A nub of 47 square miles, much of it punctuated by vertigo-inducing hills, most of it surrounded by ocean water - half of it the open, not-so-tranquil Pacific, the other half the calm, protected currents of a gray-blue bay.UPDATE 8/20: Illustration by Ian Huebert.
Just as San Francisco has been shaped by its dramatic earthquake-scarred, coastal setting, the city, despite its relative youth, has also been defined by legions of writers whose words have brought it to life. Jack London, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Alice Adams, Amy Tan, Michelle Tea - they have all etched the landscape for us.
HT to Orange
Thanks very much for the link! One correction: the map was drawn by Ian Huebert, not Paul Madonna. (Madonna created a different literary map of S.F., viewable here: http://www.826valencia.org/store/shop_sf_lit_map.html )
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