Hello Litquakers,
Brace yourself. It’s time for a challenge. This Summer, we’ve felt like we’re on one big slip n’ slide, rushing headfirst, belly-down into the inevitable Fall. Really though, we’re only halfway there! It’s time to stop and smell the proverbial roses. With that in mind, we’ve cooked up Litquake’s Summer Challenge.
Each time you complete one of the challenges on the list, email us a photo, or tag us on Instagram. We’ll be sure to share it so others can see what an absolute legend you are. If you complete the whole thing, there may even be a prize on the other side. Good luck, people!
1. Read a graphic novel
2. Attend a book launch
3. Read 3 books in a week (zines, plays, and novellas count)
4. Convince a published author to sign a household object
5. Memorize a poem (recite for proof!)
6. Write one golden sentence
7. Read two books by the same author
8. Check out a book from your local library
9. Leave a book at a DIY lending library
10. Write an exquisite corpse with some friends (and share it!) |
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Litquake is proud to co-present On This Happy Note,as a part of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival on Monday, August 1st.
Buy tickets here.
For Anat Gov, the internationally renowned feminist Israeli playwright and TV writer, gallows humor isn’t new. But after she is diagnosed with incurable stage IV cancer, she takes her macabre sense of humor to a new level, even composing a hilarious musical number about her medical treatment. Through excerpts from her plays and footage of her political activism alongside interviews with her husband (Israeli singer Gidi Gov), her closest friends, and her children almost a decade after Gov’s death, director Tamar Tal-Anati conveys how the line between Gov’s life and her writing was often blurred. And in a series of intimate interviews with her literary agent, Arik Kneller, before her death at the age of 58, Gov meditates on how to best prepare for death, put her affairs in order, and accept her fate consciously and bravely with the same mixture of humor and serenity often at the forefront of her work. There is such a thing as a happy ending, and it is possible to die in peace. |
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Litquake Weekly Literary news, upcoming events, and whatever else we’re looking at...
“The new U.S. poet laureate discusses the myth of individualism, the climate crisis, and what makes a core poem.” Familiarize yourself with Ada Limón • Guernica
“Emily Dickinson poem or an early aughts emo lyric?” This is, without a doubt, our new favorite game • McSweeney’s
“Loneliness, like the blues, belongs to the human condition and isn’t limited by time and space...” Read Jonah Raskin’s inaugural essay for a new series dubbed “Alone in San Francisco” • San Francisco Examiner
“Should the lawsuit succeed, the Internet Archive would potentially be forced to destroy a large swath of books from the 20th century that are not available elsewhere.” A tremendous feat of knowledge sharing is under fire once again • SFGATE
“There’s nothing like the tension of a raging storm to force families closer together, build alliances and reveal enemies.” In the mood for some impending doom? Check out these six natural disaster novels • Book Trib
“From fortune cookie factories to the Dragon Gate on Grant Avenue to the Follies and seniors doing tai chi at Portsmouth Square—each page really captures the spirit of San Francisco’s Chinatown.” This coloring book about San Francisco's Chinatown just won an international award • Digital Journal |
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