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The Spot: The Bay Area's Book Burglar

We set out on a search for Brautigan in a San Francisco library.

This week on KALW's showcase for the best stories from public radio podcasts and independent radio producers... 

Credit Julienne Alexander
thisiscriminal.com

"Ex Libris," produced by Lauren Spohrer for the podcast Criminal, June 2015.

In the late 1990’s, San Francisco was host to a very unique burglar. One who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of rare books, with zero intent of reselling them. Why? You’ll have to listen to find out.

You can find a link to subscribe to Criminal at radiotopia.fm, and hear back episodes at their website. Also, the team at Criminal are putting on a live event in San Francisco on November 14th at Social Hall SF. Check out all the details here.

"Searching for Brautiganisms" produced by Ashleyanne Krigbaum, October 2015.

 

Credit Ashleyanne Krigbaum
A non-fictional letter sent to a fictional library.

Also on today's episode of The Spot, we feature a short radio jaunt to a literary location in San Francisco. You can see more photos from the display case at the Presidio branch of the San Francisco Public Library by clicking here, and you check out the library's display for Richard Brautigan’sThe Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 everyday of the week. Find out more details at SFPL.org.

This week's episode featured music from: Black Moth Super Rainbow, Henry Mancini, Bo Diddley, Air, Explosions in the Sky, and Comet Gain.

If you have a suggestion for a podcast or an audio project we should feature, please drop us a line at thespot@kalw.org.

Tune in next week for another episode of The Spot, only on KALW San Francisco.