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.
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.