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DESCRIPTION:San Francisco's most eclectic reading series is back, with Canadian 
 literary star Derek McCormack and science fiction legend Rudy 
 Rucker!\n\nDate: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, doors open at 
 7:00 PM\nWhat: WRITERS WITH DRINKS\nFeaturing: Derek McCormack, Hugh 
 Behm-Steinberg, Rudy Rucker and Chelsea Martin\nLocation: The Make Out 
 Room, 3225 22nd. St. between Mission and Valencia, San 
 Francisco\nAdmission: $3 to $5 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit the 
 CSC.\n\nAbout the readers/performers:\n\nDerek McCormack's books include 
 The Show That Smells, The Haunted Hillbilly, Christmas Days, Grab Bag and 
 Western Suit. His book Wild Mouse was nominated for a 1999 City Of Toronto 
 Book Award. The Haunted Hillbilly appeared on the Village Voice's 2004 list 
 of the best books of the year.\n\nRudy Rucker is the author of 
 Postsingular, and its new sequel, Hylozoic. His past books include the 
 "Ware" series, Mathematicians In Love, The Hacker And The Ants, White Light 
 and Mathematicians In Love. His non-fiction includes The Lifebox, The 
 Seashell and the Soul.\n\nHugh Behm-Steinberg's books of poetry include Shy 
 Green Fields and Sorcery. He teaches at California College of the Arts, 
 where he's the faculty editor of Eleven Eleven. He's the co-publisher of 
 MaCaHu Press.\n\nShilpa Agarwal is the author of Haunting Bombay, which won 
 a First Worlds prize for South Asian writers.\n\nChelsea Martin is the 
 author of Everything Was Fine Until Whatever. The Rumpus called her "a 
 happening waiting to accident."\n\nAbout Writers With Drinks:\nWriters With 
 Drinks has won "Best Literary Night" from the SF Bay Guardian readers' poll 
 five years in a row and was named "Best Literary Drinking" by the SF 
 Weekly. The spoken word "variety show" mixes genres to raise money for 
 local worthy causes. The award-winning show includes poetry, stand-up 
 comedy, science fiction, fantasy, romance, mystery, literary fiction, 
 erotica, memoir, zines and blogs in a freewheeling format.\n\nHostess 
 Charlie Jane Anders blogs about science fiction and futurism at io9.com. 
 She's the author of the Lambda Award-winning Choir Boy (2005 Soft Skull 
 Press) and the co-editor, with Annalee Newitz, of She's Such A Geek (Seal 
 Press 2007). She also publishes other magazine. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/08/18606175.php
SUMMARY:Writers With Drinks featuring Derek McCormack
LOCATION:The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd St., San Francisco, CA 94110
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/08/18606175.php
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