The Dream Interrupted: Kevin Starr at the San Francisco Examiner, 1976–83

Friday, January 5, 2024: 4:10 PM
Yosemite B (Hilton Union Square)
Peter Richardson, San Francisco State University
This contribution delves into the SF Examiner archive to depict a young, spunky, and a bit bigoted Kevin Starr, quick to fight with words and representing a much more politically conservative vision of California and San Francisco than Kevin embodies in his later years as State Librarian and USC Professor.