The Oakland we lost: Ken Light’s photographs capture West Oakland before displacement reshaped the neighborhood.

If you love words, books, bookstores, and libraries, these new releases are for you.

Rosanna Xia recommends five essential books about climate change, from the roots of the crisis to conservation, solutions, and our future.

“50 years after these photographs were taken, a dream is being fulfilled”

Hosts: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and Sea Otter Savvy | Featuring Josie Iselin

David Perlis argues that a small, isolated county on the other side of the Golden Gate from San Francisco quietly helped invent modern America. Zen

‘Soul City: Oakland U.S.A.’ captures the spirit of a neighborhood’s Black community in the Watergate era.

Terria Smith’s new memoir “I Love You So Many” is a tribute to living a full, adventurous life.

Greg Sarris, returns to The 222 to present his new novel, The Last Human Bear. In conversation with Jane Ciabattari.

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David Perlis' new book "Morning in Marin" chronicles how a drug-fueled Northern California enclave became ground zero for 20th century counterculture and pop icons.

Kirkus Reviews says Marin native David Perlis’ book “captures the extraordinary creative energy of the region.”

A land of natural beauty, creativity, and exclusivity.

New releases on our shelves and in our bookbags.

California's Cradle of the Counterculture

San Rafael author David Perlis traces Marin County's decades of national cultural influence in his debut book, 'Morning in Marin.'

A manifesto for ecological understanding.

We talk about the reach of Marin’s cultural influence and the legendary artists who found refuge there.

Tell me your stories of Marin in that midcentury golden era

Trails are hewn from granite, carved into sandstone cliffs and engineered into our most iconic landscapes. Other times, they offer just the faintest hint of the passing of those before us. Either…

Geologist Dillon Osleger picks five titles that explore the complicated history of America’s national parks and other public lands.

Around 30% of the land in the United States is federal public land, and the biggest chunk or 245 million acres falls under the purview of the Bureau of Land Management. BLM lands are sometimes called…

Multimedia artist Julia LaChica exhibit at OAAC, a short film showcase at OMCA, a lit talk with Dorothy Lazard and Alexis Madrigal, and more.

San Francisco is considered the nucleus of the counterculture movements of the 1950s and 1960s. It’s the place where the Beat Generation, psychedelic rock, and the Summer of Love ignited; the place…

Lazard offers a personal portrait of how libraries work and the people that keep them functioning.

A launch event for BEHIND THE DESK AT THE MAIN: A Librarian's Memoir by Dorothy Lazard (Heyday Books), in conversation with Alexis Madrigal

In this newsletter, we introduce Dorothy Lazard as the special guest in conversation about The Library Book.

Real stories than span from a WWII Hiroshima survivor to stories of female resistance, to a marriage of convenience, and more.

Author and Native American tribal chairman Greg Sarris discussed his first novel in 30 years, immersed in 1930s Pomo history.

Womb House Books will gather small publishers, Bay Area authors and readers on July 18.

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Looking for a great book to take on your next beach trip? Check out some of the best indie titles of the season

While Indigenous people are a central part of America's origin story, they are often left out of the narrative. We sit down with three Indigenous scholars to talk about that history and the…

In Greg Sarris’s sweeping new novel, which takes place over the course of almost the entire twentieth century, Mary, a Pomo child from Santa Rosa, California, is shunned by her fellow tribe members…

Summer reading recommendations from Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability scholars span topics from oceans to living with machines, in genres from science fiction to thrillers.

Tribal Chairman Greg Sarris opens up about discovering his Native lineage at 30, overcoming exclusion and turning trauma into literary inspiration with his new novel 'The Last Human Bear.'

Professional mountain biker and trail steward Dillon Osleger discusses his new book Trail Work, the hidden history of America’s trails, and why stewardship is essential to protecting public lands for…

I am on a personal campaign to give the travel sphere something no one asked for but definitely—and desperately—needs, an Indigenous perspective. Whether European newcomers know it or not, tribal p…

In this episode of Full Expression, host Dan Imhoff sits down with naturalist, artist, educator, and lifelong journaler John Muir Laws for a conversation about attention, creativity, and the…

The genre of travel writing has, for too long, been the domain of settlers: so-called “explorers” whose journeys and way of being in the world have seeped into the foundation of everyday life on the…

Lazard (What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World) recounts her career with the Oakland Public Library in this stirring ac...

Lit Hub has partnered with a slew of publishers to launch its second-ever Summer Reads giveaway. Ten lucky winners will take home all of the below books (more than two dozen!) to get their summer r…

Greg Sarris’s first novel, Grand Avenue, an urban Indian story set in Santa Rosa, California, was published in 1994, during the second wave of the Native American Renaissance, which included first …