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Naomi Elias

Naomi Elias

KQED Contributor

By Naomi Elias

Novelist Natalie Baszile Captures How Racism Can Tear ‘Friends and Family’ Apart

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A River Has Its Day in Court in the New Novel ‘Open the Floodgates’

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Codebreaking Meets Romance in Bay Area Author’s New Novel 

In ‘Coyoteland,’ the Territorial East Bay Isn’t Just for Animals

A Riveting Graphic Novel of an Armenian Family in San Francisco

In Carolina Ixta’s New Novel, Teens Fight Against Pollution for a ‘Few Blue Skies’

‘The Wayfinder’ Weaves Indigenous Polynesian Tales Into an Epic Novel

In a Flooded Future San Francisco, Care Is All We Have

‘Soft Core’ Takes Readers on a Delirious Ride Through SF’s Kinky Underground

A West Oakland Punk Turns Detective in ‘Saint the Terrifying’

A Serial Killer Looms Over Albany Author’s New Story Collection

Rita Bullwinkel’s Novel About Teen Girl Boxers Packs a Punch

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