{"id":447449,"date":"2026-08-29T18:48:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T18:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/447449\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T18:48:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T18:48:22","slug":"meet-the-book-readers-of-dolores-park-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/447449\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the book readers of Dolores Park, Pt. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In July, we checked in on the book readers of Dolores Park<\/a>. Here\u2019s part two of literary dive. <\/p>\n

Olivia reading \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d by Emily Bront\u00eb<\/p>\n

\"AOlivia, just finished
\u201cLove in the Time of Cholera,\u201d by Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez and is reading Wuthering Heights, a novel by Emily Bront\u00eb. Photo by Stephen Vincent. <\/p>\n

I just finished Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez\u2019s \u201cLove in The Time of Cholera.\u201d This one is Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s \u201cWuthering Heights.\u201d<\/p>\n

I have never read her.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I want to finish it before the new movie comes out. Were you here at the demonstration against Trump in the park on Friday?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oh, yes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yes, we have to bring this guy down. He is a horrible president and a racist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Enjoy your new Bront\u00eb!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Carolyn reading \u201cImagination: A Manifesto\u201d by Ruha Benjamin<\/p>\n

\"PersonCarolyn reading \u201cImagination: A Manifesto,\u201d by Ruha Benjamin<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a book about systems and the ways one can research and imagine new ones. I am a criminologist. I work for the San Francisco Police Department. I study systems.<\/p>\n

Yes, you can take my picture. I like your project. I\u2019m from Chicago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Do you know Mark Bradford, the painter? He lives and works in Chicago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check out today\u2019s New York Times. Talk about systems and imagination! He is painting a huge mural of Chicago for the outside walls of the Obama Library. Let me write down his name.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Your dreads look very complex and expensive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oh, yes. Next time around it will not be so much. <\/p>\n

They are beautiful.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unknown reader, \u201cThe Fort Bragg Cartel\u201d by Seth Harp<\/p>\n

\"AThe Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Harp, Photo by Stephen Vincent. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s about a very corrupt division in the military. Drugs, murder, they do it all. It\u2019s a good story but bad news.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A music student, \u201cCrime And Punishment\u201d by Fyodor Dostoevsky<\/p>\n

\"PersonA student at the Conservatory of Music, reading \u201cCrime And Punishment ,\u201dby Fyodor Dostoevsky. Photo by Stephen Vincent. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s \u201cCrime and Punishment.\u201d I read it once in High School and did not like it much. Now I love it. It\u2019s a real page turner<\/p>\n

Me? I am Filipino. I go to the Conservatory of Music.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Do you like it?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not really.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What kind of music do you make?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Heavy metal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

David and Calvin, reading \u201cSex, Crime, and Resistance in the Heart of San Francisco\u201d by Randy Shaw\u00a0and \u201cThe Alchemist\u201d by Paulo Coelho<\/p>\n

\"TwoDavid, on the left is reading \u201cSex, Crime, and Resistance in the Heart of San Francisco\u201d by Randy Shaw . Calvin on the right is reading \u201cThe Alchemist,\u201d by Paulo Coelho, Photo by Stephen Vincent. <\/p>\n

David, left, has just started a book on the history of San Francisco\u2019s Tenderloin neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt started after the 1906 Earthquake. Building new residences. It\u2019s fascinating. Me? I work in the Admission\u2019s Office at the University of San Francisco.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Calvin, on the right is reading \u201cThe Alchemist.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt has nothing to do with that. A shepherd boy in Spain has a dream of finding treasures inside the pyramids in Egypt. He is going off to find them. I\u2019m a software engineer.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Do you know each other? They turn to look at each other. No.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The exploration of the Tenderloin and a journey to the Pyramids happening at the same time on the same bench between two people who don\u2019t know each other. Fascinating to imagine the way people sit so close and be so raptly immersed in such different histories.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kayan, reading \u201cBetween Heaven and Hell, A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley\u201d by Peter Kreeft<\/p>\n

\"AKayan, reading \u201cBetween Heaven and Hell, A Dialog Somewhere \u201cBeyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley,\u201d by Peter Kreeft. Photo by Stephen Vincent. <\/p>\n

At last, under a bright white full, Wolf Moon, a night reader. <\/p>\n

I am Stephen. Can I take your picture?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Can I ask your name?<\/p>\n

Kayan\u00a0<\/p>\n

Is it Irish?\u00a0<\/p>\n

No. It is Arabic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What do you do? What\u2019s your calling?\u00a0<\/p>\n

I study acupuncture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is the title of your book?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Between Heaven And Hell.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thank you. Enjoy the book and moon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Felix reading a paper<\/p>\n

\"PersonFelix, reading a report. Photo by Stephen Vincent<\/p>\n

My name is Felix. It\u2019s about mutual-aid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What\u2019s that?\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like what we can do to help each other out. Food, housing, all those things.<\/p>\n

Caven reading \u201cA Real Emergency, Stories from the Ambulance\u201d by Joanna Sokol<\/p>\n

\"ACaven, reading \u201cA Real Emergency, Stories from the Ambulance\u201d by Joanna Sokol. Photo by Stephen Vincent. <\/p>\n

My name is Caven. It\u2019s Scottish. I am about to finish my training to be a driver and work on ambulances. The book is by my teacher and it\u2019s a good one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Why do I want to do it? When you get a 911 call from someone who is alone, to take the call is an awesome responsibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also a good adrenalin rush?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oh yes, that, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In July, we checked in on the book readers of Dolores Park. Here\u2019s part two of literary dive.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[14886,1725,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-447449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-dolores-park","tag-parks","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}