Will Craven
@wkcraven.bsky.social
writing novels
playing the hits of the bay area every monday on BFF.fm: https://bff.fm/shows/i-luv-mondays
Climate/Renewables, when prodded or paid.
~Oakland~
playing the hits of the bay area every monday on BFF.fm: https://bff.fm/shows/i-luv-mondays
Climate/Renewables, when prodded or paid.
~Oakland~
Reposted by Will Craven
TONIGHT! SF! Join us at Casements in the Mission for food, drinks, a live DJ set from @bff.fm, priceless gossip with journalists and indie music folks, tote bags… what more could you want, truly luma.com/f2jy4dho?tk=...
December 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
TONIGHT! SF! Join us at Casements in the Mission for food, drinks, a live DJ set from @bff.fm, priceless gossip with journalists and indie music folks, tote bags… what more could you want, truly luma.com/f2jy4dho?tk=...
Reposted by Will Craven
EAST BAY FOLKS!
I'm gonna be in this show at Rock Paper Scissors Collective in Oakland next week! come out and say hi and see my piece (and a lot of other cool art too!)
I'm gonna be in this show at Rock Paper Scissors Collective in Oakland next week! come out and say hi and see my piece (and a lot of other cool art too!)
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
EAST BAY FOLKS!
I'm gonna be in this show at Rock Paper Scissors Collective in Oakland next week! come out and say hi and see my piece (and a lot of other cool art too!)
I'm gonna be in this show at Rock Paper Scissors Collective in Oakland next week! come out and say hi and see my piece (and a lot of other cool art too!)
10am sharp on @bff.fm
I Luv Mondays' HITS OF THE BAY 2025 pt 1 !
All my favorite songs, all the songs that saved me.
Follow along here for the tracklist:
I Luv Mondays' HITS OF THE BAY 2025 pt 1 !
All my favorite songs, all the songs that saved me.
Follow along here for the tracklist:
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
10am sharp on @bff.fm
I Luv Mondays' HITS OF THE BAY 2025 pt 1 !
All my favorite songs, all the songs that saved me.
Follow along here for the tracklist:
I Luv Mondays' HITS OF THE BAY 2025 pt 1 !
All my favorite songs, all the songs that saved me.
Follow along here for the tracklist:
Reposted by Will Craven
BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars.
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
Reposted by Will Craven
If you love a small press, check out these 100 notable small press books from 2025!
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If you love a small press, check out these 100 notable small press books from 2025!
I'm reading from my novel FLASH IT TO THE BEAT at the Makeout Room on Tuesday December 9th for Happy Endings, that lit monthly that serves
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I'm reading from my novel FLASH IT TO THE BEAT at the Makeout Room on Tuesday December 9th for Happy Endings, that lit monthly that serves
Reposted by Will Craven
Reposted by Will Craven
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
Reposted by Will Craven
San Francisco! Come hang with @coyotemedia.org worker-owners and @bff.fm DJs on Tues December 2nd at Casements in the Mission. Drinks, swag, the satisfaction of knowing you're supporting indie media instead of outlets funded by shady billionaires, what more could you want luma.com/f2jy4dho?tk=...
COYOTE x BFF.fm Holiday Bash · Luma
Join us for music, community, and a celebration of independent media!
Details
Dress code: Layers! It’s outdoors in December, but there’ll be heat lamps
Entry:…
luma.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
San Francisco! Come hang with @coyotemedia.org worker-owners and @bff.fm DJs on Tues December 2nd at Casements in the Mission. Drinks, swag, the satisfaction of knowing you're supporting indie media instead of outlets funded by shady billionaires, what more could you want luma.com/f2jy4dho?tk=...
1) Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
2) Spirit of Radio
3) Tom Sawyer
4) SUBDIVISIONS
5) The Big Money
2) Spirit of Radio
3) Tom Sawyer
4) SUBDIVISIONS
5) The Big Money
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
1) Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
2) Spirit of Radio
3) Tom Sawyer
4) SUBDIVISIONS
5) The Big Money
2) Spirit of Radio
3) Tom Sawyer
4) SUBDIVISIONS
5) The Big Money
Reposted by Will Craven
Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
Mother Viola Fletcher passes away at 111 years old
TULSA, Okla. — Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the passing of one of the two last remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher.
www.fox23.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
Reposted by Will Craven
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
Reposted by Will Craven
My colleague Ted’s magnificent new book on Denis Johnson came out last Tuesday, in case any of you DJ fans are interested.
"Writing what you know is still sage advice in writing workshops. After all, it worked for Denis Johnson."
Joe Engelman's review of “Flagrant Self-Destructive Gestures” by Ted Geltner (University of Iowa Press) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/19/t...
Joe Engelman's review of “Flagrant Self-Destructive Gestures” by Ted Geltner (University of Iowa Press) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/19/t...
Ted Geltner’s "Flagrant, Self-Destructive Gestures" reconnects us with Denis Johnson - Chicago Review of Books
In “Earth Angel,” a review of Denis Johnson’s posthumously-published short story collection, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, Rachel Kushner shared an anecdote about attending a reading by Johnson in t...
chireviewofbooks.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My colleague Ted’s magnificent new book on Denis Johnson came out last Tuesday, in case any of you DJ fans are interested.
Reposted by Will Craven
We're pretty sad that Seablite are calling it a day too. Read what our man @heavymetalkidsuk.bsky.social has to say!
heavymetalkids.music.blog/2025/11/03/f...
heavymetalkids.music.blog/2025/11/03/f...
Farewell, Seablite…
Seablite: Jen Mundy, Andy Pastalaniec, Galine Tumasyan, Lauren Matsui (Courtesy: Michael Aguilar and Kasey Kalis) There wasn’t a dry eye in the indie pop house last week as Bay Area underground ico…
heavymetalkids.music.blog
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We're pretty sad that Seablite are calling it a day too. Read what our man @heavymetalkidsuk.bsky.social has to say!
heavymetalkids.music.blog/2025/11/03/f...
heavymetalkids.music.blog/2025/11/03/f...
Reposted by Will Craven
ICE activity confirmed near Hoover Elementary in West Oakland. license plate looks like 304072. Stay safe #Oakland, and let's keep out communities safe #AbolishICE #NoICEInOakland
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
ICE activity confirmed near Hoover Elementary in West Oakland. license plate looks like 304072. Stay safe #Oakland, and let's keep out communities safe #AbolishICE #NoICEInOakland
Reposted by Will Craven
The growing ubiquity of predatory sports gambling companies is an actual, non-imaginary problem that is ruining the lives of young men right now, yet I have NEVER heard any of the prominent "men are struggling ☹️" commentators mention it. It's almost as if helping young men isn't actually their goal!
November 16, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The growing ubiquity of predatory sports gambling companies is an actual, non-imaginary problem that is ruining the lives of young men right now, yet I have NEVER heard any of the prominent "men are struggling ☹️" commentators mention it. It's almost as if helping young men isn't actually their goal!
Reposted by Will Craven
Even when @coyotemedia.org was just a little baby pup of an idea I knew I wanted service journalism to be a major part of it. Today I'm thrilled to introduce our First Aid Kit: an acknowledgement of today's challenges, and a rejection of despair.
Introducing COYOTE's First Aid Kit
A how-to guide to surviving in the Bay Area.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Even when @coyotemedia.org was just a little baby pup of an idea I knew I wanted service journalism to be a major part of it. Today I'm thrilled to introduce our First Aid Kit: an acknowledgement of today's challenges, and a rejection of despair.
Reposted by Will Craven
Some nice words for Blue Ocean’s “Fertile State,” a great record that people will be discovering in ten years or so.
“Blue Ocean marry the “avant” side of shoegaze with loud indie pop in a fascinating way here; this one is for the adventurous guitar pop devotees out there.”
“Blue Ocean marry the “avant” side of shoegaze with loud indie pop in a fascinating way here; this one is for the adventurous guitar pop devotees out there.”
From two years ago: the 2023 Rosy Overdrive Label Watch, featuring picks from more than a dozen of the blog's favorite record labels:
Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2023
About a year ago, I made a blog post called “Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2022”, in which I checked in on what a dozen of my favorite still-active labels had been up to during that year. …
rosyoverdrive.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Some nice words for Blue Ocean’s “Fertile State,” a great record that people will be discovering in ten years or so.
“Blue Ocean marry the “avant” side of shoegaze with loud indie pop in a fascinating way here; this one is for the adventurous guitar pop devotees out there.”
“Blue Ocean marry the “avant” side of shoegaze with loud indie pop in a fascinating way here; this one is for the adventurous guitar pop devotees out there.”
Reposted by Will Craven
In light of recent news
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
In light of recent news
"If blaming aliens is a paranoid misattribution, then blaming people collectively is a smug one... [I]n reality, the enemies of human flourishing are all too easy to recognize. The truth isn’t out there—it’s right in front of our faces."
got the always great Mark Asch on Bugonia
‘Bugonia’ Makes A Crash Landing | Defector
“I know you want there to be a master plan,” the kidnapping victim says to her captor. In Bugonia, the latest movie by Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone plays girlboss biotech CEO Michelle Fuller, and Jess...
defector.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"If blaming aliens is a paranoid misattribution, then blaming people collectively is a smug one... [I]n reality, the enemies of human flourishing are all too easy to recognize. The truth isn’t out there—it’s right in front of our faces."
Reposted by Will Craven
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Reposted by Will Craven
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
Reposted by Will Craven
Earlier this week, I watched Sam Altman join Steve Kerr for a conversation about "innovation, leadership, and San Francisco," here's what they said (plus some stray thoughts on SF in the third tech boom) defector.com/an-evening-w...
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Earlier this week, I watched Sam Altman join Steve Kerr for a conversation about "innovation, leadership, and San Francisco," here's what they said (plus some stray thoughts on SF in the third tech boom) defector.com/an-evening-w...
Reposted by Will Craven
I'm the last reporter regularly reviewing Council agendas. With a Council committed to avoiding public scrutiny & participation, this is more important than ever, there's never been a more crucial time to support independent journalism, & Oakland Observer.
The Oakland Observer
Reporting the Town's News and Politics
oakland-observer.ghost.io
November 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I'm the last reporter regularly reviewing Council agendas. With a Council committed to avoiding public scrutiny & participation, this is more important than ever, there's never been a more crucial time to support independent journalism, & Oakland Observer.