Bay Area poet Robert Hass admits his infatuation with The City started young, when Beat writers were causing a stir, and he was a teenager in Marin.
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Litquake is to the literary world what South by Southwest is to the music industry or Sundance is to independent film: an overwhelming, exciting, boisterous week brimming with too much talent and too little time.Starting Friday, literati from far and wide will convene in San Francisco for more than 80 events crammed into one week. Some 850 authors are booked, including big names like James Ellroy, Anne Enright, Jeffrey Eugenides, Chelsea Handler, Ishmael Reed and Jane Smiley.
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Gotham Chopra is the co-author of “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes: Harnessing Our Power to Change the World,” with his father Deepak Chopra. At his Lit Crawl reading at Laszlo Bar, the first 20 revelers in superhero costume will receive a free drink, and the top three costumes will win a signed copy of the book.
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Adam Mansbach wrote the novels “Angry Black White Boy” and “The End of the Jews” and the bestselling parody “Go the F--- to Sleep.” He will read at “Lit Laughs: Satire, Parody, and Humor” during Lit Crawl on Oct. 15; he also appears with Lyrics Born at the Jewish Community Center on Sunday.
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Lit Crawl — Litquake’s closing-night session of 80 events in the Mission district — involves almost everyone on the Bay Area’s literary scene. On Oct. 15, in three sessions, the first beginning at 6 p.m., readers will enjoy a deliciously random array of literary entertainment. Here are just a few suggested events, by theme. For the full schedule, visit www.litcrawl.org. QUEER CRAWLRADAR Productions
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