Robert Reich’s ‘The Last Class’: A big hit with the home school on teaching and democracy
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The film follows Reich through the journey of his last semester of his 40-year teaching career, most of it spent at UC Berkeley.
Books
Local Lit | Top tips for September
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A Fairyland book festival, poetry reading, cookbook stories, quilts, and more.Arts & Entertainment
Hooked on Books: Silk purse from a sow’s ear? Ian McEwan can do it
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Plus other new works on tap this month, including "Replaceable You," the latest from the Oakland-based writer Mary Roach.Arts & Entertainment
East Bay comic novelist Linda Lenhoff explores darker themes in new book
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Linda Lenhoff appears on August 6 at A Great Good Place for Books in Oakland.Arts & Entertainment
Hooked on Books: Avid readers with shallow pockets may find a new best bud in BookBub
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Josh Schanker and Nicholas Ciarelli co-founded BookBub in 2012.Arts & Entertainment
August 2025 author events: Robert Reich, Charlie Jane Anders, Sonia Daccarett, Daniel Kraus, Linda Lenhoff, Mac Muir, Shoshana Walter, and more
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Authors of fascinating memoirs, intense thrillers, timely non-fiction titles, and debut novels appear across the region.Books
Local Lit | Top tips for August
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Oakland Public Library's end of summer festival; Clio's book talks; "Once Upon a Time in Dollywood," and more.Arts & Entertainment
Meg Waite Clayton’s ‘Typewriter Beach’ a mystery about Old Hollywood in magical Carmel
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Two women separated by generations— and a story about passion and persistence, creativity, politics and family is already hitting bestseller lists.Books
Local Lit | July’s top tips for book lovers
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Fiction and mystery; non-fiction for Swifites; brewery-boosted books; and of course happenings at local libraries.Arts & Entertainment
Deadly Dozen: Mysteries set in the Bay Area and beyond
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We love the clues, we love the chase, and we love to read mysteries.Arts & Entertainment
