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DESCRIPTION:\nSan Francisco's spoken-word variety show goes noir, with a slew of 
 detective tales, plus literature, poetry and erotica.\n\nWhen: Saturday, 
 Dec. 12, 2009, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM\nWho: Dan Fante, 
 Joshua Mohr, Mark Coggins, Mollena Williams, Meliza Banales and Seanan 
 McGuire\nWhere: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St. between Mission and 
 Valencia, San Francisco\nHow much: $3 to $5 sliding scale, all proceeds 
 benefit the Center for Sex & Culture\n\nAbout the 
 readers/performers:\n\nDan Fante's latest book is 86'd. His previous books 
 are Short Dog, Chump Change, Mooch and Spitting Off Tall Buildings. He's 
 also the author of two plays, The Closer/The Boiler Room, which the L.A. 
 Times described as "ferociously profane," and Don Giovanni. He's written a 
 book of poetry, "A Gin-Pissing-Raw-Meat-Dual-Carburetor-V8-Son-Of-A-Bitch 
 From Los Angeles." He's the son of legendary writer John Fante.\n\nJoshua 
 Mohr is the author of Some Things That Meant The World To Me, which Oprah's 
 O Magazine included among its "10 Terrific Reads of 2009."\n\nMollena 
 Williams is a founding member of the Crowded Fire Theater Company, where 
 she's performed in three solo shows as well as many other productions. 
 She's also an editor with Bondage.com and Alt.com's magazine. She was the 
 co-host of the Queer Open Mic.\n\nMeliza Banales is the author of Say It 
 With Your Whole Mouth and the forthcoming 51 Poems About Nothing At All. 
 She was the first Latina to win a poetry-slam championship in 2002, and won 
 the People Before Profits Poetry Prize that year. Her work has appeared in 
 Revolutionary Voices, Without A Net: The Female Experience of Growing-Up 
 Working-Class, The First Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Change, Baby 
 Remember My Name: New Queer Girl Writing, and Word Warriors.\n\nMark 
 Coggins writes mystery novels starring the wisecracking, jazz-bass-playing 
 P.I. August Riordan. So far, they are The Immortal Game, Vulture Capital, 
 Candy From Strangers, Runoff and The Big Wake-Up.\n\nSeanan McGuire has 
 written two fairy detective novels, Rosemary And Rue and A Local 
 Habitation. Writing as Mira Grant, she's written the zombies-and-bloggers 
 Newsflesh trilogy, which consists of the novels Feed, Blackout and 
 Deadline.\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 published 
 other magazine, which is on hiatus. Follow her on twitter as charliejane. 
 \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/07/18631707.php
SUMMARY:Dan Fante and Mollena Williams at Writers With Drinks
LOCATION:The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St., San Francisco, CA 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/07/18631707.php
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