SBPL Coffee Break - Craig Clevenger (Episode 15)

This week we were joined by Craig Clevenger, Page at the Santa Barbara Public Library System.

Mentioned in this episode:

Matt Ritter / California Plants -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17307

Fast & Curious Education Talks -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16284

Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House @ Carpinteria Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17154

BYOBook Club @ Carpinteria Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17150

Community Baby Shower -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16588

Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1099898

How We Got to Now -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=757421

Farsighted -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1063198

March Violets -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1057477

The Real Lolita -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1071032

After Dark, My Sweet -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=720473

The Grim Sleeper: the Lost Women of South Central -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=993371

From Hell -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=494572

Jericho Brown -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=771878

Khadijah Queen -
http://www.khadijahqueen.com/

Slam -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=730488

The WPA Guide to California -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=148574

WPA Enki Link -
https://bgcls.enkilibrary.org/EcontentRecord/11010

Find more SBPL Staff Picks Blog - http://sbplstaffpicks.blogspot.com 

Zazen - Vanessa Veselka

""Zazen" is brilliant and beautiful, a quasi-dystopian story of a revolutionary that subtly dismantles the romantic tropes of revolutions themselves. Fun fact: Zazen came out of a publishing experiment by Soft Skull Press founder Richard Nash. 'Red Lemonade' (sadly no longer around) was a test of collaborative/crowd-sourced editing that published the most favorably viewed works of its members. Vanessa has since scooped up a goodly number of awards, including the PEN/Robert W. Bingham prize."

House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski

"I'd be shocked if nobody's recommended this before now, but here 'tis, nonetheless. A layered meta-narrative that's as boldly experimental with its typography as the story, House of Leaves was the book that pushed me back to writing again after a long time away from my notebook."

Our Ecstatic Days - Steve Erickson

"I'd love to recommend "Rubicon Beach," his second novel, which literally left me with no air in my lungs when I closed the last page. Alas, neither it nor my second choice, "Tours of the Black Clock" are available through Black Gold. His most recent, "Shadowbahn" (on our New shelves) has been hailed by no less than Jonathan Lethem as the best book of 2017. As for what's available on in our system, "Our Ecstatic Days" is my favorite."

If on a winter's night a traveler - Italo Calvino

"This one was a game-changer for me, way back when. Calvino completely overturned my understanding of what was possible with fiction." - Craig