Marilyn Chase
@marilynchase.bsky.social
I’m an author, journalist and teacher, keen on books, art and history!
You must believe in spring…
February 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
You must believe in spring…
Heavenly centenary to artist Ruth Asawa, who would be 100 today!
January 25, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Heavenly centenary to artist Ruth Asawa, who would be 100 today!
Scene from Sunday’s ICE OUT demo at Ocean Beach San Francisco. Peaceful, focused, determined to put spotlight on food, housing, health over race-baiting, deportation and violence
January 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Scene from Sunday’s ICE OUT demo at Ocean Beach San Francisco. Peaceful, focused, determined to put spotlight on food, housing, health over race-baiting, deportation and violence
SF’s last sunset of 2025 was a beauty! (Rain is forecast for New Year’s Eve.) May it augur well for 2026 for us all!
December 31, 2025 at 2:13 AM
SF’s last sunset of 2025 was a beauty! (Rain is forecast for New Year’s Eve.) May it augur well for 2026 for us all!
Renee Anne Richards (1959-2025), a force of nature in law and music, was celebrated Sunday by her band, all those lucky to have been her friends, her husband John & son James
December 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Renee Anne Richards (1959-2025), a force of nature in law and music, was celebrated Sunday by her band, all those lucky to have been her friends, her husband John & son James
Thrilled and humbled that my life of artist Ruth Asawa will be published in Japan by Shoshikankanbou. Thanks to my agents at HG Literary, readers in her parents’ homeland can read about her journey in their own language!
September 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thrilled and humbled that my life of artist Ruth Asawa will be published in Japan by Shoshikankanbou. Thanks to my agents at HG Literary, readers in her parents’ homeland can read about her journey in their own language!
And summer 2025 is a wrap!
September 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
And summer 2025 is a wrap!
Join me tomorrow Aug 21 at 12 (PDT) in conversation about the genius of artist Ruth Asawa on “Press Play” on KCRW 89.9 FM. Los Angeles’ NPR affiliate. Or listen anytime on KCRW.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Join me tomorrow Aug 21 at 12 (PDT) in conversation about the genius of artist Ruth Asawa on “Press Play” on KCRW 89.9 FM. Los Angeles’ NPR affiliate. Or listen anytime on KCRW.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand
To all professionals and retirees in the journalism … world, join the challenge to post a photo of yourself in your job. Just a picture… The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post a picture on your page.
India, 2004
India, 2004
August 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To all professionals and retirees in the journalism … world, join the challenge to post a photo of yourself in your job. Just a picture… The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post a picture on your page.
India, 2004
India, 2004
Today at 1:30, I’m honored to join the Society for Asian Art in convo about Ruth Asawa at SF’s Asian Art Museum
July 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Today at 1:30, I’m honored to join the Society for Asian Art in convo about Ruth Asawa at SF’s Asian Art Museum
Met many cool readers and friends at SF Art Book Fair! Thanks Kristen Hewitt and @chroniclebooks.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Met many cool readers and friends at SF Art Book Fair! Thanks Kristen Hewitt and @chroniclebooks.bsky.social
Tonight! SF Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Project.Come get a book signed. EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHED: THE LIFE OF RUTH ASAWA. @chroniclebooks.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Tonight! SF Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Project.Come get a book signed. EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHED: THE LIFE OF RUTH ASAWA. @chroniclebooks.bsky.social
Join me for a workshop on Ruth Asawa at SF Asian Art Museum on July 18 at 1:30pm, sponsored by Society for Asian Art. Details at societyforasianart.org!
July 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Join me for a workshop on Ruth Asawa at SF Asian Art Museum on July 18 at 1:30pm, sponsored by Society for Asian Art. Details at societyforasianart.org!
Join me for book signing on @ruthasawaofficial Thurs. eve July 10 at Minnesota Street Project for SF ART BOOK FAIR 2025!
June 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Join me for book signing on @ruthasawaofficial Thurs. eve July 10 at Minnesota Street Project for SF ART BOOK FAIR 2025!
@RuthAsawaOfficial sculpture inspired these flower designs for this year’s @BouquetstoArt at @deyoungmuseum.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
@RuthAsawaOfficial sculpture inspired these flower designs for this year’s @BouquetstoArt at @deyoungmuseum.bsky.social
Fragrance of summer!
May 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Fragrance of summer!
Ride4aReason cyclists pedaled 100 mi to CA capital to raise $216K for Oakland area school kids. Bravo and thanks, riders!
May 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Ride4aReason cyclists pedaled 100 mi to CA capital to raise $216K for Oakland area school kids. Bravo and thanks, riders!
A story I was privileged to do at @wsj.com was reporting on AIDS prevention in 2004 by Avahan & local teams working with @gatesfoundation.bsky.social - here’s hoping future leaders will restore funding to global partnerships fighting AIDS, malaria, TB & hunger together!
May 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A story I was privileged to do at @wsj.com was reporting on AIDS prevention in 2004 by Avahan & local teams working with @gatesfoundation.bsky.social - here’s hoping future leaders will restore funding to global partnerships fighting AIDS, malaria, TB & hunger together!
Excited to read this new book Ruth Asawa and the Artist Mother at Midcentury! Congrats Jordan Troeller & #MitPress@bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Excited to read this new book Ruth Asawa and the Artist Mother at Midcentury! Congrats Jordan Troeller & #MitPress@bsky.social
On #independentbookstoreday, hat tip to @bookshopwestportalsf.bsky.social for fun author events & good reads!
April 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
On #independentbookstoreday, hat tip to @bookshopwestportalsf.bsky.social for fun author events & good reads!
Look what a friend sent from NY- my book in McNally Jackson in SoHo! Thanks @lydiachavez.bsky.social!
April 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Look what a friend sent from NY- my book in McNally Jackson in SoHo! Thanks @lydiachavez.bsky.social!
Thanks to @ruthstable.bsky.social for hosting my book signing of Evwrything she Touched! @chroniclebooks.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Thanks to @ruthstable.bsky.social for hosting my book signing of Evwrything she Touched! @chroniclebooks.bsky.social
Behind her lovely art: 100 things you didn’t know about Ruth Asawa.
-At 3, she almost died of diphtheria.
- At 17, she took on US attorneys to get her father out of a NM prison.
-At 23, she defied racist laws to marry the man she loved.
Join us at @Ruthstablesf for book signing 1-3 pm Sat. 4/19 !
-At 3, she almost died of diphtheria.
- At 17, she took on US attorneys to get her father out of a NM prison.
-At 23, she defied racist laws to marry the man she loved.
Join us at @Ruthstablesf for book signing 1-3 pm Sat. 4/19 !
April 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Behind her lovely art: 100 things you didn’t know about Ruth Asawa.
-At 3, she almost died of diphtheria.
- At 17, she took on US attorneys to get her father out of a NM prison.
-At 23, she defied racist laws to marry the man she loved.
Join us at @Ruthstablesf for book signing 1-3 pm Sat. 4/19 !
-At 3, she almost died of diphtheria.
- At 17, she took on US attorneys to get her father out of a NM prison.
-At 23, she defied racist laws to marry the man she loved.
Join us at @Ruthstablesf for book signing 1-3 pm Sat. 4/19 !
Thrilled to sign copies of my book on artist Ruth Asawa, this Sat. Apr. 19, from 1-3pm at Ruth’s Table at 3160 21st St. in SF’s Mission District. Join us!
April 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Thrilled to sign copies of my book on artist Ruth Asawa, this Sat. Apr. 19, from 1-3pm at Ruth’s Table at 3160 21st St. in SF’s Mission District. Join us!
If you’re in SF, join me at Ruth’s Table for a book signing Saturday 4/19 at 1 pm! For far flung friends, I’ll do a zoom chat about EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHED: THE LIFE OF RUTH ASAWA Tuesday 4/15 5-6 pm PDT.
@chroniclebooks.bsky.social
@chroniclebooks.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If you’re in SF, join me at Ruth’s Table for a book signing Saturday 4/19 at 1 pm! For far flung friends, I’ll do a zoom chat about EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHED: THE LIFE OF RUTH ASAWA Tuesday 4/15 5-6 pm PDT.
@chroniclebooks.bsky.social
@chroniclebooks.bsky.social