{"id":5779,"date":"2010-10-06T11:03:51","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T15:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=5779"},"modified":"2010-10-06T11:40:02","modified_gmt":"2010-10-06T15:40:02","slug":"the-whistle-stop-tour-hits-the-west-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/06\/the-whistle-stop-tour-hits-the-west-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"The Whistle-stop Tour Hits the West Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5798\" style=\"width: 582px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/goldengate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/goldengate.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"goldengate\" width=\"572\" height=\"379\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/goldengate.jpg 572w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/goldengate-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph by Alain Picard.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Catch Lorin Stein in the Golden State this week, at three events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tonight: San Francisco<\/strong><br \/> The venerable City Lights hosts a conversation between Stein and Oscar Villalon, former book critic of the <em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>, as part of the city&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/litquake.org\/\">LitQuake festival<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe fun starts at 7 P.M., at 261 Columbus Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomorrow: Claremont<\/strong> <br \/>Stein joins Aaron Matz, Scripps English professor and the author, most recently, of <em>Satire in an Age of Realism<\/em>, to talk literature and publishing in the Internet age. The conversation begins at 4:15 P.M. at Scripps College, 1030 Columbia Avenue, and is open to the public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday: Los Angeles<\/strong> <br \/>The final stop on the whistle-stop tour and an event not to be missed. Stein and <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> book critic David Ulin discuss the role of a literary journal in the era of constant distraction. Get to Book Soup, 8818 West Sunset Boulevard, early. The conversation starts at 5 P.M.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catch Lorin Stein in the Golden State this week, at three events. Tonight: San Francisco The venerable City Lights hosts a conversation between Stein and Oscar Villalon, former book critic of the San Francisco Chronicle, as part of the city&#8217;s LitQuake festival. The fun starts at 7 P.M., at 261 Columbus Avenue. 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