Yogis, Jaimal

Jaimal Yogis wrote Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer’s Quest to Find Zen on the Sea, which is the subject of a forthcoming documentary. He has written for The Washington Post and The Chicago Tribune, among others.

Words and Waves: An Evening of Surf Lit

Litquake's first-ever surf-themed event combines specialty cocktails, videos, music, and readings in a heady mix that's sure to result in a great party!

If you think that the surfing scene only includes dunderheaded slackers who can't put two sentences together, prepare to be stunned by the eloquence of these authors' words about the lifestyle, the joys of riding the waves, and the humbling powers of nature.

To be held—where else?—at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. Co-sponsored by the Park Chalet, and featuring deluxe Blue Angel Vodka cocktails. Emceed by surfing environmental lawyer Mark Massara.

With Krista Comer and Elizabeth Pepin, Doug Dorst, Daniel Duane, Thomas Farber, Steven Kotler, emcee Mark Massara, Michael Scott Moore, Matt Warshaw, and Jaimal Yogis.



Admission: $5-10 donation entitles you to order off the Happy Hour menu all night!

Warshaw, Matt

Matt Warshaw is the former editor of Surfer magazine. A lifelong surfer, he is the author of numerous books on surfing, his most recent being The History of Surfing, published by Chronicle Books.

Moore, Michael Scott

Michael Scott Moore is the author of Sweetness and Blood: How Surfing Spread from Hawaii and California to the Rest of the World, With Some Unexpected Results, and the surf-themed novel Too Much of Nothing.

Massara, Mark

Emcee Mark Massara is an environmental lawyer, an Ocean Beach surfer and a leading expert on coastal conservation, having worked for both the Sierra Club and the Surfrider Foundation. He writes for surfing and environmental publications.

Kotler, Steven

Steven Kotler is the author of West of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origin of Belief; A Small, Furry Prayer; and the novel The Angle Quickest For Flight. He lives in New Mexico with his wife and too many dogs.

Farber, Thomas

Thomas Farber is the recipient of Guggenheim, National Endowment, Rockefeller, and Fulbright fellowships for fiction, and author of water-works including The Face of the Deep and essays for marine photographer Wayne Levin. He teaches at UC Berkeley.

Duane, Daniel

Daniel Duane is a journalist and author or co-author of seven books, including the acclaimed Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast. Esquire has called Dan “Henry David Thoreau on a fiberglass board.”

Comer, Krista and Elizabeth Pepin

Krista Comer and Elizabeth Pepin collaborated on Surfer Girls in the New World Order. Comer is associate professor of English at Rice University in Houston, Texas. She is completing a memoir, 766 Valencia Street, and is also author of Landscapes of the New West. Pepin is a photographer, writer, filmmaker, and surfer whose images have appeared in numerous museums, galleries, and magazines, and in five books on women's surfing.

Dorst, Doug

Doug Dorst's  story collection The Surf Guru was published in July by Riverhead. His first book, the novel Alive in Necropolis, was San Francisco’s 2009 One City/One Book pick. He currently lives in Austin, Texas.