Paul Wilner

Monterey, San Francisco

Writer at Freelance

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Articles

The Gazette Looks Back at the Storied History of the San Francisco Examiner

1 week ago | nobhillgazette.com | Paul Wilner

The Monarch butterfly still flies, as the San Francisco Examiner marks its 160th anniversary in June. From its humble origins to the glory days when William Randolph Hearst put his flagship paper on the map, it has been required reading through dizzying decades of tectonic — in both senses of the word — changes. Earthquakes, assassinations, the Beat and hippie movements, the rebirth of the Castro, sports triumphs and tech booms have all been fodder for avid readers.
A Summer Full of Literary Spirit

2 weeks ago | nobhillgazette.com | Paul Wilner

June 1: Caro De Robertis speaks on So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer and Two-Spirit People of Color. De Robertis and author Nayomi Munaweera will be in conversation with narrators from the book — Crystal Mason, Tina V. Aguirre, Landa Lakes and Chino Lee Chung — on the past and present of the trans BIPOC movement. The Marsh Theatre, Berkeley; 3:15 p.m. baybookfest.orgJune 7: Modernist architect Neal J. Z.
Caro De Robertis’ New Oral History Depicts Triumph and Tragedy

2 weeks ago | nobhillgazette.com | Paul Wilner

Defending the rights of marginalized communities is an uphill battle in the best of circumstances, which these are not. The current anti-LGBTQ+ backlash — prominently including President Trump’s post-election executive order declaring that “there are only two genders: male and female” — is only the most recent setback for the movement.
Folk singer Iris Dement renews some valuable old themes on her new tour.

1 month ago | montereycountynow.com | Paul Wilner

“Songs have their time and sometimes that time comes around again,” says Iris Dement, the folk-country-gospel artist who’s been making her musical mark since the release of her first album, Infamous Angel, in 1992.
Folk singer Iris Dement renews some valuable old themes on her new tour.

1 month ago | montereycountyweekly.com | Paul Wilner

“Songs have their time and sometimes that time comes around again,” says Iris Dement, the folk-country-gospel artist who’s been making her musical mark since the release of her first album, Infamous Angel, in 1992.
A new one-night-only Neil Young documentary finds the bard in fine form.

1 month ago | montereycountynow.com | Paul Wilner

Neil Young always keeps it real. His latest venture is Coastal, a limited release film directed by his spouse, Daryl Hannah, that documents his 2023 journey up and down the California coast on a biofueled tour bus, marking his post-Covid return to performances. “This’ll be the first time I’ve played in front of anybody in almost four years,” he allows as they hit the road.
Springing into April with R. Crumb’s return to San Francisco

2 months ago | nobhillgazette.com | Paul Wilner |Byron Spooner

9: Author and screenwriter Kate Folk talks about her debut novel, Sky Daddy, with fellow novelist and McSweeney’s Quarterly editor Rita Bullwinkel. This subversive take on conventional love stories tells the tale of a San Francisco woman who balances her day job as a content moderator and a monthly obsession with taking BART to SFO for a round-trip flight to indulge a secret passion.
Springing into April with Book Events Around the Bay

2 months ago | nobhillgazette.com | Paul Wilner |Byron Spooner

9: Author and screenwriter Kate Folk talks about her debut novel, Sky Daddy, with fellow novelist and McSweeney’s Quarterly editor Rita Bullwinkel. This subversive take on conventional love stories tells the tale of a San Francisco woman who balances her day job as a content moderator and a monthly obsession with taking BART to SFO for a round-trip flight to indulge a secret passion.
Heroes and Villains Surface in a Greek Tragedy of Unimaginable Dimensions

2 months ago | nobhillgazette.com | Paul Wilner

San Francisco–based journalist Jeanne Carstensen’s new book, A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis is a deeply reported account of what happened on October 28, 2015, when a boat carrying refugees from Turkey capsized near the Greek island of Lesvos.
Joan Didion: Separating the Myth from the Message

Feb 27, 2025 | sfexaminer.com | Paul Wilner

‘This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend,” a cynical editor remarks toward the end of “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” co-starring one of multitalented novelist and essayist Joan Didion’s girlhood heroes, John Wayne.