dispatches
Veld fires and sunburnt Germans
Cape Town needs all the water pistols it can get.
Xander Beattie
California-based novelist who wrote "The President" (PRONK, 2025). Collector of fountain pens, secondhand books and swimming spots.
field notes
As streetlights begin stroking the sky’s underbelly
The dusk is busier now.
conversations
“The label wouldn’t exist if I hadn’t moved to San Francisco.”
An interview with Josh Cheon, owner of the San Francisco-based indy record label and publisher Dark Entries.
field notes
A Sea Point pilgrimage
It's wonderful to be back.
field notes
California flaunts herself
Goodbye (for now) to the Golden State.
field notes
The last days
Inside a soft, smothering storm.
field notes
Back at the Ranch
The Sea Ranch between storms.
Daffodils in December
A yellow Christmas? No thanks.
field notes
Around town
Scenes from San Francisco.
field notes
Winter in Los Angeles
Sun. Yum.
conversations
“Those poems will live forever”
An interview with the poet Kevin Bertolero, publisher of the gay poetry journal "& Change".
field notes
Hills like islands
California from the window seat.