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Poets & Writers: City Guides: San Francisco Bay Area
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San Francisco Chronicle: Writers Resist: Hundreds to attend pre-inauguration protests
2016
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Shelf Awareness: Litquake Honors Kathi Kamen Goldmark
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Mission Local: Lit Crawl Live in SF’s Mission
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C Social Front: TAKE 5: Can't-Miss Cultural Offerings This Month
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Marin IJ: Authors Share Their Works San Rafael Literary Fest
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KALW: (Litquake coverage begins at 31:33) World Doctors Orchestra ~ Litquake ~ Cal Bach ~ Paul Dresher ~ The Way You Look (at me) Tonight
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The Boston Globe: A Nighttime ‘Lit Crawl’ Lures Book Lovers Out to Play
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Hoodline: Litquake Brings Celebration Of LGBTQ Writers To Jane Warner Plaza
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Berkeleyside: 'Eat, Drink, and Be Literary' Returns to SF October 9th
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KQED Arts: Five Readings and Skipping Dinner: How to Litquake 2016
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303Magazine: The First Annual Lit Crawl Denver Brings Out Unique Literary Voices
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Palo Alto Online: For the Love of Lit
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San Francisco Chronicle: Noise Pop Festival is back with a mix of local and left-field
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Mission Local: Litquake Event Relocates to SF Mission’s Alamo Drafthouse
2015
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School Library Journal: Pictures of the Week: Scenes from the Teenquake and Not Your Mother's Book Club Literary Salon
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Literary Hub: At Lit Crawl NYC: Literary Types Drink, Some Sing
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KQED's The Spine: 'The Entropy of Bones,' and Boots Riley, Nayomi Munaweera at Litquake
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Smart Business Online: Bay Area event showcases all that is great about the written word
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Literary Hub: How to Make Readings Not Boring
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The Mercury News: Litquake braves the elements in first East Bay event in Lafayette
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SF Gate: Squaw Valley writers event highlights annual Litquake festival
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SFist: Litquake Preview: 21 Cool Things To Do at Litquake 2015
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Marin Magazine: Litquake San Rafael
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KQED's The Spine: ‘Dryland,’ How Lori Ostlund Does Litquake, Our Litquake Picks
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7x7: Fall Arts Preview: 29 Can't-Miss Shows, Performances + Exhibits in the Bay Area
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KQED Cy and David's Picks: Litquake picked as one of the two not-to-miss Fall events of 2015! (audio only)
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Literary Hub: Terrible Writing by Great Writers
2014
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Buzzfeed: Definitive Proof That Even Your Favorite Writers Once Sucked
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SF Bay Guardian: Best of the Bay
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7x7: 7x7 at Lit Crawl
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KQED Arts: Does Literature Make You Empathic?
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French American Culture Society: French Authors at Litquake!
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San Jose Mercury News: Lit Bits: Bay Area's 15th annual Litquake kicks off with self-hosted quinceneara
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The Daily Cal: Back to the future with Litquake's 'Less Than Zero'
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BBC World Service: The radical readers of San Francisco
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2013
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The New York Times: A Heady Cocktail of Books and Booze
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LA Times: Listening to Gregory Rabassa, the translator's translator
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Bay Area News Group: Litquake events will leave avid Bay Area readers shaken and stirred
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Books Inc: Litquake 2013 with Amanda McTigue, Jillian Cantor, Lauren Goldstein & Laurie R. King
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Foodgal.com: Conversation with Joyce Goldstein
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GirlsThatRoam: Women Shake Rattle and Roll at Litquake 2013
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San Francisco Chronicle: Regreturature: Embarrassing 1st Words
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Litseen: DRINKING WITH MEN: rosie schaap + robin ekiss at litquake's epicenter
2012
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San Jose Mercury News: "Litquake is back—and the Bay Area's own rambunctious, highly respected literary extravaganza is bigger and more inviting than ever."
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The Huffington Post: "Oh, writers. Oh reader, journalists, poets and book nerds—your festival is here."
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SF Bay Guardian: Shake, Rattle and Read
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San Francisco Chronicle: 13th Litquake Scales World of Words
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Publisher's Weekly: Adam Johnson Talks North Korea on the Litquake Stage
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Shelf Awareness: Regreturature: San Francisco Authors Dare to Share
2011
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Publisher's Weekly: A Whole Lot of Reading Going On
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NBC Los Angeles: Worth the Drive—The World's Largest Free Literary Crawl
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The New York Times (reprinted from The Bay Citizen): Calling All Bookworms: Your Guide to the Best of Litquake
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Los Angeles Times: San Francisco literary festival Litquake just keeps growing
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Publisher's Weekly: Dennis Lehane Talks Noir, Politics and How Clint Eastwood Sounds on the Phone
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SF Gate: Litquake Announces Ismael Reed as Recipient of 2011 Barbary Coast Award (see second paragraph)
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BeyondChron: School Beat: Bringing Books to Students in SF
2010
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Huffington Post: Reading as a Spectator Sport
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SF Chronicle: Ferlinghetti Honored at Litquake event
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The New York Times: A Book Lover's San Francisco
2009
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The New York Times: In Praise of Amy Tan and San Francisco's Literary Life
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The New York Times: Bookworms Come Out to Play
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The New York Times: In San Francisco, Literature as Carnival
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SF Chronicle: Interview with author Holly Payne prior to her July 2009 Litquake benefit
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SF Chronicle: Interview with comedian Lewis Black on eve of his June 2009 Litquake appearance
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SF Chronicle: Interview with author Ethan Canin prior to his May 2009 Litquake appearance
2008
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SF Chronicle: Interview with actress/poet Amber Tamblyn before her Litquake opening night appearance
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SF Chronicle: Review of Litquake's collaboration with ODC Theater, "Off Book: Stories That Move"
2006