Ruby Dee Philippa: PUNK STORYTELLER

Ruby Dee Philippa and 2 friends standing in front of the FLIPPER band van

Dive into Ruby’s tales of life as a punk on the streets of San Francisco back in the day. Most of the stories are more or less true…

bag of tricks trilogy

Bag of Tricks is a compilation of short stories about San Francisco punks in the early 80’s

Bag Of Tricks

latest posts

  • Audio Book release!

    This Friday is the official BAG OF TRICKS audio book release date! You’ll be able to hear me do bad accents and read the stories the way they were meant […]

  • How About Some Punk Comix?

    I’m so excited by this and hope it really happens 🙂 While at the 29 Palms Book Fair, I met the amazingly talented writers and artists from Wimmen’s Comix- which […]

  • Savoir Faire Interview

    Great interview with Savoir Faire though it seems you need a subscription to read… https://www.savfaire.com/post/episode-184-interview-with-ruby-dee-philippa

  • 29 PALMS A BLAST

    I had a great time in 29 Palms this weekend for their 3rd book festival. It was more of a desert and Native-themed event, which makes sense. Either way, I […]

  • no co-opting here!

    I know I’ll have to repeat this a few times or more before folks understand- I wrote these stories based upon my own experiences and those of my cohorts from […]

  • DIY so punk rock

    It’s official- setting up a book tour and related events is exhausting- just like setting up a music tour and related events (ie interviews, reviews, all the travel, housing, promoting, […]