I’m back at Google on a short-term contract with Magnit @ Google. I’m editing the writing of a new AI tool Google is working on. My current writing contract goes from December, 2024-August, 2025.
Printing the Old-Fashioned Way in Berkeley, California
Ever wondered what it'd be like to step back in time? To enter a place that's surrounded by the post-modern and the digital age, but doesn't give into the pressures to modernize and refuses to succumb to the latest technology? Entering St. … [Read more]
Oakland in Popular Memory
Oakland in Popular Memory is a collection of interviews with 12 innovative artists from Oakland, California and beyond who are putting a new “there” in Oakland. The interviews cover topics like race relations in Oakland in the post-Oscar Grant era, … [Read more]
Daveed Diggs tackles gentrification in Oakland in “Small Things to a Giant”
How many Oakland hip-hop artists fill their tracks with Gertrude Stein references and turn nursery rhymes into extended political allegories? How many tackle issues of gentrification in Oakland? Can't think of any? Let me introduce you to Daveed … [Read more]
The Rumpus publishes my interview with Rafael Casal
TheRumpus.net just published the final interview I'm including in my book with Rafael Casal. I spoke with Rafael on February 11, 2012 about his third hip hop album Mean Ones, how the Bay Area is similar to the world of Dr. Seuss, his thoughts on … [Read more]
Art Murmur draws all ages for First Friday in March
(Oakland, CA) March 2, 2012: “It’s exciting to see the city come alive” Oakland resident Kait Singley said about Friday night’s Art Murmur. “It’s exciting to see so much creativity coming out of everyone,” she said, pointing out how many parents … [Read more]
Oakland in Popular Memory artist portraits published
Laura Tomlinson drew portraits for my forthcoming book Oakland in Popular Memory: Interviews with 12 cutting-edge artists from Oakland and beyond. She drew the portraits in pencil of Chinaka Hodge, Dahlak Brathwaite, Dave Smallen, George Watsky, … [Read more]
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