“I never felt called to be a writer. I’d gotten a 9-to-5 job before and I knew I could again,” Chen says. Photograph by Sarah Deragon, courtesy of Kirstin Chen. Blue Bottle on Fillmore is bustling with activity on this midsummer day. I’m here to meet Kirstin Chen, author of Soy Sauce for Beginners and […]

Illustration by Karen Chan https://thesanfranciscanmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/tosotw_920b.mp3 Audio: Author Ethel Rohan reads.  by Ethel Rohan “What if the fog is really a ghost?” David says. “A giant host of ghosts,” I say. “That creeps into our noses, our mouths.” “Ew.” “Our buttholes.” The seagulls laugh along with my seven-year-old. The fog rolls forward, coming straight for us. […]

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“I consider pulling back the curtain on violence against women a strong feminist statement,” Doyle says. Artwork by Tess Powell. In her flash fiction collection, The Missing Girl, Jacqueline Doyle spotlights stories usually relegated to the back pages of newspapers. Her eight disturbing and vivid tales reveal the vulnerability of women to violence in our […]

Home Magazine Issue 9 of The San Franciscan $15.00 Issue 9 of The San Franciscan (Print) Magazine Details: Our last issue Includes work from 27 talented creatives based in and around the Bay Area Features fiction, poetry, art, photography, nonfiction, profiles, personal essays, interviews, and even a locally-themed crossword Perfect-bind book with matte cover Limited […]

Jon Kruppe, front man of Plum, drones on his Stratocaster on stage at The Knockout on March 31, 2022. Photograph courtesy of Derek Popple. Listen to the playlist that accompanies this piece here on Spotify. Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, Santana. At one point in the not-so-distant past, San Francisco was home to a burgeoning […]

Illustration by Karen Chan https://thesanfranciscanmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/tosotw_920b.mp3 Audio: Author Ethel Rohan reads.  by Ethel Rohan “What if the fog is really a ghost?” David says. “A giant host of ghosts,” I say. “That creeps into our noses, our mouths.” “Ew.” “Our buttholes.” The seagulls laugh along with my seven-year-old. The fog rolls forward, coming straight for us. […]

At Eye of the Tiger Tattoo, Grey co-creates designs with his clients, turning their visions into lifelong art pieces. Photograph by Corbin Bell. On a Friday afternoon in late March of 2022, Eye of the Tiger Tattoo was bustling. In the front of the shop, an artist named Marco worked away on a large thigh […]

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Decades of volunteer labor, advocacy, and efforts from local organizations have built today’s network of trail systems linking San Franciscans with their green spaces. Illustration by Shruti Sharma. When Bob Siegel moved to San Francisco some forty years ago, the Bay Area Ridge Trail through San Francisco was mostly mapped on city streets, because that […]

Photograph by Corbin Bell During the time I studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, from 2014 to 2018, I saw vital neighborhood haunts succumb to the rising tide of gentrification throughout the city. The historic jazz club where I tended bar, Café Melt, and the neighboring artist collective, North Beach Bauhaus, were both shuttered. […]

“I consider pulling back the curtain on violence against women a strong feminist statement,” Doyle says. Artwork by Tess Powell. In her flash fiction collection, The Missing Girl, Jacqueline Doyle spotlights stories usually relegated to the back pages of newspapers. Her eight disturbing and vivid tales reveal the vulnerability of women to violence in our […]