San Francisco Trip Overview
Our tour is the only comprehensive literary tour in San Francisco. We talk and experience the Beat generation as well as travel back in time to the Gold Rush and Barbary Coast days when writers like Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Jack London, and Ambrose Bierce called San Francisco home. Also, we talk about the unique opportunities women and writers of color have had in this open city including Maya Angelou, Amy Tan, and Bob Kaufman.
As a writer and reporter myself, I am deeply involved with the literary and artistic community in San Francisco. I love this city! I know where the bodies are buried and how they got there. Be prepared to experience the intimate and real San Francisco writer’s scene.
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Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: San Francisco, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting San Francisco, California, United States
Our tour is the only comprehensive literary tour in San Francisco. We talk and experience the Beat generation as well as travel back in time to the Gold Rush and Barbary Coast days when writers like Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Jack London, and Ambrose Bierce called San Francisco home. Also, we talk about the unique opportunities women and writers of color have had in this open city including Maya Angelou, Amy Tan, and Bob Kaufman.
As a writer and reporter myself, I am deeply involved with the literary and artistic community in San Francisco. I love this city! I know where the bodies are buried and how they got there. Be prepared to experience the intimate and real San Francisco writer’s scene.
Itinerary
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Stop At: City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Ave North Beach, San Francisco, CA 94133-4586
We’ll meet outside the historic bookstore and discuss the book trial that changed the course of American history. I’ll also give some insights into my friend, store owner, and poet, the recently deceased, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and how he took on the powers that be while publishing the counterculture Beat poets and writers.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Beat Museum, 540 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133-4507
We’ll enter the wonderworld of the counterculture Beat movement. Artifacts from the 50s and 60s on display including first edition Beat poetry and prose books, the car used in the movie, On The Road, original artwork by legendary poet and book store owner, Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Jazz mural, 606 Broadway & Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133-4406
Wonderfully vibrant painting in the heart of North Beach depicting the arts and Jazz scene in 50s San Francisco.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Language of the Birds, Broadway & Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Outdoor art installation representing the great writers of San Francisco and their works.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Li Po Cocktail Lounge, 916 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94108-1302
Old-time San Francisco dive bar where writers and artists have been drinking since the 1930s!
Duration: 20 minutes
