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DESCRIPTION:San Francisco's long-running, short-sighted spoken word series continues 
 with our awesomest lineup ever! \n\nWhen: Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, 7:30 to 
 9:30 PM, doors open at 6:30, we swear!\nWho: Javier Grillo-Marxuach, S. 
 Bear Bergman, Mary Robinette Kowal, Naomi Quiñonez and Kat 
 Richardson!\nWhere: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St. between Mission and 
 Valencia, San Francisco How Much: $3 to $5 sliding scale, all proceeds 
 benefit the EL/LA Program Para Trans-Latinas\n\nAbout the 
 readers/performers:\n\nJavier Grillo-Marxuach created The Middleman, a 
 comic series that became a much-loved TV show on ABC Family. He also worked 
 as a producer on the first two seasons of Lost, and has also written for 
 Charmed, Seaquest: DSV, Medium, Jake 2.0, Boomtown and Dark Skies. He also 
 wrote the Marvel Comics series Annihilation: Super Skrull.\n\nS. Bear 
 Bergman's latest book is The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You. Bergman also 
 wrote Butch Is A Noun, and is co-editing the forthcoming anthology Gender 
 Outlaws: The Next Generation, with Kate Bornstein. Bergman also wrote the 
 "Day Of Remembrance" spoken-word piece which is frequently read at the 
 Transgender Day Of Remembrance nationwide.\n\nMary Robinette Kowal's first 
 novel, Shades Of Milk And Honey, comes out in 2010 from Tor, and a sequel 
 called Glamour In Glass is also forthcoming. Her story "Evil Robot Monkey" 
 was a Hugo finalist, and she won the Campbell Award for best new writer. 
 Her story collection, Scenting The Dark And Other Stories, comes out 
 soon.\n\nNaomi Quiñonez's books of poetry include The Smoking Mirror and 
 Sueno De Colibri: Hummingbird Dream. She also co-edited the anthology 
 Invocation L.A.: Urban Multicultural Poetry.\n\nKat Richardson's novels 
 include the Greywalker series, and her work appears in the anthologies 
 Wolfsbane And Mistletoe and Mean Streets. \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. Follow 
 her on Twitter as charliejane.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/08/18628136.php
SUMMARY:Writers With Drinks with Naomi Quinonez and S. Bear Bergman
LOCATION:The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd Street.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/08/18628136.php
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