Jon Ginoli. Born in Peoria, Illinois. Goes to college, comes out. Moves to San Francisco, forms unapologetic openly gay rock band Pansy Division early ‘90s. Big break: opening for Green Day on their breakthrough tour. Writes Deflowered, memoir of queer punk band experiences, released 2009. Band just put out new …
Monthly Archive: September 2009
Comfort, David
David Comfort is the author of three popular titles from Simon & Schuster. His newest is The Rock and Roll Book of the Dead: The Fatal Journeys of Rock’s Seven Immortals (Citadel/Kensington). The exposé explores the tragic ends of Elvis, Lennon, Hendrix, Janis, Morrison, Garcia, and Cobain.…
Vandenburgh, Jane
Jane Vandenburgh is author of A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century, Failure to Zigzag, and The Physics of Sunset.…
Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore wrote So Many Ways to Sleep Badly and edited Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity. Mattilda is currently at work on a devastating memoir, The End of San Francisco.…
Nunberg, Geoffrey
Geoffrey Nunberg is a linguist at UC Berkeley. He does features on language for Fresh Air, the New York Times and many others. His books include The Years of Talking Dangerously, Talking Right, and Going Nucular.…
Humes, Edward
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Edward Humes has written ten nonfiction books, including Eco Barons, Monkey Girl and No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court.…
Walter, Jess
Jess Walter is the author of The Zero, a National Book Award finalist, and Citizen Vince, which won the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Walter lives in Spokane, Washington, with his family.…
Au, Wagner James
Wagner James Au is the author of The Making of Second Life (HarperCollins), a contributing editor for the GigaOM.com network, and writes about Second Life on his own blog, New World Notes. He lives in San Francisco’s Mission/Noe area.…
Stanford Graphic Novel Project
The Stanford Graphic Novel Project works every year to bring to life an important, real-world story through the collaborative creation of a graphic novel. Adam Johnson and Tom Kealey, who founded the project, also serve as the books’ editors.…
Hountalas, Mary Germain
Mary Germain Hountalas and her husband have been operating the Cliff House since 1973. Hountalas has become a serious historian of the Cliff House and a dedicated collector of associated artifacts. She resides in Sausalito.…
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