Hello Litquakers,
Now that submissions are closed, we have the main materials of our festival, and can start to sculpt the best Litquake yet. Over the next several months, we sift through the memoirs, panel discussions, craft workshops, poetry readings, fiction showcases, and everything else that was sent our way to build a festival that best reflects our community. But never fear! That doesn’t mean we’re slowing down. Monday night’s Paragraphs on Ice is sold out, but tickets for our June 6th show are still available. If you're looking for something to do in the next week, we’re co-presenting not one, but two Oscar Wilde adaptations at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. At the end of the month, we’re also co-presenting the release of the Italian anthology America is an Experiment: Writers and Stories of the United States, in which the themes and questions of America are explored by some of the most celebrated contemporary authors, past Pulitzer Prize winners, Poet Laureates, and new voices in literature. You can find more information, and tickets to all of our upcoming events, below. |
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Paragraphs On Ice with Andrew Sean Greer and Daniel Handler
Monday, June 6th · 7:30-9:30pm
Amado’s
998 Valencia Street
SF, CA 94110
Once again, Andrew and Daniel will dive deep into their favorite paragraphs from literary history, sharing their enthusiasm for language and storytelling with the help of an overhead projector, a full bar, and you, the audience. Capacity is limited, so buy your tickets now! |
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May 7, 9:20 pm
SALOMÉ
72 minutes | $18 general / $16 member
A Hollywood picture unlike anything Hollywood had dared to make before, Salomé is a dazzling creation. Based on Oscar Wilde’s 1891 play with sets inspired by Aubrey Beardsley, fabulous costumes by Natacha Rambova, and the great Alla Nazimova—mesmerizing as the barefoot dancer who beguiled a king and beheaded a prophet.
Live musical accompaniment by Matti Bye Ensemble |
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May 11, 7:00 pm
LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN
94 minutes | $24 general / $22 member
US, 1925, d. Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Ronald Colman, May McAvoy, Bert Lytell, Irene Rich
Oscar Wilde’s drawing room comedy skewering stuffy Victorian mores is updated and transferred to the screen by Ernst Lubitsch, who masterfully replaces Wilde’s verbal wit for a visual one. A sparkling restoration from an impeccable nitrate print in MoMA’s collection!
Musical accompaniment by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra |
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May 25, 6:00 pm
America is an Experiment: Writers and Stories of the United States
Co-presented by the Italian Cultural Institute. In L’America è un esperimento: Scrittori e storie degli Stati Uniti, Enrico Rotelli meets more than twenty of the most talented contemporary US authors, from Yiyun Li to Michael Chabon, Maaza Mengiste to Andrew Sean Greer, as well as writers of another generation such as Erica Jong and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Pulitzer Prize-winners, Poet Laureates and new voices, all confronting one another from different points of view on the hopes, misfortunes, struggles and hypocrisies that literature is called to grasp and address. Enrico Rotelli will discuss his book with R.O. Kwon (author of The Incendiaries and coeditor of Kink) and Elaine Castillo (author of America Is Not The Heart and the forthcoming How to Read Now). |
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Litquake Weekly Literary news, upcoming events, and whatever else we’re looking at...
“Sharing works that delight, provoke, inspire and rouse, the monthly Poetic Tuesdays series runs from May to October, turning lunchtime into an oasis of creative expression.” We’re co-presenting a few Poetic Tuesdays this Summer at the Yerba Buena Gardens! • Do The Bay
“Martinez is not just hoping to increase the access for her students – she’s trying to ensure they have books that interest them.” Local educators are coming together to eliminate Bay Area "book deserts" • CBS San Francisco
“I was part fascinated by, part horrified at, part envious of the concept of surviving on an editorial salary by leveraging one’s status...” Can you be a social media influencer and a writer? You might have to be • Slate
“...algorithmic content moderation systems have had an unprecedented impact on the words we choose, particularly on TikTok, and given rise to a new form of internet-driven Aesopian language.” Online algorithms are changing the way we write (again) • Washington Post
“The poisons described in these books are merely words on a page, but some books scattered throughout the world are literally poisonous.” Who knew bookstores and libraries could be so dangerous? • National Geographic
“In it, she takes lines from hate mail she received over her four years at SFGATE and reimagines them as short poems.” In her masterful new book Hate Mail: Thank You for Reading,Michelle Robertson gives us a master class in making lemonade out of lemons • San Francisco Chronicle Datebook |
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