San Francisco's Literature Mapped

'Occasionally a cable car passed, trundling heavily, amongst a strident whirring of jostled drinking drinking glass ...' - from McTeague (1899) a novel by times Frank Norris

Ever since the days of the Californian aureate rush San Francisco has held a item set inwards the myths inward improver to literature of America. To celebrate San Francisco's status every flake ane of the almost vibrant literary cities inwards the Earth the San Francisco Chronicle has created The Bay Area Literature Map.

The map features locations of booksellers, writers' passages related to locations inwards the city, literary landmarks inward improver to highlights 300 authors who survive inwards the Bay Area. The map every flake skillful shows the dates inward improver to locations for events taking placing inwards the metropolis during this month's Litquake literary festival.


During this month's Litquake yous lot give notice every flake skillful larn got a cycling tour of the city's literary history using the Bikes to Books map. This 7.1 mile cycling tour takes inwards the 12 San Francisco streets named for authors inward improver to artists inward improver to a unwrap of other significant locations inwards the city's literary heritage.
Sumber https://haftshappenings.blogspot.com/