Favorite Books
The Hours (Michael Cunningham), Alias Olympia (Eunice Lipton), Too Close to the Falls (Catherine Gildiner), The Keeper of Memory (Irene Reti), Ghosts of Berlin (Brian Ladd), A Family of Strangers (Deborah Tall), Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (John Perkins), A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn), Collections of Nothing (William Davies King)...
What I'm Reading
The Worst Hard Time (Timothy Egan)
Favorite Authors
Joan Didion, Violette LeDuc, Marilynne Robinson, Angela Carter, Romain Gary...
Influences
Ellen Bass, Fenton Johnson, Bill Hayes
About Jim
Jim Van Buskirk's essays have been featured in various books, newspapers, magazines, radio broadcasts, and websites. Jim co-authored (with Susan Stryker) Gay by the Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area (Chronicle Books, 1996), and (...
Causes Jim Van Buskirk Supports
Friends of the Urban Forest, Los Angeles Conservancy, No on 8, Authors Guild, National Trust for Historic Preservation, American Association of Museums
Jim’s Favorite Books
The Hours (Michael Cunningham), Alias Olympia (Eunice Lipton), Too Close to the Falls (Catherine Gildiner), The Keeper of Memory (Irene Reti), Ghosts of Berlin...