DEB OLIN UNFERTH’S STORY COLLECTION FULL OF SURPRISES, EMOTION

Deb Olin Unferth‘s new collection of stories Wait Till You See Me Dance (Graywolf) is full of surprises, with twists and turns that often leave the reader disoriented and full of emotion. The author, most recently, of Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War—an autobiography finalist for a 2012 National Book Critics Read More

SFJAZZ POETRY FESTIVAL ARTISTS TO ‘SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER’

For the fifth annual SFJazz Poetry Festival, Genny Lim has curated more than four nights of interdisciplinary performances. She’s used the opportunity to invest in the melding of music and poetry as a regional phenomenon. “Most of the artists are poets who have performed a lot with music,” Lim said by phone. “I’m trying to Read More