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And we find Dan Fedorenko and Steven Stothard, Ramsey’s partners in print-crime, holed up in a space that leaves little room for movement and much for books, each chock-a-block with ideas more dangerous than any weapon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10139763\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/DanFedorenkoStevenStothardR.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/DanFedorenkoStevenStothardR.jpg\" alt=\"PM Press' Dan Fedorenko, Steven Stothard and Ramsey Kanaan\" width=\"640\" height=\"412\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10139763\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/DanFedorenkoStevenStothardR.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/DanFedorenkoStevenStothardR-400x257.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/DanFedorenkoStevenStothardR-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PM Press’ Dan Fedorenko, Steven Stothard and Ramsey Kanaan\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“While the politics or the art or the literature are the criteria, we definitely strive to make good books.” Kanaan’s quite proud of all their latest, from the wild and wooly \u003ci>World War 3 Illustrated\u003c/i>, edited by Peter Kuger and Seth Tobocman to Marge Piercy’s \u003ci>The Cost of Lunch, etc\u003c/i>. The former is a huge collection of art and stories from World War 3, a magazine, founded in 1979, dedicated to “the ongoing wars being waged around the world, on our doorsteps, or sometimes in our minds,” the back cover explains. The book is 312 slick, smart pages of four-color confrontation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marge Piercy comes to the same place from the opposite direction. Delicate and indelibly intelligent, Piercy’s collection of stories examines the lives of everyday women from the inside. It may be more demure in aspect, but it is no less revolutionary in its intent. Piercy and her publisher both want to share ideas that we’ve not encountered elsewhere in the intimate medium of print.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are seven paid people at PM Press,” Kanaan says, “and a host of other people — unpaid — donating their time.” In these days of self-published novels and block-busting best-sellers, Kanaan sees his role as, “basically curatorial. 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If it looks like a crisis-zone, that’s just a reflection of the business he’s in. “For every decade that I’ve been involved in publishing and the distribution of ideas, they’ve been lurching from one crisis to another.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10139762\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/warehouse1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/warehouse1.jpg\" alt=\"PM Press Oakland warehouse\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10139762\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/warehouse1.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/warehouse1-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/warehouse1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PM Press’ Oakland warehouse\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The covers of the books give a pretty clear idea what PM Press is about. “I think PM Press is undoubtedly, explicitly and avowedly left-wing, or progressive, we might say. 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And we find Dan Fedorenko and Steven Stothard, Ramsey’s partners in print-crime, holed up in a space that leaves little room for movement and much for books, each chock-a-block with ideas more dangerous than any weapon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10139763\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/DanFedorenkoStevenStothardR.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/DanFedorenkoStevenStothardR.jpg\" alt=\"PM Press' Dan Fedorenko, Steven Stothard and Ramsey Kanaan\" width=\"640\" height=\"412\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10139763\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/DanFedorenkoStevenStothardR.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/DanFedorenkoStevenStothardR-400x257.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/DanFedorenkoStevenStothardR-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PM Press’ Dan Fedorenko, Steven Stothard and Ramsey Kanaan\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“While the politics or the art or the literature are the criteria, we definitely strive to make good books.” Kanaan’s quite proud of all their latest, from the wild and wooly \u003ci>World War 3 Illustrated\u003c/i>, edited by Peter Kuger and Seth Tobocman to Marge Piercy’s \u003ci>The Cost of Lunch, etc\u003c/i>. The former is a huge collection of art and stories from World War 3, a magazine, founded in 1979, dedicated to “the ongoing wars being waged around the world, on our doorsteps, or sometimes in our minds,” the back cover explains. The book is 312 slick, smart pages of four-color confrontation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marge Piercy comes to the same place from the opposite direction. Delicate and indelibly intelligent, Piercy’s collection of stories examines the lives of everyday women from the inside. It may be more demure in aspect, but it is no less revolutionary in its intent. Piercy and her publisher both want to share ideas that we’ve not encountered elsewhere in the intimate medium of print.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are seven paid people at PM Press,” Kanaan says, “and a host of other people — unpaid — donating their time.” In these days of self-published novels and block-busting best-sellers, Kanaan sees his role as, “basically curatorial. 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According to the Writing Without Walls website, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.writingwithoutwalls.com/519/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Beast Crawl\u003c/strong> lineup\u003c/a> consists of “multifarious word manglers, deconstructors and put-her-back-together-ers, hedonists, lovers, inventors and geniuses -in print.” They promise to “combine booze and music and get a reckless abandon of limbs, smiles, and louder-than-necessary schmoozing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Also notable:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/word-performances.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cb>Word Performances\u003c/b> at Ozumo\u003c/a> is aiming to be like the literary salons of yore, with readings accompanied by stand-up bass. \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/write-this-second.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>WRITE THIS SECOND\u003c/strong> at Kingston 11\u003c/a> will feature eight women of color AKA “women warriors” reading poetry and stories. And for poetry lovers, two poetry journals — \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milvia-Street/339759404487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Milvia Street\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://poetryflash.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Poetry Flash\u003c/em>\u003c/a> — are co-hosting \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/milvia-street--poetry-flash.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a reading together at Awaken Cafe\u003c/a> that will see some well-versed poets take the stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leg 2 (6:30-7:30pm)\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential for Excitement:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/punk-hostage-press-release-me-now.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Release Me Now!\u003c/strong> at Telegraph.\u003c/a> Hosted by the Los Angeles-based \u003ca href=\"http://punkhostagepress.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Punk Hostage Press,\u003c/a> this reading features a killer lineup that includes \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341354/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actor/poet\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://carmabum.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S.A. Griffin\u003c/a> and T.S.O.L. frontman \u003ca href=\"http://jackgrisham.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Grisham\u003c/a> in what I imagine as a story-swapping session held by a gang of gnarled souls over drinks in a dive bar. Expect some seriously twisted tales of punk rockers doing bad things and getting caught up in dire situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Also notable:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/gorilla-press.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cb>An Afternoon Delight with The Gorilla Press\u003c/b> at the alaMar Kitchen and Bar\u003c/a> is a showcase for a group of emerging creative writers associated with the local literary zine \u003ca href=\"http://www.thegorillapress.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gorilla Press.\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/kundiman-norcal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>KUNDIMAN: Norcal\u003c/strong> at Farley’s East\u003c/a> features a lineup of emerging local Asian Pacific Islander American poets, as chosen by a \u003ca href=\"http://kundiman.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kundiman\u003c/a> fellow. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leg 3 (8-9pm)\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10138899\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic3.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic3.jpg\" alt=\"The Hella Soulful Reading at ERA Art Lounge by Raheleh Zomorodinia\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10138899\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic3.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic3-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hella Soulful Reading at ERA Art Lounge by Raheleh Zomorodinia\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential for Excitement:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/tourettes-without-regrets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Tourettes Without Regrets\u003c/strong> at The Legionnaire Saloon.\u003c/a> Hosted by noted slam poet (and great-grandson of Scientology founder L. 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For slam poetry aficionados, a lineup of champion slammers will be performing at the \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/berkeley-poetry-slam.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u003cstrong>Berkeley Poetry Slam in Oakland\u003c/strong>.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>PS:\u003c/strong> I should also note that each leg has an \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/open-mic-readings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open mic reading\u003c/a> and an event for the \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/youth-readings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“beastlings”\u003c/a> AKA budding writers. Since both of these types of events are a different sort of beast, I wasn’t able to give them the attention they deserve. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A beast of a literary festival is about to be unleashed in Oakland this Saturday. The concept behind the \u003cstrong>Beast Crawl\u003c/strong> is simple: there are three legs, each an hour long, during which you can choose from between eight to ten different events to attend in small venues downtown. (There is a \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/leg-4-after-parties.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fourth leg\u003c/a>, but that’s just for partying.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its third year, \u003cstrong>Beast Crawl\u003c/strong> is Oakland’s answer to Litquake’s \u003cb>Litcrawl\u003c/b>, with over 100 writers participating. It’s impossible to be familiar with all of those reading at the Beast, but thankfully the participants have taken it upon themselves to provide introductory statements on \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Beast Crawl\u003c/strong>’s website.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That being said, below are my suggestions for \u003cstrong>Beast Crawl\u003c/strong> readings, based on how the curators/authors sell themselves and their events. But before I get into that, I have some notes on what I found on the \u003cstrong>Beast Crawl\u003c/strong> website:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cb>Word I was surprised to see twice in writers’ bios:\u003c/b> peripatetic\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cb>Favorite line in the event listings:\u003c/b> “In addition to being a freestyle MC, Frak has put out an album, \u003cem>Real Talk\u003c/em>, and is working on his debut mixtape, \u003cem>Bagels.\u003c/em>”\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leg 1 (5-6pm)\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10138898\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 534px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic2.jpg\" alt=\"Lee Foust reads for Naked Bulb event at the Stork Club by G. Charles.\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10138898\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic2.jpg 534w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic2-400x599.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lee Foust reads for Naked Bulb event at the Stork Club by G. Charles. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Paul Corman-Thomas)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential for Excitement:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/writing-without-walls.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Writing Without Walls\u003c/strong> at the Rock Paper Scissors Collective.\u003c/a> This monthly reading series (which is making its \u003cstrong>Beast Crawl\u003c/strong> debut) centers on a theme chosen for each event — this month’s is “The Beast Within” — and after an open call for submissions, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.writingwithoutwalls.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series’ curators\u003c/a> chose six applicants to read. According to the Writing Without Walls website, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.writingwithoutwalls.com/519/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Beast Crawl\u003c/strong> lineup\u003c/a> consists of “multifarious word manglers, deconstructors and put-her-back-together-ers, hedonists, lovers, inventors and geniuses -in print.” They promise to “combine booze and music and get a reckless abandon of limbs, smiles, and louder-than-necessary schmoozing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Also notable:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/word-performances.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cb>Word Performances\u003c/b> at Ozumo\u003c/a> is aiming to be like the literary salons of yore, with readings accompanied by stand-up bass. \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/write-this-second.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>WRITE THIS SECOND\u003c/strong> at Kingston 11\u003c/a> will feature eight women of color AKA “women warriors” reading poetry and stories. And for poetry lovers, two poetry journals — \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milvia-Street/339759404487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Milvia Street\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://poetryflash.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Poetry Flash\u003c/em>\u003c/a> — are co-hosting \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/milvia-street--poetry-flash.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a reading together at Awaken Cafe\u003c/a> that will see some well-versed poets take the stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leg 2 (6:30-7:30pm)\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential for Excitement:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/punk-hostage-press-release-me-now.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Release Me Now!\u003c/strong> at Telegraph.\u003c/a> Hosted by the Los Angeles-based \u003ca href=\"http://punkhostagepress.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Punk Hostage Press,\u003c/a> this reading features a killer lineup that includes \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341354/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actor/poet\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://carmabum.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S.A. Griffin\u003c/a> and T.S.O.L. frontman \u003ca href=\"http://jackgrisham.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Grisham\u003c/a> in what I imagine as a story-swapping session held by a gang of gnarled souls over drinks in a dive bar. Expect some seriously twisted tales of punk rockers doing bad things and getting caught up in dire situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Also notable:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/gorilla-press.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cb>An Afternoon Delight with The Gorilla Press\u003c/b> at the alaMar Kitchen and Bar\u003c/a> is a showcase for a group of emerging creative writers associated with the local literary zine \u003ca href=\"http://www.thegorillapress.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gorilla Press.\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/kundiman-norcal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>KUNDIMAN: Norcal\u003c/strong> at Farley’s East\u003c/a> features a lineup of emerging local Asian Pacific Islander American poets, as chosen by a \u003ca href=\"http://kundiman.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kundiman\u003c/a> fellow. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leg 3 (8-9pm)\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10138899\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic3.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic3.jpg\" alt=\"The Hella Soulful Reading at ERA Art Lounge by Raheleh Zomorodinia\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10138899\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic3.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic3-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Beast-Crawl-2013-pic3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hella Soulful Reading at ERA Art Lounge by Raheleh Zomorodinia\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential for Excitement:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/tourettes-without-regrets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Tourettes Without Regrets\u003c/strong> at The Legionnaire Saloon.\u003c/a> Hosted by noted slam poet (and great-grandson of Scientology founder L. 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See why the \u003cem>Huffington Post\u003c/em> described it as being \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18/jamie-dewolf-l-ron-hubbard_n_1683062.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“one of the best underground performance art shows in America.”\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Also notable:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/quiet-lightning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cb>Quiet Lightning\u003c/b> at Oakstop\u003c/a> is a showcase of fiction writers associated with the self-professed \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/quiet-lightning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">literary mixtape\u003c/a>. The first 100 attendees will receive a copy of its newest literary journal. For slam poetry aficionados, a lineup of champion slammers will be performing at the \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/berkeley-poetry-slam.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u003cstrong>Berkeley Poetry Slam in Oakland\u003c/strong>.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>PS:\u003c/strong> I should also note that each leg has an \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/open-mic-readings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open mic reading\u003c/a> and an event for the \u003ca href=\"http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/youth-readings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“beastlings”\u003c/a> AKA budding writers. Since both of these types of events are a different sort of beast, I wasn’t able to give them the attention they deserve. 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"disqusTitle": "Against Click Bait: How We Can Be More Mindful of What We Consume",
"title": "Against Click Bait: How We Can Be More Mindful of What We Consume",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12685\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/07/02/against-click-bait-how-we-can-be-more-mindful-of-what-we-consume/click-bait/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12685\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-12685\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/07/click-bait.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Brendan Ternus, via College Humor\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/07/click-bait.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/07/click-bait-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Brendan Ternus, via \u003ca href=\"http://www.collegehumor.com/post/6923989/if-popular-books-had-clickbait-titles\">College Humor\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reading has become a complicated pastime these days. Our beloved internet encourages a lot of weird habits that aren't really reading at all. We \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/opinion/sunday/faking-cultural-literacy.html?_r=0\">pretend we've read\u003c/a> things we actually haven't. We use news articles as \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/04/01/297690717/why-doesnt-america-read-anymore\">a vehicle to put forth our own witty comments\u003c/a>. The internet certainly has its obscure and wonderful \u003ca href=\"http://libraries.ucsd.edu/speccoll/m504/index.html\">treasures\u003c/a> that deserve our whole attention, but we are \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/06/how_people_read_online_why_you_won_t_finish_this_article.html\">easily distracted\u003c/a>. And then there's Amazon, that bloated bully, making it so easy and cheap for us to buy our books for one cent and have them delivered in an hour. How many of us would find it easier not to shop there if it were a big box store on the outskirts of town, if it were a place and not a glimmer on our screens?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What are we to do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've been known to obsess a lot about what I consume, making a pretty steady stream of vows about my habits and inclinations, which are then honored to varying degrees. Recently, I decided to only read internet articles I specifically search for, therefore hopefully avoiding the trap of clicking from one thing to the next until I've fallen into a vortex. Sometimes it's like I just trip and fall inside the internet. My concern is not just the \u003cem>what\u003c/em> of my consumption, but also the \u003cem>how\u003c/em>. How do each of my individual, tiny choices contribute not just to the welfare of my own brain and spirit but to larger concerns of cultural production and consumption?\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">It occurred to me that I would like my brain to feel like firecrackers are going off inside it more often.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Lately, these concerns have coalesced in such a way that I feel the need to act accordingly, not just be angsty and ruminate. If I want to live in a world where there is poetry, where I can cozy up in bed with my coffee and the newspaper, where I can buy books without selling my soul, then I have to make my choices in keeping with what I say is important to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, the newspaper! Once a vital and most-immediate source of information (Extra, extra, read all about it!), it now feels nearly antiquated. Oftentimes, an article in the Sunday print edition of the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> is something I already read (half of!) a day or two before. But still, I deeply love the feeling of waking up Sunday morning and peeking out the door to see the newspaper waiting on my stoop. It feels magical, and strange, already nostalgic. I don't want to read my news this way just to be a Luddite contrarian. It feels like the information enters and is processed differently. Or at least my experience of reading is different, and maybe that's the crux of it, the part I can't argue with. Part of it is I literally can't click away from the newsprint in my hands. It turns out that, depending on my experience of reading, my attention span is just fine after all. But either way, whether your preference is print or screen, it seems we all ought to aim to read all of the words there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12621\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 450px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12621\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/author-photo-by-ahndraya-parlato-1024x814.jpg\" alt=\"author-photo-by-ahndraya-parlato\" width=\"450\" height=\"358\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Duvernoy author photo by Ahndraya Parlato, via \u003ca href=\"http://horselesspress.org/something-in-the-wayobstruction-blues-by-john-duvernoy/\">Horse Less Press\u003c/a>.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaking of reading all the words, \u003ca href=\"http://horselesspress.org/\">John Duvernoy\u003c/a>'s debut poetry collection, \u003cem>Something in the way//Obstruction Blues,\u003c/em>\u003cem> \u003c/em>published by\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://horselesspress.org/\">Horse Less Press\u003c/a>, arrived in the mail last week. Maybe it's the cumulative alchemy of all these written words appearing in tangible form on my doorstep lately, but I'm starting to feel like there are choices I can make as a reader and consumer that matter. Horse Less is a small press that often relies on pre-orders to make its books a reality, creating a direct and essential relationship between the publisher, writer and audience. John is an old friend, and his email that informed me of his exciting publication news and how to pre-order his book sat in my inbox for a while. It seemed tricky. I had to go to a website that wasn't Amazon and I had to buy the book and then wait many months for it to arrive. But I'm so glad I figured it out because when it finally did arrive, it made my brain feel like someone set a firecracker off inside it (in a good way). I read it in one sitting, turning back to certain lines again and again. It occurred to me that I would like my brain to feel like firecrackers are going off inside it more often. 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Maybe that's the way business works, but it's hard to ignore \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/02/17/140217fa_fact_packer?currentPage=all\">this February piece in \u003cem>The New Yorker \u003c/em>\u003c/a>by George Packer, who suggests: \"...in the book business the prospect of a single owner of both the means of production and the modes of distribution is especially worrisome: it would give Amazon more control over the exchange of ideas than any company in U.S. history.\" Any one person or group, let alone corporate entity, having too much control over \u003cem>ideas\u003c/em> seems kind of ominous. Ordering your books from Powell's will take five extra minutes and dollars of your life, but now more than ever, is the time to support what we love, finding ways to make more space for these things to actually exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12683\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 450px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/07/02/against-click-bait-how-we-can-be-more-mindful-of-what-we-consume/screen-shot-2014-07-02-at-11-13-16-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12683\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12683\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/07/Screen-shot-2014-07-02-at-11.13.16-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2014-07-02 at 11.13.16 AM\" width=\"450\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/07/Screen-shot-2014-07-02-at-11.13.16-AM.png 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/07/Screen-shot-2014-07-02-at-11.13.16-AM-400x317.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Brigette Bloom, via \u003ca href=\"http://magpiemag.tumblr.com/\">Magpie Magazine\u003c/a>.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just a few days after Duvernoy's poetry collection arrived, I received a gift of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://magpiemag.tumblr.com/\">Magpie Magazine\u003c/a>'\u003c/em>s limited edition Issue 6. Entitled \u003ca href=\"http://cargocollective.com/viriditas\">Viriditas\u003c/a>, the magazine is a stunning anthology of contemporary female artists, showcasing artwork and extensive discussion around themes of ritual, dream and wild women, to name a few. As I looked and read through it again and again, I felt the same catalyzed, engaged feeling as when I read \u003cem>Something in the way//Obstruction Blues\u003c/em>. It felt like the universe was conspiring to remind me of the active joys of being a reader. We can seek out a rich and wide range of voices to engage with, not just passively accept whatever is most clickably present before us. Both books also result from the independent efforts of the very gazelles that Amazon would rather have eviscerated, and their survival feels important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a time when we feel passionately about the empty echo of headlines, a time when \u003cem>all\u003c/em> authors, publishers, and bookstores are vital to a rich and varied exchange of ideas, we need to create and participate in spaces where ideas are deeply felt, expressed, and listened to. In honor of the gazelles that are getting eaten by tigers every single day, let's protect and champion what matters to us, engage fully with it, read it all the way through to the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Duvernoy writes, \u003cem>\"You know my poetry it keeps/Me alive but it/Don't exist.\u003c/em> Not to willfully misunderstand his poetic intentions, but I'm sure glad he's wrong about that not existing part.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12685\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/07/02/against-click-bait-how-we-can-be-more-mindful-of-what-we-consume/click-bait/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12685\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-12685\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/07/click-bait.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Brendan Ternus, via College Humor\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/07/click-bait.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/07/click-bait-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Brendan Ternus, via \u003ca href=\"http://www.collegehumor.com/post/6923989/if-popular-books-had-clickbait-titles\">College Humor\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reading has become a complicated pastime these days. Our beloved internet encourages a lot of weird habits that aren't really reading at all. We \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/opinion/sunday/faking-cultural-literacy.html?_r=0\">pretend we've read\u003c/a> things we actually haven't. We use news articles as \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/04/01/297690717/why-doesnt-america-read-anymore\">a vehicle to put forth our own witty comments\u003c/a>. The internet certainly has its obscure and wonderful \u003ca href=\"http://libraries.ucsd.edu/speccoll/m504/index.html\">treasures\u003c/a> that deserve our whole attention, but we are \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/06/how_people_read_online_why_you_won_t_finish_this_article.html\">easily distracted\u003c/a>. And then there's Amazon, that bloated bully, making it so easy and cheap for us to buy our books for one cent and have them delivered in an hour. How many of us would find it easier not to shop there if it were a big box store on the outskirts of town, if it were a place and not a glimmer on our screens?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What are we to do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've been known to obsess a lot about what I consume, making a pretty steady stream of vows about my habits and inclinations, which are then honored to varying degrees. Recently, I decided to only read internet articles I specifically search for, therefore hopefully avoiding the trap of clicking from one thing to the next until I've fallen into a vortex. Sometimes it's like I just trip and fall inside the internet. My concern is not just the \u003cem>what\u003c/em> of my consumption, but also the \u003cem>how\u003c/em>. How do each of my individual, tiny choices contribute not just to the welfare of my own brain and spirit but to larger concerns of cultural production and consumption?\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">It occurred to me that I would like my brain to feel like firecrackers are going off inside it more often.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Lately, these concerns have coalesced in such a way that I feel the need to act accordingly, not just be angsty and ruminate. If I want to live in a world where there is poetry, where I can cozy up in bed with my coffee and the newspaper, where I can buy books without selling my soul, then I have to make my choices in keeping with what I say is important to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, the newspaper! Once a vital and most-immediate source of information (Extra, extra, read all about it!), it now feels nearly antiquated. Oftentimes, an article in the Sunday print edition of the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> is something I already read (half of!) a day or two before. But still, I deeply love the feeling of waking up Sunday morning and peeking out the door to see the newspaper waiting on my stoop. It feels magical, and strange, already nostalgic. I don't want to read my news this way just to be a Luddite contrarian. It feels like the information enters and is processed differently. Or at least my experience of reading is different, and maybe that's the crux of it, the part I can't argue with. Part of it is I literally can't click away from the newsprint in my hands. It turns out that, depending on my experience of reading, my attention span is just fine after all. But either way, whether your preference is print or screen, it seems we all ought to aim to read all of the words there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12621\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 450px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12621\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/author-photo-by-ahndraya-parlato-1024x814.jpg\" alt=\"author-photo-by-ahndraya-parlato\" width=\"450\" height=\"358\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Duvernoy author photo by Ahndraya Parlato, via \u003ca href=\"http://horselesspress.org/something-in-the-wayobstruction-blues-by-john-duvernoy/\">Horse Less Press\u003c/a>.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaking of reading all the words, \u003ca href=\"http://horselesspress.org/\">John Duvernoy\u003c/a>'s debut poetry collection, \u003cem>Something in the way//Obstruction Blues,\u003c/em>\u003cem> \u003c/em>published by\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://horselesspress.org/\">Horse Less Press\u003c/a>, arrived in the mail last week. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12612\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/27/sick-lit-whats-with-our-morbid-fascination-for-stories-like-the-fault-in-our-stars/cf79de9c501942d3bffb570aa1c0dc68/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12612\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-12612\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/CF79DE9C501942D3BFFB570AA1C0DC68.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: 20th Century Fox\" width=\"560\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/CF79DE9C501942D3BFFB570AA1C0DC68.jpg 560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/CF79DE9C501942D3BFFB570AA1C0DC68-400x302.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: 20th Century Fox\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Kimra \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">McPherson \u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's been a bit uncanny for me to witness the monstrous success of \u003cem>The Fault in Our Stars\u003c/em>. John Green's novel about a whirlwind romance between two teenagers with cancer \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2014-06-22/young-adult/list.html\">has spent 80 weeks on the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> young adult bestseller list\u003c/a>; on opening weekend, \u003ca href=\"http://variety.com/2014/film/news/box-office-fault-in-our-stars-soars-past-tom-cruise-with-48-2-mil-1201215870/\">the movie adaptation raked in more money than Tom Cruise's latest project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a bit different from the early ‘90s, when I was a kid who loved reading about kids with cancer. Back then, I'd hit my local Waldenbooks to scoop up all the Lurlene McDaniel books my allowance could buy, learned about brain tumors and cystic fibrosis from the fictional kids at Hope House, and became a little obsessed with the TV movie starring Reese Witherspoon as a plucky (they were always plucky) football player stricken with leukemia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wasn't alone — but I didn't know that at the time. I didn't exactly hide my sick-kid books, but I wasn't sharing them with my friends the way we swapped \u003cem>The Baby-Sitter's Club\u003c/em> or \u003cem>Fear Street\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/27/sick-lit-whats-with-our-morbid-fascination-for-stories-like-the-fault-in-our-stars/sick-lit-lurlene-mcdaniel-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12605\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright wp-image-12605\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/sick-lit-lurlene-mcdaniel1.jpg\" alt=\"sick-lit-lurlene-mcdaniel\" width=\"440\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/sick-lit-lurlene-mcdaniel1.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/sick-lit-lurlene-mcdaniel1-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\">\u003c/a> The first time I remember finding out other people shared my obsession was 2005, when \u003cem>Bitch Magazine\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://bitchmagazine.org/issue/27\">ran a piece about \"sick lit.\"\u003c/a> The current moment has brought far more of us out of the woodwork: When \u003cem>The Guardian UK\u003c/em>’s Tanith Carey \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2256356/The-sick-lit-books-aimed-children-Its-disturbing-phenomenon-Tales-teenage-cancer-self-harm-suicide-.html\">dubbed the genre “distasteful”\u003c/a> last year, it prompted \u003ca href=\"http://www.autostraddle.com/how-sick-is-sick-lit-144930/\">plenty\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"http://www.xojane.com/entertainment/kids-reading-someone-call-911\">responses\u003c/a> from women who had once curled up with a good cancer story. More recently, \u003cem>Vulture\u003c/em>’s Margaret Lyons reminisced about her years of reading many of the same stories that filled my shelves (\u003ca href=\"http://www.vulture.com/2014/06/i-was-obsessed-with-ya-cancer-novels-long-before-the-fault-in-our-stars.html\">“the books about diabetics were, at best, a last resort”\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Fault in Our Stars\u003c/em> is a little different from the \"sick lit\" of my youth. For one thing, it’s better than a lot of what I read (at least based on \u003ca href=\"http://yalitanddeath.blogspot.com\">Somewhere Between YA Lit and Death’s hilarious re-reads\u003c/a>; I’m too beholden to my memories to revisit the books myself). It's also just one story — although there are signs, like ABC Family’s new \u003cem>Chasing Life\u003c/em>, about a young reporter with cancer, and Fox’s forthcoming \u003cem>Red Band Society\u003c/em>, set in a pediatric hospital ward, that it’s the standard-bearer of a new wave. But its greatest gift to me has been revealing how many other women were drawn to the same stories I was.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One reason I think we loved these books is that they were comfort food to voracious young readers. In a standard \"sick lit\" story, our heroine is about to lead her school's quiz bowl team to victory/is gaining recognition for her art/has founded a dance troupe that's about to score a major gig. Then she feels faint/rides her bicycle into a car/can't walk. Eventually, she ends up in a doctor's office, learning she has cancer/macular degeneration/rheumatoid arthritis. But all is not lost! She can still make the quiz team/learn to sculpt/become a choreographer. (That’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Too-Young-Die-Lurlene-McDaniel/dp/0553280082/ref=tmm_mmp_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=\">Too Young to Die\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Jessicas-Dying-Light-Day/dp/0440212642\">Jessica's Dying Light\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.fictiondb.com/author/cherie-bennett~did-you-hear-about-amber~291796~b.htm\">Did You Hear About Amber?\u003c/a>). With each new novel comes the pleasure of new (pretty, intelligent) main characters, new (hunky, sensitive) love interests, and new (foreign, yet recognizable) challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12604\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 332px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/06/27/sick-lit-whats-with-our-morbid-fascination-for-stories-like-the-fault-in-our-stars/sicklit/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12604\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12604\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/sicklit.jpg\" alt=\""Will Star lose her best friend because she's so sick?"\" width=\"332\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/sicklit.jpg 432w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/sicklit-400x444.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"Will Star lose her best friend because she's too sick?\"\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For at least some of us, there’s another common thread. When we were most devoted to these stories, nothing truly bad had happened to us yet. Heck, one of my biggest struggles was figuring out which tragic novel to buy at the Scholastic book fair. But teenagers try on emotions all the time. I didn't know anyone with a fatal disease, but I certainly had a lot of feelings — about the friends who were fighting and the homework that was getting harder and the older boy who wanted to smoke cigarettes behind the Dairy Queen. \"Sick lit\" gave me a place to channel those feelings. I was sad when Dawn Rochelle was dying, or indignant when Kim’s stupid classmates were afraid they'd catch AIDS just from being around her, or angry at the universe when Star was fine but — twist! — Courtney had a heart attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don't think I wanted to \u003cem>be\u003c/em> the sick girl — what Marni Grossman, writing in \u003cem>Bust\u003c/em> in 2010, \u003ca href=\"http://www.utne.com/arts/sick-lit-lurlene-mcdaniel.aspx?PageId=2#axzz34sZGvzSV\">dubbed \"Beth March Syndrome\u003c/a>.\" I did, however, want to cry. I didn't have any particular reason to cry, other than being between the ages of 11 and 14, but I wanted to anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's got to be at least some of what's going on with \u003cem>The Fault in Our Stars\u003c/em>: the collective letting go. Theoretically, it’s about Hazel and Gus; really, it’s about \u003cem>whatever\u003c/em>. 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