 Charles Bukowski on the cover of the April 1979 issue. | |
| Categories | Book review |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founder | Ronald Nowicki |
| First issue | April 1975 |
| Final issue | 1997 |
| Company | San Francisco Review of Books |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | San Francisco, California |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0194-0724 |
San Francisco Review of Books (SFRB) was a book review periodical published from the mid-1970s to 1997 in the Bay Area, California, United States. Founding editor-publisher Ronald Nowicki launched his publication April 1975, a time when the San Francisco Chronicle depended on the wire services for its reviews. SFRB began as a magazine and later adopted a tabloid format.
In addition to the reviews and coverage of San Francisco's small press scene, SFRB offered interviews with such authors as Eric Ambler, Ann Beattie, Ray Bradbury, John Kenneth Galbraith, Herbert Gold, Elia Kazan, Jerzy Kosinski, William Kotzwinkle, Henry Miller, and Paul Theroux.