Rodes Fishburne reads from his first novel, Going to See the Elephant, which tells the story of writer and reporter Slater Brown and his experiences in San Francisco.
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Rodes Fishburne has written for magazines and newspapers, including The *New Yorker*, *The New York Times*, *San Francisco Chronicle Magazine*, and *Forbes ASAP*, where he was the editor of the *Big Issue*, an annual magazine of literary essays from leading writers and thinkers.