In Silicon City, author Cary McClelland has constructed a neatly woven book of oral histories about the Bay Area and the acute problems it is facing. As tech money and employees have streamed into San Francisco, many long-time residents have been evicted, out-priced and forced to move further and further away, dispersing and destroying once deep-rooted communities.
San Francisco is a city rich with natural beauty, significant history, and LIES. Sure, everyone likes to have a few “fun facts” up their sleeve, but if you believe everything you hear, it’s only a matter of time before you’re...
“In some ways, it’s the most natural, most legitimate thing, for a woman to sing for her child. And some countries will take the voice of a woman away,” Nazy Kaviani told me. Kaviani was born in Iran...
