Lou Fancher

A new book by Truong Tran, “How to Exi(s)t: A Poet’s Memoir” (City Lights), brings to mind a strange duo: memories of the movie, Inception, and recent articles about lone-star ticks. The 2010 film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a thief able to invade victims’ subconscious and steal information. He flips the game and attempts to permanently implant, not extract, an idea in his target’s brain. The tick-related troubles, especially this particular pest, are scaling up and spreading. Embedding them them

The Australian Ballet’s first return to Berkeley since 2014 celebrated the company’s 60th anniversary with a ravishingly produced and danced Oscar. Choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon...