Join us for an unforgettable evening with Greg Sarris, celebrating his new novel 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙧, in conversation with @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social editor @ovillalon.bsky.social. 📚 Thursday, July 23 📍 Kerouac Alley at City Lights 🎟️ Free & open to the public Details: citylights.com/events/greg-...

“The linked poems in the collection reach for emotional highs and nadirs; rage makes peace with eros and falls back toward love.” Danielle Shi reviews @preetivangani.bsky.social’s new poetry collection, Fifty Mothers, out now with @riverriverbooks.bsky.social Read: zyzzyva.org

We’re thrilled to be joining so many friends this weekend! Come see us?

Our latest Issue 132 has been making its way into mailboxes far and wide. Got your copy yet? Order at zyzzyva.org

"I want the reader to feel implicated in my books like the audience of a performance artist—the performer takes a risk by making themself naked in some fashion, but there can be no risk and no performance without a complicit audience." —Bob Glück interview in @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social

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Ready for ZYZZYVA Movie Night with @ingridrojasc.bsky.social? We are too! We’re back at Roxie Theater for a classic Hitchcock thriller + conversation with @tkiramadden.bsky.social 🎟️🎟️🎟️: l1nq.com/ajdj8xp

“If Crush was a work of near intimacy clouded by questions of what was ‘real,’ then I Do Know Some Things is an act of true intimacy.” Ashley Wang writes on Richard Siken’s poetry collections Crush (2005) and I Do Know Some Things (2025), out with @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social. Read: zyzzyva.org

Our summer sale ends tomorrow! One more day to assure yourself a year of fantastic new writing + art. 3 issues for $35 - code SAVE7 at checkout

Just in time to shake up your summer reading… We’re having a sale! This week only, subscribe for 3 issues for $35. zyzzyva.org/subscribe + code SAVE7 at checkout

Movie night is back! We’re thrilled to return with Litquake for ZYZZYVA Movie Night with @ingridrojasc.bsky.social The first installment: @tkiramadden.bsky.social joins us to watch and discuss Alfred Hitchock’s Strangers on a Train. Tickets: tinyurl.com/4psr6py4

“I hoped to impart the sense that there’s this urgency to speak, always.” Annie Delmedico speaks with Jake Rose about JOAN, Rose’s debut poetry collection, out now with @uchicagopress.bsky.social And, read two poems from JOAN. Read: zyzzyva.org

Welcoming ZYZZYVA 132! Our newest issue, according to our Editor @ovillalon.bsky.social, might be the most experimental we’ve done in years. We’re so excited to bring you these intrepid pages. Read + subscribe at zyzzyva.org

Tonight at six, we'll be at Golden Sardine, a wine bar/eatery/poetry bookstore that epitomizes the spirit of North Beach: charming, welcoming, and besotted with culture. Hope you can join us!

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We’re celebrating our newest issue (again!) Join us on Thursday at the fantastic Golden Sardine bar for readings from 132 poets Geraldine Jorge, Caroline Kessler, and Noelani Piters

Tonight! @booksmith.bsky.social!

“The proliferation of destructive wildfires continues to increase both in the American psyche and in reality. And who better to write on these fires than those who fight them?” Caio Driver reviews three memoirs from wildland firefighters Jordan Thomas + @riverselby.bsky.social +Kelly Ramsey

🎉 At City Lights TONIGHT Tuesday 5/5 7pm PT ZYZZYVA Literary Magazine Issue 32 & Cinco De Mayo Celebration! @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social @ovillalon.bsky.social @anitafelicelli.bsky.social @sarahkmatsui.bsky.social In-store only! Seating on a first-come, first-serve basis, free!

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A new ZYZZYVA is here and you know what that means. We’re celebrating! Join us with our friends @citylightsbooks.bsky.social for pizza, drink, and readings from 132 contributors @anitafelicelli.bsky.social + @sarahkmatsui.bsky.social + Carolyn Burke. Cinco de Mayo, 7pm Free to attend

Our newest issue this way comes… And you can preorder your copy now! Find Issue 132 at zyzzyva.org

“Searls takes up the problem of memory, sometimes his narrator’s own, but ultimately the collective memory of his generation.” Benjamin Flaumenhaft reviews Damion Searls’s novella, Analog Days, out with @coffeehousepress.bsky.social

We’re so excited to share that “Muscle to Muscle, Toe to Toe” by @kimsamek.bsky.social, which originally appeared in ZYZZYVA No. 129, has won a 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction! Congratulations to Kim. What a joy to revisit this strange and singular story.

We’re thrilled to publish excerpts of Even Strange Ghosts Can Be Shared: The Collected Letters of Jack Spicer, from @weslpress.bsky.social, introduced by its co-editor Daniel Benjamin. Plus Paul Wilner reviews the collection. Spend time with this piece of Bay Area literary history: zyzzyva.org

Proud to have had @fetaplace.bsky.social in our Issue 105!

Thank you for the read! @abookanditsauthor.bsky.social You too can read Issue 131: zyzzyva.org

Tonight! Excited to hear from Karen Russell (who we’re thrilled to have in our upcoming issue 132…) 7 pm, @booksmith.bsky.social, free to attend!

Come out tonight to see/hear our senior editor @manjula.bsky.social with Suzanne Simard + @greenapplebooks.bsky.social 7pm, SF Botanical Garden, free to attend!

“Literature, for Mayer, is an embodied and living thing, to be treated with as much love and familiarity—and as little veneration—as her own infant daughters.” Maisie Bilston reviews Bernadette Mayer’s collection, The Golden Book of Words, reissued by @ndbooks.bsky.social Read: zyzzyva.org

“Now the shadow that I couldn’t fully comprehend at the time, or separate from the other shocks I was going through—one I’d never paused to identify or process in the ensuing years—finally had form. It had witnesses.” New nonfiction from Joe Donnelly in our latest issue! Read/subscribe: zyzzyva.org

Thrilled to be the West Bay bonus! Come see us tomorrow, hear poems, celebrate our newest Issue 131. Friday, 6pm, Golden Sardine bar

Check out this exciting project that our Senior Editor @manjula.bsky.social is part of!

Join us this Friday! All words are welcome, as are listening ears, as we sit around a table with beer and water and share poems, very informally. Then troop over with us to Golden Sardine to listen to poets Kelly Gray, Nica Giromini, and Brian Ang on the mic for the @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social launch!

Join us next week to celebrate our new issue ZYZZYVA 131, this time on the San Francisco side of the bay at the fantastic Golden Sardine bar. Ft. readings from contributors Brian Ang, Nica Giromini, and Kelly Gray. Friday, March 6, 6pm @ Golden Sardine, SF

“I watched the moon abandon a sinking blue ship. The night we parted still glitters in me.” New poetry from John Yau in our latest issue! Read + subscribe: zyzzyva.org

Come see us tomorrow at Local Economy + pop right next door to visit the wonderful @ebbooksellers.bsky.social

Pizza, contributor readings, wine, celebrating all things ZYZZYVA 131! See you Thursday?

Join us next week to toast our newest issue ZYZZYVA 131! Ft. readings from contributors @tomasmmoniz.bsky.social + @mawsheinwin.bsky.social + Suzanne Rivecca. Thursday, 2/12, 6:30pm @ Local Economy, Oakland

Read this new, vital interview in Issue 131: zyzzyva.org

“The person I call in situations like this is Colette, the city government version of me, an abstinent ex-junkie disliked by the mayor, with a soft spot for schizophrenics, a love for lancing abscesses, and zero work/life balance.” New fiction from Suzanne Rivecca in our latest issue: zyzzyva.org

“What is one to make of these complex lives? Is forgiveness in order?” Paul Wilner reviews Joan Silber’s novel, Mercy. Read at zyzzyva.org

Our newest issue has arrived! Within 131 you’ll find new fiction, poems, nonfiction, art portfolio + a new Q&A. Read Issue 131 (and subscribe!) at zyzzyva.org

“The question of where our gaze is focused, what is takes in and willfully shuts out, is integral to Animal Stories.” Caio Driver reviews Kate Zambreno’s essay collection, Animal Stories, from @transitbooks.bsky.social Read at zyzzyva.org

Join writer and ZYZZYVA contributor David Guterson for a writers’ workshop. February 7 at Mechanics’ Institute. Plus! ZYZZYVA subscribers/supporters get a course discount…

Wishing you a happy New Year’s Eve! From all of us to you, thank you for championing ZYZZYVA this year. Whether you read, subscribed, donated, rocked a ZYZZYVA tote, celebrated new issues with us, or came out to a reading or movie night, we’re grateful for this one-of-a-kind literary community.

One more week to reach our matching grant! Up to $5,000 until December 31st

We got a match! Every donation made to ZYZZYVA will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. Now through December 31st. If you’ve been thinking about supporting our work, now is a fantastic time. zyzzyva.org/donate

A new issue approaches! Just in time for holiday reading, ZYZZYVA No. 131 is available for pre-order. Get your copy today: tinyurl.com/584cwnfr

The great Paul Beatty, a member of our Board of Directors, on supporting ZYZZYVA. Read, subscribe, and/or donate: zyzzyva.org