That's a wrap! Litquake Festival 2023 has come to a close. It's bittersweet, but memories of the past few weeks, will fuel us for quite a while.
Thousands of Bay Area school kids. The Drag queens who support them. Gay mountain lions. Out Loud readers, their voices echoing in downtown. Poets who garden. Poets who play baseball. Poets in gothic churches. Poets, all kinds, everywhere. Issue launches. Final issues. Cramped quarters, eyes and ears collected on one person and what they have to say. The Crawl crawled forth once more into the Mission and bore all the divine fruits the Bay Area literary world has to offer: fresh voices, old voices, our storied lit mags, the city's newest reading series, survivors, lewd riffs on Treasure Island, attendees, and authors of every single kind. It was big and beautiful and exhausting, and now what’s left to do but start planning next year.
What a testament to the power of words, and their ability to connect people from all walks of life. For that, we'd like to thank all of our readers, panelists, moderators, volunteers, and attendees. We couldn't have done it without you...
We can't wait to see you at our next show! |
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