New work for the the current issue of Alta Journal. They made the bold move of selecting the 25 books that define California. It is always an honor to work with John Goecke, @beezee.bsky.social and everyone at Alta.

We're doing an *emergency* Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl on Saturday Jan. 11. We'll visit Medicine For Nightmares and Adobe, which suffered massive flood damage recently. Then we'll hit East Bay Booksellers, recovering from a fire. Plus Pegasus! Details/RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/emergency-...

Lovely essay by John Freeman on "Goodbye, Vitamin" by Rachel Khong: "Given how many of us have been or will be caretakers of elderly parents, it’s shocking there aren’t more novels about the task." www.altaonline.com/california-b...

A packed house at @booksonthepark.bsky.social for @anitafelicelli.bsky.social's amazing story collection: "How We Know Our Time Travelers" from @wtawpress.bsky.social. In convo w/Nayomi Munaweera and hosted by @karjohnson.bsky.social. HIGHLY recommend this book!

A few years ago I interviewed the director of one of my all-favorite films ever for Alta Journal but I was shadowbanned on the other app (I still am) so I don’t think it reached that many people. Read below 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 www.altaonline.com/culture/a382...

Today at 12:30 Pacific I have the honor of interviewing Dagoberto Gilb about his book New Testaments, published by @citylightsbooks.bsky.social Two of the stories appeared in Alta Journal (see comments). It's free and online -- not to be missed! www.altaonline.com/events/a6295...