Category: Steven Gray

ruth weiss was in town for the 60th anniversary of City Lights Bookstore. She was also in town when City Lights began in 1953. In honor of her turning 85, there was a gathering at Focus Gallery (run by John Perino). It was late afternoon, which is to say we were late. We missed a crowded reading which included Andrei Codrescu. Present Read More

In the Museum The wife and I were planning to see Allen Ginsberg’s photos at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, “Beat Memories,” but we had an argument and I went alone. I was thinking how appropriate it was, as Ginsberg and company were so often at odds with women. I had seen many of these black and white Read More