San Francisco, CA -- Heyday Books held their second annual
New California Writing 2012 event at the
California Historical Society headquarters. It was a true gift to hear California writers read from their published stories that appear in the 2012 anthology. But, I was there on a mission: to shake the hand of Malcolm Margolin, founder and owner of
Heyday Books who wrote my favorite book on the California Indian
The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco–Monterey Bay Area published over 25 years ago and still relevant today.
There were plenty of people in line to say hello to Malcolm
and when I got my turn, I babbled on about how much the book meant to me and
that the view from my apartment at Basecamp overlooks the Emeryville Shell
Mound and before I got a chance to tell him that sometimes I pretend that I am
an Ohlone Indian wearing a deer skin coat, and grind acorns with the other
women while singing songs someone else swooped Malcolm away, which was probably
a good thing for him. I raise my glass
to a man who’s made a huge difference in California literature. Here's to you Malcolm!
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