San Francisco Writers Workshop was founded in 1946 and met for many years at the San Francisco Public Library. During the years since its founding, we have had a number of different moderators and regulars, and have met in a variety of interesting locations. An archive of the Workshop is currently held in the San Francisco Public Library’s History Room. Here, we’re hoping to highlight some of your creative work about the workshop and nonfictional materials from our history. If you have contributions to offer, please talk to Olga or email bowlga at gmail dot com.
Tracing Our Roots
Published by Olga Zilberbourg
Olga Zilberbourg’s English-language debut LIKE WATER AND OTHER STORIES (WTAW Press) explores “bicultural identity hilariously, poignantly,” according to The Moscow Times. It also dives into topics of bisexuality and immigrant parenthood. Anthony Marra called it “…a book of succinct abundance, dazzling in its particulars, expansive in its scope,” and Karen Bender said, “Olga Zilberbourg is a writer to read right now.” Zilberbourg’s writing has appeared in World Literature Today, The Believer, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, Alaska Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. Born in Leningrad, USSR in a Russian-speaking Jewish family, she makes her home in San Francisco, California. She has published four collections of stories in Russia, including most recent Задержи дыхание [Hold Your Breath] from Vremya Press. She serves as a consulting editor at Narrative Magazine and as a co-facilitator of the San Francisco Writers Workshop. Together with Yelena Furman, she has co-founded Punctured Lines, a feminist blog about literature from the former Soviet Union. She is currently at work on her first novel. View all posts by Olga Zilberbourg
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