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Berkeley honors David Brower’s environmental legacy
Kenneth Brower at Yosemite: with his sister Barbara, and others, he has put together a year-long celebration of the life of his father, David Brower, widely considered to be one of the greatest...
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Wit and grace are hallmarks of book awards ceremony
Berkeley author Michael Pollan: “I’m not that old.” Photo: Ken Light Michael Pollan, taking the stage at the 31st Annual Northern California Book Awards on Sunday June 10, accepted the Fred Cody Award...
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A roadmap to Berkeley’s literary scene
Andrew David King, a poet and the editor of UC Berkeley’s “Berkeley Poetry Review”, explores Berkeley’s literary scene For the last few months, poet and UC Berkeley student Andrew David King has been...
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The FBI’s secret war against Berkeley
In his book, “Subversives,” Seth Rosenfeld details how Hoover’s FBI feared Communists were controlling the Free Speech Movement and sought to sabotage it. Photo: UC Berkeley Libraries Seth Rosenfeld’s...
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Three Michaels: Chabon, Lewis and Pollan in conversation
Perhaps you heard Michael Lewis talking to Terry Gross on Fresh Air Wednesday about his epic article in Vanity Fair about Obama’s Way. Or you could have listened to Michael Krasny’s interview with...
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Berkeley food blogger serves up gluten-free food for all
Erin Scott is the voice behind the blog Yummy Supper. Photo: Erin Scott Food, portrait, and lifestyle photographer Erin Scott, who lives in North Berkeley, is the voice behind the popular blog Yummy...
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Litquake to Berkeley: Let’s shake things up
The Litquake Literary Festival is famous for holding author readings in unusual venues. This photo shows one such reading in 2011, at the Muddy Waters Coffee House in San Francisco. The Berkeley Ramble...
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Berkeley acupuncturist finds bliss in seasonal food
Author Nishanga Bliss Photo: Stephan Hawk “We Americans are eating ourselves to death” sounds like a total Debbie Downer way to begin a book, doesn’t it? But the recently released cookbook Real Food...
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The best books of 2012, as chosen by Berkeleyside editors
A section of Lance Knobel’s bookshelf. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel It’s almost the end of 2012, which means it is the time for lists tallying up this year’s big events. Berkeleyside will be weighing in...
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Local stars come out for the Berkeley Public Library
Mickey Hart and Joel Selvin at the Berkeley Public Library Foundation Authors’ Dinner on Saturday Feb. 9. Photo: Richard Friedman By Mal Warwick Who knew? Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart isn’t...
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Berkeley’s Moe’s Books honored with historical plaque
Some of the Moe’s team pose with the bookstore’s new historical plaque. L to r: Doris Moskowitz, Gene Barone, Johnny Williams, K Murphy, Laura Tibbals, Matt Wong, and Owen Hill. Photo: Siciliana...
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Museum doubles as a library in Berkeley artist’s show
Berkeley artist Josh Greene’s book-based show opens today. Photos: Contemporary Jewish Museum In our tech-centric world, it seems like books could end up as artifacts in museums any day now. A Berkeley...
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Revolution Books: Berkeley’s radical bookstore relocating
Larry Everest (left) and Reiko Redmonde, have volunteered at Revolution Books for decades. Photo: Emily Dugdale Storied progressive Berkeley bookstore Revolution Books hopes to relocate this summer and...
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Berkeley’s Counterpoint Press marks 20th anniversary
Counterpoint staff celebrate the news that Karen Bender’s book, Refund, has been nominated for the prestigious National Book Award. From left to right: Kelly Winton, Sharon Wu, Corinne Kalasky, Megan...
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Berkeley author T.J. Stiles wins second Pulitzer Prize
T.J Stiles: “My obituary headline just changed again.” Berkeley author T. J. Stiles won a Pulitzer Prize in history Monday for his book, Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America. It is...
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In the hands of feminist press, Calamity Jane rides again
Calamity Jane By Judith Coburn What was the best book the actor Ethan Hawke read last year? Calamity Jane’s Letters to her Daughter. (The second was Berkeley writer Greil Marcus’s A History of Rock ‘n...
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‘Farmsteads’ celebrates our local food purveyors
Farmstead manager Tamar Ingber keeps track of inventory at Pie Ranch in Pescadro, one of the farmsteads profiled in the newly published Farmsteads of the California Coast, by Sarah Henry, with...
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Daughter aims to chronicle life of Moe’s Books founder
Moe Moskowitz, the founder of Moe’s Books, was a colorful character known for his ever-present cigar and the role he played in selling reasonably priced books. His Telegraph Avenue bookstore, just four...
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Adam Hochschild examines the Spanish Civil War
A review of Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, by Adam Hochschild @@@@@ (5 out of 5) A few weeks ago I read and reviewed Richard Rhodes’ Hell and Good Company: The...
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25 years after the Oakland/Berkeley firestorm, Risa Nye pens memoir
Risa Nye: her new book, There Was a Fire Here, is a memoir of the devastating 1991 East Bay firestorm. Photo: Courtesy Risa Nye On Oct. 20, 1991, a wildfire ripped through the Oakland hills and parts...
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