Paolo Bicchieri
is a writer living on the coast. He’s also worked with education nonprofits and farmworker unions, interviewed coffee growers and rappers, and worked the line at bars and restaurants from McDonald’s to Tartine.
Eater
SF Examiner
KQED
Palo Alto Weekly
Sunset Beacon
Standart
Evil Geniuses
Artist Statement
My poetry, journalism, and speaking centers and celebrates counter-narration. The telling of stories that represent historically underrepresented viewpoints, often in the realm of
- labor models
- agriculture
- immigrant stories
- plant-based foods
- coffee
Recent Writing
KQED
A New Taco Stand is Bringing Indigenous Flavors to the Outer Sunset
BrokeAss Stuart
The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Proves San Francisco Is Still Amazing
BrokeAss Stuart
Welcome to The Bay Area's New Writing Golden Age
Eater SF
Meet the Woman Behind San Francisco’s Casual Korean Dining Empire
Apartment Therapy
How Hosting a Chaotic, Queer Dinner Party Can Be So Affirming
Eater SF
Travel the Tenderloin’s Coffee Shops With a Yemeni Coffee Savant
Eater
I Can’t Seem to Give Up My Diner Coffee (Even Though I Know I Should)
Books
Familial Animals
Sword in the Darkness
Judas America Bound
Eight Gods