Alvin Orloff
Alvin Orloff is an American writer and bookstore proprietor in San Francisco.
Career
[edit]Orloff spent 21 years as the manager of Dog-Eared Books in San Francisco before purchasing the Castro Street branch and renaming it Fabulosa Books in 2021, on his 60th birthday.[1] In 2022, he launched a "Books Not Bans" program that sent banned books to organizations in conservative areas.[2] Fabulosa Books won the Bay Area Reporter's award for "Favorite Bookstore" for three years in a row.[3]
His debut novel, I Married an Earthling, was described by Publishers Weekly as "queer sci-fi social commentary."[4] His memoir Disasterama! was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Best Memoir/Biography.[5]
Citations
[edit]- ↑ Laird, Cynthia (August 24, 2021). "Gay manager buys Castro's Dog Eared Books". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 2026-05-10.
- ↑ "Castro shop sending LGBTQ books to red states". Bay Area Reporter. 2022. Retrieved 2026-05-10.
- ↑ "Welcome to the 2024 Besties". Bay Area Reporter. 2024. Retrieved 2026-05-10.
- ↑ "I Married an Earthling (review)". Publishers Weekly. August 2000. Retrieved 2026-05-10.
- ↑ "Here are the finalists for the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards!". Literary Hub. March 10, 2020. Retrieved 2026-05-10.