Literature
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5.4KPatti Smith’s Lonely New Year at the Dream Inn
The ‘dream motel’ animates punk icon’s new memoir ‘Year of the Monkey’
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4.9KTatiana Schlossberg on ‘Inconspicuous Consumption’
Journalist and author speaks Tuesday, Sept. 24 at Bookshop Santa Cruz
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11.6KMalcolm Gladwell on the Pitfalls of ‘Talking to Strangers’
Ahead of Sept. 21 event, the author talks taking on controversial subjects, and why his new audiobook is a podcast
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7.2KInside Santa Cruz’s First Spanish Bookstore
New York artist Pablo Helguera brings ‘Librería Donceles’ installation to MAH
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6.4K1Terry McAuliffe Brings Charlottesville Book to Santa Cruz
Former Virginia governor takes on white nationalism
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5.4KHistorian Douglas Brinkley Talks ’60s Counterculture, Space Race
Events at Bookshop Santa Cruz and the Rio will span politics, music and more
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5.4KLeslie Karst’s Latest Mystery Set in Santa Cruz Food Scene
Local author brings ‘Murder From Scratch’ to Bookshop Santa Cruz
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5.9KA Prodigal Son of Santa Cruz Lit Returns
Poet Robert Lundquist comes to Bookshop Santa Cruz on April 25
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4.8K‘Ink Knows No Borders’ In Central Coast Poetry Book
New collection led by Monterey writer gives voice to immigrant experience
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4.8KA Guide To ‘Dying Well’
Journalist Katy Butler outlines a less-bleak approach to the end of life
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7.9K1‘Disposable Man:’ Author Michael Levitin’s Updated Male Manifesto
Berkeley journalist captures a #MeToo-era reckoning for young men with high hopes.
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5.3KAuthor Carolyn Burke Revives Famous Art Foursome
Local author’s latest book reveals relationships that shaped Georgia O’Keeffe, 20th-century art
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14.1K6Fear and Loathing in Santa Cruz
How UCSC hit the counter-culture jackpot with a new Hunter S. Thompson archive
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6.2KAuthor Micah Perks on ‘True Love’
Sex, love and Santa Cruz secrets abound in new book
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6.6K1The Legacy of ‘On the Road’s Al Hinkle
Beat movement muse passes away at age 92
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6.4KPaul Skenazy Goes Time Traveling
Author and former UCSC professor’s new book digs into the Gold Rush
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10.7K1Dalai Lama Makes Local Cameo at ‘Book of Joy’ Event
'Book of Joy' event promises Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama via video
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10.1K1Jonathan Franzen’s Santa Cruz Escape
Despite a change of scenery, new book shows the author still loves a good argument
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6.9KMatt de la Peña’s ‘Carmela’ Writes the Book on Watsonville—For Kids
Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson pen ‘Carmela Full of Wishes,’ set in Santa Cruz County
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8.0KBeauty, Tragedy and Meaning in America’s Southwest
Journalist Annette McGivney’s book ‘Pure Land’ intertwines true crime and investigative reporting with memories of personal trauma
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5.4KStephen Kessler Shares His ‘Garage Elegies’
Local poet comes to Bookshop with his new volume on July 10
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4.3KKen Jenning’s New Book ‘Planet Funny’ Traces Comedy’s Evolution
How comedy in the modern era is an entirely different animal.
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4.3KPreview: Joel Selvin to Appear at Bookshop Santa Cruz with New Book about the Grateful Dead
Rock journalist Joel Selvin explores the chaos that followed the death of Jerry Garcia in ‘Fare Thee Well’
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4.2KSanta Cruz Journalist’s Thriller ‘See Her Run’ Out This Week
Peggy Townsend brings her reporter’s instincts to some unsettling crime fiction
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5.8KMichael Pollan Comes to Santa Cruz With New Book on Psychedelics
‘How to Change Your Mind’ explores the history and renaissance of the medicinal use of psychedelics
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4.9KManuel Pastor Explores What Other States Can Learn From California
Sociologist comes to Bookshop Santa Cruz with new book ‘State of Resistance”
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5.2KLocal Author Leslie Karst Appears at Bookshop Santa Cruz with ‘Death al Fresco’
Karst on her murder mystery series, Italian cooking, and crafting Sally Solari from character traits she has and wishes she had
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6.0KAuthor Karen Joy Fowler on the Writing Life
Best-selling author of ‘Jane Austen Book Club’ on her youth, writing life and book-in-progress
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5.4K5Wallace Baine is Good Times’ Newest Writer
After 26 years at a daily, Baine re-emerges in the alt-weekly world
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5.7KPreview: Author Anne Fadiman Comes to Bookshop Santa Cruz
Anne Fadiman celebrates the life of her famous father in ‘The Wine Lover’s Daughter’
