A man sits on a wooden dock reading a book while petting a light-colored dog beside a lake.

Books of the Dead

Thursday is Deadhead night at Bookshop Santa Cruz with a double-bill of grateful scholars—Jim Newton and Gabi Moskowitz. 7pm, free admission.

Literature

Anatomical Study

in the technological tidal wave. Even the Jetsons didn’t have synthetic androids with lifelike skin and brimming with the Neuralink consciousness of Elon Musk.

What’s There, Here

Picture the entire East Coast as one state, John Freeman says. That might give an idea of the multi-habitat, multicultural, multi-political jigsaw puzzle that is California.

Magical Mayhem

Liz Shipton’s Dot Slash Magic bursts onto the scene as an urban fantasy that speaks directly to our moment—brilliant, timely and impossible to ignore.

Circle of Power

While the solo work of being a writer can be invigorating, Najarro wants potential attendees and future CĆ­rculo members to know the next process, publishing, doesn’t have to be so lonely.

Conspiracy of One

Robert Anton Wilson’s accolades are eccentric—he’s an iconic countercultural hero, remembered for his promotion of Discordian philosophies...

More Moore, Please

Christopher Moore is one of America’s not-sung-enough, top-tier ā€œabsurdist fictionā€ writers. It’s time for Moore to take the heavyweight title.

Shining a Light

The idea that ā€œtrans people just showed upā€ is a lie that keeps getting pushed—not only by the right wing, but also by voices...

Aloha with a Twist

With characteristic spunk, veteran mystery ace Leslie Karst has dashed off the second book in her new Hawai’ian Island-based series, Waters of Destruction. Natural...

Modern Bestiary

Neko Case will be in Santa Cruz on Saturday to read from her memoir: ā€œI love the staff at the Rio Theater. It’s a home away from home.ā€

Hidden Treasure

As a comic who’s just read Kira Jane Buxton’s new book, Tartufo, I have to say the woman is funny as ... I know, such language, it’s terrible.

Man of Mysteries

Part Raymond Chandler, part Christopher Moore, a Whiskey Leavins book is for fans of dry—and dirty—humor.

Word Play

Such a pleasure it is to savor Gary Young’s poems that one scarcely minds not entirely knowing how they cast their spell.
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