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Dave Eggers & San Francisco Writers Join Forces to Keep Kids in College

Lee Daniel Kravetz | Posted 12.27.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Authors, Education, Writers, California, Charity, College, Janis Cooke Newman, Nonprofit, New York Times, Dave Eggers, Schools, McSweeney's, Giving, San Francisco, San Francisco Impact, San Francisco News
Lee Daniel Kravetz

With an ever-widening gap between the number of rich and poor that earn bachelor's degrees, dropping out of college often has devastating effects on their lives. ScholarMatch harnesses technology and the community-at-large to make up these shortfalls.

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Litquake and San Francisco Writers' Grotto Announce Lit Camp

Nicki Richesin | Posted 11.11.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Mayacamas Ranch, Writing Conference, Janis Cooke Newman, Writing, Litquake, Creative Writing, Writing Contests, San-Francisco-Writers-Grotto, Adam Johnson, Jane Ganahl, Po Bronson, The Rumpus, Lit Camp, Ethan Nosowksy, Zyzzyva, 826 Valencia, McSweeney's, San Francisco, The Believer, San Francisco News
Nicki Richesin

There's a new literary camp in town. Litquake and the San Francisco Writers' Grotto have joined their wonder twin powers to form Lit Camp a literary writing intensive with representatives from McSweeney's, The Believer, ZYZZYVA and The Rumpus.

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