Issues / 1998 / Dec 10
California Writers Introduction 12/1098
We are Californians. Either by birth or by choice, we make our homes here, literally at the edge of the continent in a place where new rules are made and old ones broken. The land, ...
Just the Facts, Please
Mind Made Up There were many surprises at last week''s Board of Supervisors hearing, not the least of which was the board''s hasty approval of the September Ranch development. But Squid was particularly taken aback ...
For author T. C. Boyle, history is what you make of it.
T.C. Boyle laughs with the shock of recognition at the notion that his recently published collection of short stories might be viewed as some kind of writer''s epitaph. For an author long-enamored with the imperatives ...
Here are the 12 choices by and about California that inspired CW's editorial staff to put pen to paper.
Harvest Son: Planting Roots in American Soil David Mas Masumoto. W.W. Norton & Company, 1998. Hardcover. David Masumoto is a third-generation Japanese-American, who still works an 80-acre peach farm first planted by his grandfather in ...
Letters
Enraged Being Tabitha's best friend, I am enraged with your portrayal of her and her family's life painted by Coast Weekly ("Living on the Edge," Nov. 25. ) I would also like to dispute the ...
Kronos at 25--New 10-CD release chronicles history of Kronos Quartet and face of modern classical.
Keeping abreast of developments in new classical music can be a daunting, if not downright overwhelming, challenge. This is especially true during a period of rapid growth and wildly expanding styles, which correctly describes events ...
Burger Quest
There are certain things in life Americans seem predisposed to uphold and revere. Somewhere right after democracy and baseball, all-beef patties on sesame seed buns hold sway as a precious right to protect and consume, ...
CW staffers pass along the following favorites as recommendations for those in search of a good read.
&bul; Against Empire, Michael Parenti. City Lights Books, 1995. Does the state of our economy concern you? Do you wonder about the real story behind Third World sweat-shops? Are you baffled by and disbelieving of ...
Koto Japanese Restaurant
It used to be the Tyler Street Bar and Grill, before standing empty for more than a year, but since June, this part of downtown Monterey has another dining option that sushi fanciers will find ...
Stories to Tell--Dave Alvin brings his stories of misfits and desperadoes to Doc's.
Acouple weeks ago, The Blasters were in town with their roots-rock act and they put on a good party, with front man Phil Alvin leading the way. Tonight (Thursday, 12/10) Phil''s little brother Dave Alvin, ...
Salinas children's librarian also writes for her young audience.
There is one thing to remember about kids when writing children''s books, local author Carol Diggory Shields says: "They all like gross stuff." The author of six books, with two more on the way, she ...
Concerned citizens say that Marina's new general plan needs work.
As the city of Marina forges ahead with its general plan update process, some folks are voicing concern that the city is, literally, headed in the wrong direction: north. With that in mind, a group ...
Art and history merge in the panorama images of photographer Steve Shapiro.
From the earliest daguerrotype portraits to the new frontiers in digital imaging, technology has often been a driving force in prodding and shaping the photographer/artist''s vision. In turn, it has been the artist''s search to ...
Salinas children's librarian also writes for her young audience.
There is one thing to remember about kids when writing children''s books, local author Carol Diggory Shields says: "They all like gross stuff." The author of six books, with two more on the way, she ...
From The Redwood Forest, Ancient Trees And The Bottom Line: A Headwaters Journey
Chelsea Green Publishing Company. Paperback By Joan Dunning Author Joan Dunning writes of a California far removed from Hollywood or Malibu, bringing a human face to the controversy over logging in the Headwaters Forest. This ...
Author Oakley Hall's roots are showing in his most recent novel.
In his most recent novel, Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades, author Oakley Hall exposes his own roots as a writer. Hall teaches creative writing, co-founded the Squaw Valley Community of Writers 30 years ...
Food for the Soul--Why Read?
In the age of computers and television, where we receive information through images and sound, does anyone value reading anymore? Several residents of Monterey County proved the written word is still going strong. Margo Sperry ...
Competition heats up at area Christmas tree lots.
Think you can make a quick buck selling Christmas trees? Think again, say area veterans. It''s harder, and more expensive, than it looks, with start-up costs high and competition stiff. For long-time independent Christmas tree ...
Elizabeth is more political thriller than bodice-ripping romance.
With style, passion, and intelligence, Elizabeth answers the question lurking silently amid mounting slag heaps of cheesy Princess Di memorabilia: What is this thing we have about royalty? What primal need does their apparently superfluous ...
