The Grotto is a place. Or, it is a hypothesis about "Place", which we have been testing for some time. The hypothesis is that
working writers will be more productive (and have more courage to pursue the kind of writing they really want to do) if they work in a community of writers—if they surround
themselves with other writers pursuing this same vague ambition. The writers and filmmakers at the Grotto are not united by anything more than that—not by any school of thought,
or style, or genre. Our differences rub off on each other, informally, and we grow into talents we didn't even know we had.
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Links
Inside Storytime
A reading series happening Thursday nights at Cafe Royale, San Francisco.
Litquake
San Francisco's annual Litquake literary festival was founded by Bay Area writers as a week-long literary spectacle for book lovers, complete with cutting-edge panels, unique cross-media events, and hundreds of readings.
San Francisco Writer's Grotto
The Grotto began in 1994, when Po Bronson, Ethan Watters and Ethan Canin rented a six room flat in a rundown Victorian on upper Market Street,
to use exclusively as a workspace. It was, at the time, a unique proposition: an office for the creative self-employed, people who by definition don't
need to punch a clock, and it took a while for the concept to be fully understood. Early misconceptions were that the Grotto was a clubhouse or bohemian
retreat, not a place where artists welcomed the discipline of structuring their work lives, and building a community of peers.
San Francisco Writer's Workshop
The San Francisco Writers Workshop provides a forum for writers to share their ongoing work and receive constructive critique from other writers.
Slouch Magazine
An erratically published West Coast-centric journal of fiction, book reviews and industry news.
SoMa Literary Review
New Voices From San Francisco's Subculture.
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