Inkwell: Authors and Artists

    
They *knew*!
  

    
Are you sure that's the little CoffeeNet in SF tucked away on Harrison
Street, Erik?

Nice event last night all around,an lot of elite folks in terms of having
walked the walk online in the early years, but it is a simple little coffee
bar with some computer terminals.  I am astonished if they advertise in a
national publication.

Cool people running the place.
  

    

Yup, I immediately recognized the photo in Newsweek.

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Nice review, Eric.
  

    

Thanks. A pity I don't drink coffee ...
  

    

Bruce Sterling's  "Distraction Tour"

Wednesday Jan 6
University Bookstore, 4326 University Way, NE,
Seattle, 7-8PM

Thursday, Jan 7
Powell's. 1005 West Burnside, Portland
7:30 - 8:30 PM

Friday Jan 8
Stacey's, 581 Market Street SF CA, 12:30-1:30PM
Dark Carnival 3086 Claremont Berkeley, 6-7PM

Saturday Jan 9
Dangerous Visions, Sherman Oaks    2-4pm

Sunday Jan 10
Mysterious Galaxy 3904 Convoy Street #107
Burbank 2-3:30 PM

Drop on by, if you somehow feel you must *8-)
  

    
Hmmm, I don't see Austin in there...
  

    

well jeezo, I guess we'd better interview this unknown young amateur.
  

    


I get to see him Thursday! YAY!

 
  

    
three more from me and mine and thine for '99 ----

1.  January 21, 7:30 PM
Book Party for WHAT BOOK!?~Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop (Parallax Press)
featuring Rick Fields (former Editor-in-Chief of Yoga Journal and author of
such books as How The Swans Came To The Lake: A Narrative History of
Buddhism In The West) reading from his recent book of poems about his bout
with terminal cancer. Plus Lisa Cullent, Rebecca Radner, and the book's
editor, Gary Gach
SOLAR LIGHT BOOKS, 2068 Union Street (Across from the Metro Theater) (415)
567-6082
Free

2.  SYMPOSIUM ON BUDDHISM & AMERICAN POETRY: FROM BEAT TO HIPHOP - January
23, Sat. 10am-4pm
Norman Fischer, poet and zen abbot will lead in meditation and discuss
relation of meditation and poetry.
Joanne Kyger will discuss the Beat generation's encounter with Buddhism.
Walter Lew will discuss how a diverse range of Asian American poets have
used Buddhist traditions as an important part of the struggle to define,
preserve, and assert cultural values and identity.
Gary Gach will provide overview and moderate.
$75-
UC Extension, San Francisco, 55 Laguna St
For more info: (510) 642-1062
To enroll (510) 642-4111 [EDP 036673]; www.berkeley.edu/unex/enroll

3. 10-WEEK COURSE ON BUDDHISM & AMERICAN POETRY: RECLAIMING THE SACRED -
JAN.26-MARCH 31, 6:30-8:30 P.M.
Religion and poetry are two words for one thing. Poetry and Buddhism give us
access to greater intimacy with life, its authenticity, its genuineness,
here and now. And the spread of Buddhism in America has been born on wings
of poetry - from Thoreau to Rexroth, Ginsberg to Naropa, and beyond.  We
will explore this evolving tradition, its Buddhist roots and its American
roots, on through the Transcendentalists, the Modernists, the Beats, the
postModernists, etc., including forms and feelings, moods and modes, issues
and themes.
Available for college credit.  $275-
UC Extension, San Francisco, 55 Laguna St
For more info: (510) 642-1062
To enroll (510) 642-4111 [EDP 036863] www.berkeley.edu/unex/enroll


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Excerpts from my new book, "The Color of Our Future," and a tour
schedule are available on my website. Tour starts Monday, and I'll be
on Good Morning America on Tuesday morning. 

http://www.popandpolitics.com

for tour, click on "appearances"

Hope to see some of you soon!
  

    
Hell, I'm gonnabe at the other end of hte country when you're here.
  

    
Wow!  Farai's book's out!
Yay!
  

    

 Bravo, Farai!
  

    

Coming soon to an inkwell near you:  JON KATZ.  And here is his schedule of
west coast appearances for this week:



Monday, March 22nd - San Francisco

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm      Silicon Spin - ZDTV

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm      News - ZDTV

7:30 pm                Capitola Book Cafe
Reading and Signing    1475 41st Avenue
                       Capitola, CA 95010


Tuesday, March 23rd - San Francisco

10:45am - 11:45 am    Money Machine - ZDTV

12:30 pm              Stacey's Books
Reading and Signing   581 Market Street
                      San Francisco


5:30 pm               Book Passage
Reading and Signing   41 Tamal Vista Blvd
                      Corte Madera, CA 94925


Wednesday, March 24th - San Francisco/Seattle

7:30 pm                 East West Bookshop
Reading and Signing     324 Castro Street
                        Mountain View, CA 94041


Thursday, March 25th - Seattle

7:00 pm                University Books
Reading and Signing    4326 University Way NE
                       Seattle, WA 98105
  

    
Gee...   Tuesday at 5:30 in Corte Madera, that's soon and near.
  

    


No Portland!
  

    
Any traceable relation to Bruce?
  

    
No.
  

    
No Reno.  Never Reno, sigh.
  

    


David Gans & Jim Page
separately and together


Radio appearances:

Friday, December 10, 3-4pm: Friday Folk-Off with Dave Stafford & Mark Cook,
KKUP 91.5 Cupertino (David only)

Sunday, December 12, 10:30am: KPIG's "Please Stand By" with John Sandidge.
107.5 in the Santa Cruz area, www.kpig.com on the web.

Tuesday, December 14, between 3:00 and 5:30pm: Steve Meadows show on KZSC
88.1 Santa Cruz


Live performances:

Tuesday, December 14, 8pm: Henfling's, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond CA.
831-335-1642

Wednesday, December 15, 8pm: Freight and Salvage, 1111 Addison St, Berkeley.
510-548-1761

Friday, December 17, 8pm: Cafe Van Gogh, 314 West Main Street, Grass Valley.
530-274-8384

Saturday, December 18, 8pm: Blue Rock Shoot, 14523 Big Basin Way, Saratoga.
408-867-3437


David's schedule is always up to date at
http://www.trufun.com/gigs.html
  

    



 MARY SCHMARY  and  DAVID GANS
 Friday, February 4, 7:30pm
 Noe Valley Minstry
 1021 Sanchez, San Francisco

 www.schmary.com
 www.trufun.com

 $5
  

    


David Gans
Saturday, February 19, 9pm

Powerhouse Brewing Company
268 Petaluma Blvd., Sebastopol CA
$6
707-829-9171

The Sam Pointer Band opens and will back DG in an electric set.
  

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This is a rather long post about folks from a great indie publishing
house, Akashic Books, reading at a great indie book festival, Fringe
INK, in New York this week and next. It has information on other
authors as well.