Paul Beatty, LA’s Best Bard?

When I opened my browned Paul Beatty manila file folder to prepare to interview the writer once again, I realized that it had been 25 years since I first introduced myself to him after seeing him read at the Poetry Project in the East Village. He was a great writer then, albeit of poetry rather than prose. He’s a brilliant novelist now. I caught up with Paul again to discuss the ribald satire of his latest book, The Sellout, for the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Alice Bag and Frightwig Interview

Prior to our upcoming show together at Studio Grand in Oakland, I interviewed Alicia Velasquez, aka Alice Bag, and Cecilia Kuhn, drummer for Frightwig, about raw power and girl power, for the SF Weekly.