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Count Dante Recounts His Seven Years in an Incredibly Strange Fight Clubnew

In his new memoir Beer, Blood, and Cornmeal, Bob Calhoun describes a moment where wrestling grappled with surrealism, and surrealism won out with a suplex powerslam.
Chicago Reader  |  Dan Kelly  |  09-08-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: San Francisco, wrestling, 1990s, Beer, Blood, and Cornmeal, Bob Calhoun, Count Dante, Incredibly Strange Wrestling, The Black Dragon Fighting Society

Broke and Loving Itnew

Laid-off dotcommers have written guides to staying cheerful while unemployed. Also reviewed: Dean LaTourrette and Kristine Enea's Time Off! The Upside to Downtime.
The Village Voice  |  Anya Kamenetz  |  09-26-2005  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: San Francisco, unemployment, Camper English, dotcom bust, layoff, Party Like a Rock Star Even When You're Poor as Dirt

Fifty Years After His Disappearance, Poet Lives Onnew

Renewed attention to Weldon Kees is a peculiar literary revival tale, in which one enthusiast after another seems to discover his own life story in Kees, then proselytizes on behalf of the forgotten poet.
SF Weekly  |  Matt Smith  |  08-02-2005  |  Books
Tags: suicide, San Francisco, Nebraska, Anthony Lane, BBC producer Daisy Goodwin, Charlie Campbell, cult of Kees, Dana Gioia -- music critic emeritus of San Francisco magazine, Golden Gate Bridge, hypomania, James Reidel, Weldon Kees

The Kids All Writenew

An anthology of young writers sets out to prove that this generation is still reading and writing, no matter what some studies say.
SF Weekly  |  Karen Zuercher  |  06-02-2005  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: San Francisco, California, Neal Pollack, Generation, Nell Freudenberger, Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times, Kevin Smokler, Kevin Smokler, editor, Meghan Daum, Reading at Risk

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