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Lädt ... The End of the Golden Gate: Writers on Loving and (Sometimes) Leaving San Francisco (2021. Auflage)von Gary Kamiya (Einführung)
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"Anyone who lives in the Bay has experienced the grief of friends and family leaving San Francisco for more affordable living, or because San Francisco is no longer the city they fell in love with. We don't blame them, we have thought of leaving ourselves from time to time. The San Francisco we know is constantly changing, the rent only seems to get higher, and settling down in the Bay for good seems harder and harder to imagine. In this collection of personal essays from 20-25 beloved writers on loving, living, and sometimes, leaving San Francisco, this penetrating journey through San Francisco will illuminate both what makes this city so captivating and how it has changed vastly over the last few decades. This book will appeal to anyone considering moving to San Francisco, wishing to relive the magic of the city, or anyone experiencing the sadness of leaving the Bay--and anyone that needs a reminder of why we stay. Including intimate and striking stories from writers like: Gary Kamiya, author of Cool Gray City of Love, Diana Helmuth, author of the viral article "If San Francisco Is So Great, Why Is Everyone I Love Leaving?," Daniel Handler, John Law, Co-founder of Burning Man, co-founder of the Cacophony Society and a member of the Suicide Club. Alia Volz, featured in The Best American Essays, The New York Times, Tin House, and much more. Stuart Schuffman, AKA Broke-Ass Stuart. Duffy Jennings, the prize-winning writer for the San Francisco Chronicle in the tumultuous 1970s"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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There are many contributors. Some of the pieces are great and some I was tempted to skim and some are good or good enough. Most I’m glad that I read.
What the whole of the collection did was confirm to me what I already knew but maybe more so: that San Francisco has changed and that I haven’t changed with it.
I did feel represented in some of these accounts. Most of them I did not. Of course, San Francisco has ALWAYS been many San Franciscos/multifaceted. Most of the contributors are not San Francisco natives and many were not residents of San Francisco for that long, relatively speaking. I would have appreciated even more lifelong or at least decades long San Franciscans being included.
It was enjoyable to read about others’ experiences.
What I did love about this book is that while with most of the essays I caught only glimpses of “my San Francisco” the essays got me thinking about how in my nearly seven decades relationship with the city I’ve also known and experienced many versions of San Francisco.
I did particularly appreciate the essays written by Stuart Schuffman, Duffy Jennings, Grant Faulkner, Gary Kamiya, and especially loved the one by Peter Coyote, and the one by Elizabeth Khuri Chandler because even though she doesn’t talk much about experiencing the city she does talk a lot about Goodreads and that essay happened to be the most effective at getting my understanding about what happened at Goodreads from its inception and especially the reasons for what happened in 2013 and then what also happened six years after that. I should also mention the essays by Ginna Green, Alia Volz, and Larry Smith (husband of Piper Kerman.)
Overall, I was left feeling more than a bit melancholy and not feeling the sense of belonging I’d hoped I’d feel, yet I still want all my San Francisco/San Francisco Bay Area friends and all my friends who’ve left the area to read this book. It’s interesting and thought provoking and worth reading. Highly recommended for readers interested in past and present San Francisco! ( )