Kirjahaku

Growing up in Berkeley, 1935-1945, and on a hardscrabble farm in Sonoma county, 1945-1952; college in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Berkeley; early marriage and children; beginning to learn about Modernism, writing, and the composition of music. The first thirty years, 1935-1964. 212 pages; b&w photos.

Reflections on daily life, politics, restaurants, art, and history during two months in Rome. With a detailed listing of restaurants. 258 pages; b&w photos by the author.

Berkeley and San Francisco, 1964-1974: a memoir of the beginning of a critic's career in public radio and television and the Oakland Tribune, with notes on musical compositions, a growing family, the early years of Chez Panisse, and the burgeoning art and music scene in the Bay Area at an epochal moment.