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Stories about the Southwest
Journalist Jake Silverstein confronts and subverts expectations about the real and unreal in "Nothing Happened and Then It Did: A Chronicle in Fact and Fiction."
An online community
A year and a half after its launch, the Web site Rumpus, founded by Stephen Elliott, author of the memoir "The Adderall Diaries," is not only solid, but also still evolving.
A memoir of chaotic times
Life may not be sunshine and lollipops, but even in its darkest moments, it can still be pretty darn sweet. That's Kate Moses' take on things in "Cakewalk: A Memoir."
Islands in our bay
"The Islands of San Francisco Bay" includes stories and photos on the history and ecology of 48 islands.
A changing landscape
How an author gets a book published has changed thanks to radical shifts in the publishing industry and, oh yeah, the Internet.
Instant City grows
Despite the rough economy, the localized literary journal Instant City has grown over its first five years.
Drawn from the darker side
Daniel Clowes' latest book, "Wilson," is heavy reading. As in, it weighs about as much as the Yellow Pages.
Dark nostalgia
Domenic Stansberry's acclaimed novels portray North Beach as a neighborhood with a heavy Italian ambience and a lot of secrets.
Steeped in history
Christi Phillips isn't a literal time traveler, but she does go back and forth across centuries in "The Rossetti Letter" and "The Devlin Diary."
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