Tandem

Welcome to Tandem: a literary journal unlike any other. When you open this book, you'll find a print record of the most beloved performances from an entire season of a hip underground San Francisco-based poetry show (literally… as in, in a basement). Our audience told us what they loved, and the result is an anthology crafted month by month to charm, challenge, and inspire you. Equal parts time capsule, social experiment, and love letter to the oral tradition, Tandem has grown at the crossroads of democracy and snobbery. The poems we've published speak vibrantly and go for the jugular, many while wearing a baby-faced smile. If you think poetry isn't your thing, we invite you to climb inside, read these poems aloud, and see if you still feel the same.