a ludicrous & ever-growing list of praise for Evan Karp
“fearless and cogent”
“a joyful and generous soul”
“thoughtful, wonderfully critical … really like”
“an excellent presence … delightful and insightful”
“awesome, encouraging”
“you truly kick ass. the mix of sincerity and vision is stunning”
“great”
“… not only has a bright future, but represents a bright future for books and publishing in the Bay Area”
“a gift from the gods”
“a doll, a great writer, and amazing!”
“fun, enthusiastic and well written”
“i like your style”
“very talented… thorough and thoughtful”
“Evan seems like the kind of guy who would help you change your tire and then ask if he could videotape you tightening all the bolts with a tire iron as if you had done it yourself, which would be weird, and then he would get your address so that he could send you the tape after he edited it so that you could show your girlfriend’s dad that you’re a man (or a woman). I like him a lot.”
“there is a delightful flow to the prose, reminiscent of glacial streams near the headwaters where some spirits still dwell”
“infectious”
“a real knack for capturing a mood and such a damn fine job doing it”
“a man of exquisite taste in shirts, and with a hairstyle that kinda makes me jealous”
“is onto something”
“my fellow dissident bodhisattva”
“surely one of the best people I know”
“should be published”
“like Bob Dylan when he relocated to New York. what did he say? ‘i was born a long way from where i’m supposed to be.’”
“fabulous”
“a great heart”
“almost indispensable”
“berserk with emotion”
Mom
“the ebullience with which you approach your subject, the city and its life-forms, is eloquently rendered in your writing and photographs”
“Evan Karp provides thoughtful and thorough coverage of the Bay Area book scene —he’s a fresh voice and a talented writer who knows how to cultivate and tell a great story”
“you rock, baby!”
“solid writing!”
“i love you evan. keep it high. thank you forever”
“Evan Karp is a force of nature. A creative hurricane, except more organized. Nobody does more for literature in San Francisco than Evan Karp.”
“wowee! inspired.”
“So amazing. Such a gift.”
a “full-on energy and inspiration onslaught.”
“Your’e doing a great job in life, Evan.”
“Evan Karp has so organized the San Francisco literary community in under a year, I believe if he sticks around we might have a whole new literary industry booming beneath his tutelage.”
“Since the moment he stepped on Bay Area soil, Evan Karp has owned the literary beat. He is seemingly everywhere—a different venue for each night of the week.”
“Extra-ordinary!”
“Literary Human of the Year”
“A local literary gadlfy”
“Karp’s approach is scientific, but his results to my mind are a new sort of community artform. … Karp is demonstrating on a nightly basis that book culture is far from dead.”
“One of our best dreams come true.”
Gram & Poppy
