The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
Beneath her normal everyday mom exterior, Berkeley writer Donna Storey is a nationally acclaimed erotica writer. Already the author of some 80 erotic stories and essays, she has just published her first novel, Amorous Woman. Storey discusses her writing life, what it means to be known for her steamy stories, and the interplay of sex and power.
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A Berkeley-based nonprofit called the Center for Digital Storytelling has taught more than 10,000 people around the country how to edit short movies, dubbed digital stories. But the Center’s mission is less about Cannes and Final Cut Pro and more about the power of personal storytelling.
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The newer breed of storyteller sings, dances, raps, foments revolution, messes with your mind, makes you remember your roots, helps lawyers get a leg up, and maybe even brings you closer to God.
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Mystery writer Susan Dunlap lives in Albany but sets her novels in Berkeley, where she finds plenty of real-life plots and characters. Her popular Jill Smith series involves a smart, sassy and self-doubting homicide investigator for the Berkeley Police Department.
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Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
A Cal psychologist has a simple prescription for race relations.
Experts say that when caring for an elderly parent who lives far away, the most important thing is to join a support group with people experiencing the same challenges.
Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.
Oakland author Meredith Maran accused her father of the ultimate betrayal. Then she un-accused him. In this first-person essay, adapted from her new book, My Lie, she reveals how it all went down.