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Shanthi Sekaran

Shanthi Sekaran is a novelist and television writer. Her most recent adult novel, Lucky Boy, was named an Indie Next Great Read, an Amazon Editor's Pick and a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Barnes & Noble, Library Journal, and the San Francisco…

Cheryl Popp

Cheryl Popp is an independent bookstore owner, long-time Sausalito resident, and former corporate communications specialist, journalist, and radio talk show host. She's also a serial community volunteer and executive director of Literacy by…
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Sam Sax

Sam Sax is a queer jewish writer and educator. They’re the author of madness, bury it, pig (2023) and yr dead (2024) and currently serve as a lecturer at Stanford University.

Brian Watt

Brian Watt is KQED Radio's morning news anchor. He joined the KQED News team in April of 2016. Prior to that, he worked as a reporter for KPCC in Los Angeles and a producer at Marketplace. During eight years at KPCC, Watt covered business and…

Blaise Zerega

Blaise Zerega is the editorial director of Alta Journal, an award-winning arts and culture quarterly covering California and the West. His journalism has appeared in WIRED (where he served as managing editor), Conde Nast Portfolio (deputy editor…

Jessica Lee

Jessica Lee is the district librarian for Berkeley Unifid School District.

Doug Sovern

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Rita Chang-Eppig

Rita Chang-Eppig's debut novel, Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea, will be published in May. She received her MFA in fiction from NYU. Her stories have appeared in The Best American Short Stories 2021, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Conjunctions,…

Alexis Madrigal

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Shawn Taylor

Shawn Taylor is a founding author of www.thenerdsofcolor.org, and a founding organizer of The Black and Brown Comix Arts Festival (BCAF). Taylor is a recognized scholar and sought-after speaker in the areas of pop culture and participatory culture…