Cops, Blues, and Family Dynamics
Two novels and a blues CD release capture bits and pieces of the East Bay landscape.
Birds, Natural Wonders, and Foot-Tapping Tunes
Two guides and choro music inform the mind this month.
Oakland Lawyer Jasmine Guillory Writes a Romance Novel
Her debut novel, The Wedding, features Alexa, who is black, making her a rare person of color in the overwhelmingly white world of romance novels.
Manifest Destiny, the East Bay Hills, and Show Business
Revisiting the Donner Party, East Bay hills history, and Tom Heyman.
Surprised by the End Results
Isabel Allende’s route from start to finish is a circuitous one in her books, including her latest.
Arash Bayatmakou Shifts Paradigms On Spinal Injuries
Berkeley writer and entrepreneur writes a book and starts a nonprofit to change recovery expectations for spinal injury sufferers.
The I’s Have It
Sci-fi genius Robert Silverberg keeps cranking out books.
