| The Bay Area is coming back. How it will come back is the big question on everyone’s mind. Poets, writers, thinkers, storytellers of all shapes and varieties are the essential workers of this phase. Stories are a medium for empathy-raising, for discovery, and for the deep contemplation of the issues of the day. Litquake is here to ensure that they have a stage, and that they are heard.
In 2020, we convened over 300 storytellers in front of an audience 30,000 strong, and doubled down on the democratization of storytelling in the Bay Area. After years of work, we are now a BIPOC-majority festival, with plenty still left to do. Last year, nearly every event was free. Our programs are as broad and all-encompassing as ever, from U.S. Poet Laureates conversing lyrically with Pulitzer Prize-winners, to elderly writers building community in their retirement homes, to local groups like Root Slam, who so beautifully epitomize what we are all about.
Like you, and like our community at large, Litquake is poised for a new beginning in 2021. Donate today and help us ensure that stories will continue to nourish and connect us. | 