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DESCRIPTION:Writers With Drinks sends you back to school with science fiction, poetry 
 and boxing!\n\nWhen: Saturday, August 10, 2013, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, doors open 
 at 6:30 PM\nWho: Hannu Rajaniemi, Natalie Serber, Aimee Phan, Matt Shears, 
 Mike the Boxer and Susan Calvillo\nWhere: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. 
 St., San Francisco\nHow much: $5 to $10 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit 
 the CSC\n\nAbout the writers/readers:\n\nHannu Rajaniemi is the author of 
 The Quantum Thief, The Fractal Prince and the forthcoming The Causal Angel. 
 The Quantum Thief came in third place in the John W. Campbell Award for 
 Best Science Fiction Novel. He also published a story collection, Words of 
 Birth and Death.\n\nNatalie Serber is the author of Shout Her Lovely Name, 
 and her work has appeared in Knowing Pains: Women on Love, Sex and Work in 
 our 40s, and Air Fare: Stories, Essays and Poems on Flight. She's working 
 on a novel.\n\nAimee Phan is the author of The Reeducation of Cherry 
 Truong. Her first book We Should Never Meet was named a Notable Book by the 
 Kiryama Prize in fiction and a finalist for the 2005 Asian American 
 Literary Awards. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, 
 Guernica, The Rumpus, and The Oregonian.\n\nMichael the Boxer runs "the San 
 Francisco gym where the technorati go for a bloody good workout." He's the 
 author of Fear Into Fuel: Empower the Ageless Fighter Within, plus Boxing: 
 The American Martial Art and Boxing Advanced Tactics and Strategies. He's 
 also a barber, who offers haircuts in his boxing gym.\n\nMatt Shears is the 
 author of 10,000 Wallpapers (Brooklyn Arts Press 2011) and Where a road had 
 been (BlazeVOX 2010). His poetry has been featured in The Boston Review, 
 Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, Volt, Notre Dame Review, and Cutbank, 
 among other journals.\n\nSusan Calvillo blogs at Potential Cadavers. She's 
 an MFA student and her poetry has appeared in New American Writing and 
 Nameless Magazine.\n\nAbout Writers With Drinks:\n\nWriters With Drinks won 
 "Best Literary Night" from the SF Bay Guardian readers' poll six years in a 
 row and was named "Best Literary Drinking" and "Best Literary Hour" by the 
 SF Weekly. And it was namechecked in Armistead Maupin's latest Tales of the 
 City novel. 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 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/08/07/18741096.php
SUMMARY:Writers With Drinks with Hannu Rajaniemi and Natalie Serber
LOCATION:The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/08/07/18741096.php
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