CONNIE STRYCKER, influencer and archetype for Mad Men?
CONVERSATION WITH CONNIE STRYCKER, influencer and archetype for Mad Men? “Oh my God, I thought, that’s my life and it’s on TV and I’m watching my life in my house […]
Mad Men Revisited
Mad Men Revisited by J.Macon King Imagine— The new 007 strides into M’s office. 007, as always, is tall, dark, handsome, impeccably dressed. Supremely confident, of course. M: Drink, 007? […]
THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO DIE
“The best satire about Mill Valley since McFadden’s The Serial. Many have tried and many have failed, but Meisler hits Marin County’s quirky nails smack in the head with his […]
Down to Peru
“We planned to cover 1,100 miles from Lima to Ecuador in one week and attempt some of the longest waves anywhere.” “Fortune goes to the prepared. Disaster hunts the others.” […]
Recent Issues
Previously on MillValleyLit: Feb.–May 2023 When you’ve run out of wall space for your books. Courtesy of Dozen Best Books. “Where God, Anchovies, […]
MillValleyLit Interview List
Can you name these writers whom we have interviewed? . Previous MillValleyLit interviews include: T.C. Boyle, Peter Coyote, DeLorean Auto CFO Walter Strycker, Anne R. […]
Poetry 21
Profile of Bryan Franco, Poet by Jeff Kaliss Across the […]
Book Reviews by Nick King
The Reviewer’s Re-view Mirror by NICK KING The Will of the Many The Will of the Many, penned by James Islington and published in 2023, follows the journey of […]
Sands Hall
Winter 2022 Edition WINTERTIME… and the living is creative. The following Winter Issue Intro and creative update from ever-kinetic Sands Hall, MillValleyLit contributor. Sands creative achievements include author, playwright, director, […]
Love on a Rooftop—Barn Owls in SF
In February, 2022, longtime San Francisco resident Kathleen Volkmann discovered that she was being watched through the bedroom window in her Presidio Heights home. By barn owls. She began documenting […]
I Was a Teenage Runaway
I Was a Teenage Runaway: Haight-Ashbury 1968 memoir by Carol Green with J.Macon King The true story of a Wild Thing. Catholic Valley Girl runs away to San Francisco’s hippie […]
Chasing Byron
Chasing Byron exclusive excerpt from Jeb Harrison’s new novel Crazed snake charmers, crooked judges, chicken thieves, golf heroes, mythical Gods, dead voices: Chasing Byron, set in 1945 as WWII is […]
The Orange Peeler Meets Johnny Wadd
The Orange Peeler Meets Johnny Wadd fiction by J.S. Ryan The best unpublished short story I ever read was called “The Death of Johnny Wadd.” It was written by […]
SALONICA
Salonica by Marcel Alalof translated from the French by Helena Dunica I remember my grandfather, lying fully clothed in the semi- darkness of his bedroom, eyes staring at the ceiling, […]
The Pole
The Pole memoir by Kevin Lavely, Reno, Nevada So yeah, it’s only a piece of wood. But, this 72-foot-tall piece of wood has been stuck in my backyard since about […]
Washington Irving’s Alhambra, CA Connection
Washington Irving and the Alhambra, CA Connection by Gary Frueholz, Dilbeck Real Estate Alhambra, California’s real estate has a connection to one of America’s best-known early writers, Washington Irving. You can […]