The End of the Golden Gate: Writers on Loving and (Sometimes) Leaving San Francisco
NATIONAL BESTSELLER! Capturing an ever-changing San Francisco, 25 acclaimed writers tell their stories of living in one of the most mesmerizing cities in the world.

Over the last few decades, San Francisco has experienced radical changes with the influence of Silicon Valley, tech companies, and more. Countless articles, blogs, and even movies have tried to capture the complex nature of what San Francisco has become, a place millions of people have loved to call home, and yet are compelled to consider leaving. In this beautifully written collection, writers take on this Bay Area-dweller's eternal conflict: Should I stay or should I go?

Including an introduction written by Gary Kamiya and essays from Margaret Cho, W. Kamau Bell, Michelle Tea, Beth Lisick, Daniel Handler, Bonnie Tsui, Stuart Schuffman, Alysia Abbott, Peter Coyote, Alia Volz, Duffy Jennings, John Law, and many more, The End of the Golden Gate is a penetrating journey that illuminates both what makes San Francisco so magnetizing and how it has changed vastly over time, shapeshifting to become something new for each generation of city dwellers.

With essays chronicling the impact of the tech-industry invasion and the evolution, gentrification, and radical cost of living that has transformed San Francisco's most beloved neighborhoods, these prescient essayists capture the lasting imprint of the 1960s counterculture movement, as well as the fight to preserve the art, music, and other creative movements that make this forever the city of love.

For anyone considering moving to San Francisco, wishing to relive the magic of the city, or anyone experiencing the sadness of leaving the bay—and ultimately, for anyone that needs a reminder of why we stay.

Bound to be a long-time staple of San Francisco literature, anyone who has lived in or is currently living in San Francisco will enjoy the rich history of the city within these pages and relive intimate memories of their own.

GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY: A percentage of the proceeds will be given to charities that help those in the bay experiencing homelessness. Every copy purchased offers a small way to help those in need.
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The End of the Golden Gate: Writers on Loving and (Sometimes) Leaving San Francisco
NATIONAL BESTSELLER! Capturing an ever-changing San Francisco, 25 acclaimed writers tell their stories of living in one of the most mesmerizing cities in the world.

Over the last few decades, San Francisco has experienced radical changes with the influence of Silicon Valley, tech companies, and more. Countless articles, blogs, and even movies have tried to capture the complex nature of what San Francisco has become, a place millions of people have loved to call home, and yet are compelled to consider leaving. In this beautifully written collection, writers take on this Bay Area-dweller's eternal conflict: Should I stay or should I go?

Including an introduction written by Gary Kamiya and essays from Margaret Cho, W. Kamau Bell, Michelle Tea, Beth Lisick, Daniel Handler, Bonnie Tsui, Stuart Schuffman, Alysia Abbott, Peter Coyote, Alia Volz, Duffy Jennings, John Law, and many more, The End of the Golden Gate is a penetrating journey that illuminates both what makes San Francisco so magnetizing and how it has changed vastly over time, shapeshifting to become something new for each generation of city dwellers.

With essays chronicling the impact of the tech-industry invasion and the evolution, gentrification, and radical cost of living that has transformed San Francisco's most beloved neighborhoods, these prescient essayists capture the lasting imprint of the 1960s counterculture movement, as well as the fight to preserve the art, music, and other creative movements that make this forever the city of love.

For anyone considering moving to San Francisco, wishing to relive the magic of the city, or anyone experiencing the sadness of leaving the bay—and ultimately, for anyone that needs a reminder of why we stay.

Bound to be a long-time staple of San Francisco literature, anyone who has lived in or is currently living in San Francisco will enjoy the rich history of the city within these pages and relive intimate memories of their own.

GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY: A percentage of the proceeds will be given to charities that help those in the bay experiencing homelessness. Every copy purchased offers a small way to help those in need.
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The End of the Golden Gate: Writers on Loving and (Sometimes) Leaving San Francisco

The End of the Golden Gate: Writers on Loving and (Sometimes) Leaving San Francisco

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER! Capturing an ever-changing San Francisco, 25 acclaimed writers tell their stories of living in one of the most mesmerizing cities in the world.

Over the last few decades, San Francisco has experienced radical changes with the influence of Silicon Valley, tech companies, and more. Countless articles, blogs, and even movies have tried to capture the complex nature of what San Francisco has become, a place millions of people have loved to call home, and yet are compelled to consider leaving. In this beautifully written collection, writers take on this Bay Area-dweller's eternal conflict: Should I stay or should I go?

Including an introduction written by Gary Kamiya and essays from Margaret Cho, W. Kamau Bell, Michelle Tea, Beth Lisick, Daniel Handler, Bonnie Tsui, Stuart Schuffman, Alysia Abbott, Peter Coyote, Alia Volz, Duffy Jennings, John Law, and many more, The End of the Golden Gate is a penetrating journey that illuminates both what makes San Francisco so magnetizing and how it has changed vastly over time, shapeshifting to become something new for each generation of city dwellers.

With essays chronicling the impact of the tech-industry invasion and the evolution, gentrification, and radical cost of living that has transformed San Francisco's most beloved neighborhoods, these prescient essayists capture the lasting imprint of the 1960s counterculture movement, as well as the fight to preserve the art, music, and other creative movements that make this forever the city of love.

For anyone considering moving to San Francisco, wishing to relive the magic of the city, or anyone experiencing the sadness of leaving the bay—and ultimately, for anyone that needs a reminder of why we stay.

Bound to be a long-time staple of San Francisco literature, anyone who has lived in or is currently living in San Francisco will enjoy the rich history of the city within these pages and relive intimate memories of their own.

GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY: A percentage of the proceeds will be given to charities that help those in the bay experiencing homelessness. Every copy purchased offers a small way to help those in need.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781797210285
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Publication date: 05/25/2021
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

• Gary Kamiya
• W. Kamau Bell
• Margaret Cho
• Michelle Tea
• Daniel Handler
• John Law
• Beth Lisick
• Peter Coyote
• Alia Volz
• Stuart Schuffman
• Jamie Wong
• Larry Smith
• Bonnie Tsui
• Elissa Bassist
• Duffy Jennings
• Grant Faulkner
• Diana Helmuth
• Alysia Abbott
• Sarah Coglianese
• Elizabeth Khuri Chandler
• Andrew Altschul
• Terry Ashkinos
• Kimberly Reyes
• Fayette Hauser

Table of Contents

Introduction Requiems For A Dream Gary Kamiya 1

Please Excuse My Chemtrail Beth Lisick 9

Promises Michelle Tea 16

Lifer Terry Ashkinos 25

Pattern Matching Jamie Wong 41

What I Miss(ED) W. Kamau Bell 51

The People I Kissed and the People I Didn't Kiss In San Francisco Elissa Bassist 61

On Being Black in San Francisco JKimberly Reyes 69

The Russian Embassy: No Diplmats Allowed Fayette Hauser 74

There is no San Francisco withour San Francisco Stuart Schuffman aka Broke-Ass Stuart 83

Paper Boy Duffy Jennings 90

San Francisco: For Sale By New Owners Peter Coyote 101

Alysia Abbott

A Moveable Feast That Moved When I Wasn't Looking Grant Faulkner 116

The Mayor of Haight Street Magaret Cho 127

San Francisco Does Not Love You John Law 135

Master Of Time Elizabeth Khuri Chandler 144

Life On Wheels On Hills Sarah Coglianese 155

Too Marvelous For Words Andrew Altschul 163

Everything I Had But Couldn't Keep Alysia Abbott 173

San Francisco Is My Home Gary Kamiya 182

If San Francisco Is So Great, Why Is Everyone I Love Leaving? Diana Helmuth 191

Finding Civil Twilight Bonnie Tsui 202

On Marriage, Writing, and A Changing City Daniel Handler 209

San Francisco In Black and White Ginna Green 214

Spit Shake Alia Volz 223

Signs of the Times Larry Smith 232

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