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![From Prince Harry to Tara Westover, authors grapple with privacy issues in their memoirs. Now, seven memoirists are talking about those issues and how they worked around them. From Prince Harry to Tara Westover, authors grapple with privacy issues in their memoirs. Now, seven memoirists are talking about those issues and how they worked around them.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SJM-L-MEMOIR-701.jpg?w=132)
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‘Invading other people’s privacy’: The memoirist’s dilemma
From Prince Harry to Tara Westover, authors grapple with privacy issues in their memoirs. Now,...
![Sonoma's landscapes come to life in the legends of this new book. Sonoma's landscapes come to life in the legends of this new book.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SJM-L-SARRIS-1.jpg?w=132)
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Lessons from the land: Greg Sarris’ new stories reflect on the natural world and Native America identity
Sonoma's landscapes come to life in the legends of this new book.
![Over 900 people signed a petition asking the city to keep its South Fremont library open. Over 900 people signed a petition asking the city to keep its South Fremont library open.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/EBT-L-IRVCLOSE-1-copy.jpg?w=132)
Petition aims to stop Fremont library closure
Over 900 people signed a petition asking the city to keep its South Fremont library...
![Here are five Bay Area-based authors whose romance writing is inspired by local landscapes — and their own unique identities. Here are five Bay Area-based authors whose romance writing is inspired by local landscapes — and their own unique identities.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MAG-L-ROMANCE-05.jpg?w=132)
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5 Bay Area romance authors are telling delightful — and diverse — love stories based right here
Here are five Bay Area-based authors whose romance writing is inspired by local landscapes —...
![In the world of books and publishing, one of the new(er) trends in the industry has been the rise of reading influencers — social media personalities who share their favorite books and reading-related content with viewers, often on Instagram or TikTok. In the world of books and publishing, one of the new(er) trends in the industry has been the rise of reading influencers — social media personalities who share their favorite books and reading-related content with viewers, often on Instagram or TikTok.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MAG-L-BOOKTOK-02.jpg?w=88)
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5 Bay Area-based #BookTok and Bookstagrammers to follow — and what they’re reading right now
In the world of books and publishing, one of the new(er) trends in the industry...
![Look around a book-themed SoMa cocktail bar, aptly named Novela after the Spanish word for novel, and you’d see glasses of punch at almost every table. Look around a book-themed SoMa cocktail bar, aptly named Novela after the Spanish word for novel, and you’d see glasses of punch at almost every table.Â](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MAG-L-NOVELA-0715-20.jpg?w=128)
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Inside Novela, a San Francisco book-themed bar takes you back in time
Look around a book-themed SoMa cocktail bar, aptly named Novela after the Spanish word for...
![Arion Press is a darling of art collectors and Silicon Valley types, who love its unique books made from historical literary materials. Arion Press is a darling of art collectors and Silicon Valley types, who love its unique books made from historical literary materials.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MAG-L-ARION-07XX-13.jpg?w=128)
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The world’s most unusual books are entirely made by hand at the Presidio
Arion Press is a darling of art collectors and Silicon Valley types, who love its...
![Oakland's Carolina Ixta addresses sex, racism and religion in debut novel, "Shut Up, This is Serious" Oakland's Carolina Ixta addresses sex, racism and religion in debut novel, "Shut Up, This is Serious"](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MAG-L-SHUTUP-XXXX-5.jpg?w=132)
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Carolina Ixta isn’t afraid to go there in her debut novel
Oakland's Carolina Ixta addresses sex, racism and religion in debut novel, "Shut Up, This is...
![Bad Animal was co-founded by a guy who ran an underground college in a used bookstore and sells rare books for up to $40,000. Bad Animal was co-founded by a guy who ran an underground college in a used bookstore and sells rare books for up to $40,000.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MAG-L-BADANIMAL-07XX-09.jpg?w=132)
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Bad Animal: The radical, Dionysian bookshop and natural-wine bar in Santa Cruz
Bad Animal was co-founded by a guy who ran an underground college in a used...
![North Light offers the kind of sophisticated, hip-but-not-hipster atmosphere that has taken off as bars enter a post-pandemic chapter of catering social experiences. North Light offers the kind of sophisticated, hip-but-not-hipster atmosphere that has taken off as bars enter a post-pandemic chapter of catering social experiences.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SJM-L-NORTHLIGHT-0514-9.jpg?w=132)
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At Oakland’s North Light, books, music and diverse identities have a home
North Light offers the kind of sophisticated, hip-but-not-hipster atmosphere that has taken off as bars...