40 years ago today, 21 people were killed in the San Ysidro massacre — the deadliest mass murder in California's history. The anniversary prompted Kevin Smokler to examine how this country memorializes the victims of tragedies. Here is his essay: zyzzyva.org/2024/07/17/the…

The ZYZZYVA Movie Night series kicks off July 30 with what’s still perhaps the world’s only or at least best workplace BDSM romcom, SECRETARY. Full details and tickets: roxie.com/film/zzyva-mov…

Only 7 tickets left! That’s 🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️! Tues July 30 Roxie Theater for our inaugural ZYZZYVA movie night I am hosting with Oscar Villalon A night of thinking deeply about desire helmed by the wonderful R. O. Kwon 권오경 🍿 we’re watching SECRETARY roxie.com/film/zzyva-mov…

ZYZZYVA Movie Night is on KQED Arts & Culture The Do List ✨✨✨ Delighted that our first movie is Secretary & picked by R. O. Kwon 권오경 “deliciously kinky” yes Sarah Hotchkiss! We’ll be Roxie Theater this coming Tuesday 6 pm bring your first dates 🌹 kqed.org/arts/13961534/…

Thank you, Christine Sneed, for your wonderful Q&A with Paul Wilner, our beloved contributing editor whose writing career began with a copy-boy stint at the New York Times. christinesneed.substack.com/p/books-and-mu…

Reasons to come to ZYZZYVA movie night 🍿🍿🍿

“So much of what’s happening politically is trying to kill the art in us or the soft parts of us” I love this KQED Arts & Culture write-up of the 7/30 ZYZZYVA movie night, when we’ll screen Secretary at Roxie Theater with Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Oscar Villalon, & yrs truly 🎥🍿 ty Sarah Hotchkiss

Tomorrow! Come at 5:30 to shop the R. O. Kwon 권오경 desire syllabus in person Roxie Theater courtesy of Dog Eared Books Secretary screening starts at 6 pm🍿 If you’re out of state or can’t join us shop the syllabus anywayyy ❤️ ZYZZYVA dog-eared-valencia.square.site

You have the East Bay’s Tommy Orange, the City’s and McSweeney's very own Rita Bullwinkel, & Rachel Kushner, who grew up in San Francisco. Not bad, Bay Area, not bad at all.

This is a massive local tragedy for readers and writers.

TONIGHT: Join R. O. Kwon 권오경, prior special guest Ingrid Rojas Contreras, and ZYZZYVA editor and CBC selection panelist Oscar Villalon to watch “Secretary,” as part of a new series from the literary magazine. roxie.com/film/zzyva-mov…

Congrats to Uche Okonkwo & 'P. on their nomination for The Caine Prize! Proud of you both. Grateful to ZYZZYVA for pubbing Uche's "Animals" & One Story for pubbing 'Pemi's "Breastmilk." Congrats to MMQ client Samuel Kolawe, repped by Julie Stevenson, & all the nominees

East Bay Booksellers was destroyed by a fire yesterday. If you love books, please consider supporting their Go Fund Me gofundme.com/f/help-east-ba…

bay area! please come hang at my paperback launch on 9/12 at 7 at Fabulosa Books, where I’ll be in conversation with the wonderful Oscar Villalon. let me know if you’re coming & maybe I’ll put together an afterparty 😈

Check out a sneak peak of our headliners below! You'll want to mark your calendar—TICKETS GO LIVE on SEPTEMBER 10th. We are so excited to share the full schedule of 80+ festival events...and our biggest Lit Crawl in 5 years.

May your long weekend be restful, all your sports teams win, and your fire extinguisher go unused while grilling! zyzzyva.org/product/zyzzyv…

FYI: The Steinbeck Fellowship is open for applications. Past fellows include R.O. Kwon, Gabriela Garcia, Meron Hadero, Rose Himber Howse, Vanessa Hua, Shruti Swamy, Francisco Gonzalez, and Uche Okonkwo. sjsu.edu/steinbeck/awar…

paperback launch tonight in SF! we’re going hard and then we’re going home