Independent Press Spotlight: ColorLines & LiP Magazine

Intersection's series focusing on local independent publishing houses provides a unique opportunity to meet some of our leading local writers, publishers, and performers and learn first-hand what drives the Bay Area's local independent publishing community.

ColorLines Magazine (est. 1998) is the first national, multi-racial magazine devoted to covering the politics and creations of communities of color, and features Tram Nguyen, who reads from her book We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant America After 9/11. Bay Area stage performers Melyssa Jo Kelly, Anna Maria Luera and Danny Wolohan read from Good for the 'Hood? by Anmol Chaddha, an article about Wal-Mart's push for expansion into poor and urban communities, published in ColorLines Magazine's Summer 2005 issue.

LiP Magazine (est. 1996) gives voice to those working for a sustainable society rooted in cooperation and diversity, and features Brian Awehali, who reads from Opt Out by Dave Barringer. Bay Area stage performers Melyssa Jo Kelly, Anna Maria Luera and Danny Wolohan read from three pieces published in LiP Magazine: One Beautiful Summer Day by Neal Pollack; Drying Up: The Global Water Privatization Pandemic by Kari Lydersen & Cleo Woelfle-Erskine; and Government That Doesn't Suck, an article exploring the urban planning practices of Curitiba and Belo Horizonte, Brazil.