Oakland Review of Books

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More people should take a silly thing really seriously, for years and years and years, and then call it a book and throw a party. What else is the point of being alive?

A review of a book by someone who has given us money • Aaron Bady •

Cruising for a connection.

Six people you meet in Oakland while reading Manuel Betancourt’s “Hello Stranger” • Marthine Satris •

You’d never mistake one of his sentences for anyone else’s. At a time when the worst thing you could be was a poser, Wallace was obviously and overtly himself.

Infinity Plus One • Pauline Kerschen •

But even if a university can be many things, and occasionally still might be, the one thing that a University like Berkeley’s mostly is, and will be, always and forever, is a pile of capital.

War is Over (Because UC Wants it) • Aaron Bady •

Until recently, Huchiun Park was too new for street view to show you anything but the recently emptied space it was built on. Its young trees are still too small

Recently Cleared • Aaron Bady •

After I had sent a few customers home with Cassandra, I started to feel a bit uneasy. Should I be warning them? Am I obligated to tell adults to brace themselves? Isn’t everyone a little bit mentally ill? Call of the void, that’s a thing we all have, right?

Cassandra at the Abyss • Elizabeth Freeman •

If I got covid at a 9/11 film festival, the embarrassment alone would kill me.

“I assume we’ll be here again next year” • Xander Lenc •

How is Future Man—who looks like a pirate these days—STILL from the future? He’s still the only person in the world who plays the instrument he invented.

Left of Old • Aaron Bady •

It feels as though the concrete substrate of Oakland has followed you inside the venue.

A bright streak over the grass, where the toadstools grow • Pauline Kerschen •

Everyone will have a job, and there will be a job for everyone. Everyone will fit somewhere.

All hands • Tommy Craggs •