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My new book, same as the old book

In Books, Clips, For Sale, Powazek, San Francisco on 21 April 2005 with Comments Off

San Francisco Stories started out as a website, then became a book published by So New Media. It went out of print there a year ago. I finally got around to republishing it, thanks to the good folks at Lulu. I got my copy today and it looks great. Check it out!
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Bookends in Words Magazine

In Books, Clips, Powazek, Writing on 5 December 2004 with Comments Off

I’m thrilled to have contributed an updated version of my protest story, Bookends, to the 4th issue of Words! Words! Words! Magazine, which is all about protest. The issue also features writing by Savannah Schroll, David Barringer, Kathy Fish, Steve Himmer, Ryan Kennebeck and Sean Ferrell, photography by Beth Stegall, and drawings by “drew” [...]

Booked

In Books, Clips, For Sale, Photography, Powazek on 11 June 2004 with Comments Off

Speaking of books, eleven of my Justly Married photos have been included in a new book, We Do: A Celebration of Gay and Lesbian Marriage, published by Chronicle Books. It’s a gorgeous book and such an honor to be included.
Yesterday was a little book launch party, where I got to meet the editors as [...]

Good writing, good cause

In Books, Clips, For Sale, Powazek on 2 June 2004 with Comments Off

One of my early Fray stories has made its way into a new book. My California: Journeys by Great Writers (dig that, ma!) is a collection of stories from and about the state I call home, and I’m thrilled to see my story, The Nicest Person in San Francisco included in such fine company. The [...]

Elsewheres

In Clips, Elsewhere on 15 May 2004 with Comments Off

A couple bits of me out there in the ethernet….
The Campfire Makes a Comeback
A great story in SF Station by Nirmala Nataraj about the storytelling revival that’s been going on the last 30 years. In some ways, Fray is a rebellion against traditional, fictional storytelling, but I’m almost relieved the story didn’t get into that.
Google [...]

Poster Child

In Clips, Powazek on 20 March 2004 with Comments Off

In the SF Chronicle today: THE BATTLE OVER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Straights working to win legal rights for gay couples: “They’re straight - but they don’t consider themselves narrow. And now they’re mad…. Among the new activists is Derek Powazek of San Francisco, who headed to Civic Center three days after the weddings began with his [...]

Worlds collide!

In Clips on 2 April 2003 with Comments Off

Bookends has made the jump from the labor of love to the dayjob.

New in {fray}: Bookends

In Clips on 30 March 2003 with Comments Off

New fray story - a place to tell the personal stories of life during wartime, 12 years apart. Bookends: From 1991 to 2003. From school to salary. From home to away. These gulf wars are the bookends of my generation.

Two Recent Clips

In Clips on 5 March 2003 with Comments Off

The Things We Do for Love: Gifts from Strangers, Left in Public, Guided by Satellites in Receiver Magazine (Issue 07).
Connecting Invisibles: How Associations Can Get Their Members Talking Online in Executive Update Magazine (February 2003).