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As Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin showed in their magnificent biography, “American Prometheus,” the Bay Area is where Oppenheimer began his revolutionary research on the atomic bomb, and it’s the place that fostered his progressive politics. zyzzyva.org/2023/07/19/for…

Thanks to Clio’s—Oakland’s wonderful new bookstore cafe—for hosting our Issue No. 126 celebration last night. And thanks to Cate Lycurgus and Matthew Zapruder for reading poems—and Jason Novak for his live drawing of Matthew!
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Rest in peace, Herbert Gold, a wise and wry sage of San Francisco. Zyzzyva had the good fortune to publish Herb's work twice, in Issue Nos. 93 and 97. datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/herb-gol…

For Thanksgiving, I wrote a little something about my non-love of turkey. zyzzyva.org/2023/11/21/tur…

— From “Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza,” a searing collection by Mosab Abu Toha that City Lights Books published last year. Abu Toha was born in a refugee camp in Gaza.

This is an excellent profile of a great man and great literary figure (and the world of books depends on many kinds of work and skill besides writing the things, and Paul brings brilliance as well as skill to that work). latimes.com/entertainment-…

Paul Yamazaki has worked at the legendary #CityLights bookstore in San Francisco for 53 years. The childhood Dodgers fan likens himself to the team’s late longtime manager: “I’m the Tommy Lasorda of City Lights.' Read his incredible life story: lat.ms/44GveAw

I have the honor of breaking the news for the Los Angeles Times that Paul Yamazaki, beloved book buyer of City Lights Books, will receive the Literarian Award from National Book Foundation. Paul is so deserving of this award, and it was a joy to write this profile of him. latimes.com/entertainment-…

The view from the little-known Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island Ferry, which travels between downtown San Francisco and Treasure Island — for all of $5 a ride. #BestOfDowntownSF