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Oct 29, 2024
Richard Schwartz gives ‘Poppy Talk,’ not poppycock
There was a time in California, before ranchos and missions, before housing developments and freeways, when Spanish sailors viewed the coastline, seemingly ablaze in orange, and called it tierra del fuego, “land of fire.”
The blaze the sailors...
Sep 10, 2024
Climate workers reclaiming ‘just transition’
The concept behind a “just transition,” enabling fossil-fuel workers and others to move from their current climate-damaging jobs to ones that pay as well and have equal benefits, is obviously rational. But implementing this concept isn’t easy,...
Aug 20, 2024
Nancy Pelosi speaks truth about power in new book
When House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and her husband attended the Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson show at Shoreline Amphitheatre a few weeks ago, they sat in section 102. I sat in 101.
The Pelosi entourage arrived right...
Aug 8, 2024
Which book receives the most pawsitive reviews?
He’s part dog, part man, a champion of justice—and the canine hero of the Fremont Main Library’s most checked-out book.
Since the beginning of the year, readers have checked out Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea...
May 14, 2024
Clio’s Books Organized by History of Ideas
There is a moment in the movie American Fiction that Timothy Don references. This came up in conversation about his interesting organizing style for Clio’s, the bookstore-bar which he owns.
It’s the moment where Theolonious “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey...
Mar 26, 2024
Carolina Ixta’s Debut Novel Rooted in Oakland Realness
When Carolina Ixta was a kid, she’d go get haircuts with her mom and sister at a salon in Fruitvale, at 31st and International. Her mom’s highlights would take hours and the sisters would get bored, so...
Mar 26, 2024
Caroline Paul’s ‘Tough Broad’ Advises Adventurous Aging
Setting out to resolve a puzzling question about why women over the age of 50 choose or are forced into lives of fear over flat-out fun and fulfillment, New York Times bestselling writer Caroline Paul uncovered the...
