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DESCRIPTION:San Francisco's longest-running spoken word variety show features the 
 amazing Josh Kornbluth as a guest MC, plus an all-star line-up!\n\nWhen: 
 Saturday, August 9, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, doors open 6:30 PM\nWho: Sarah 
 Ladipo Manyika, Anne Leonard, Madison Young, Myriam Gurba and guest MC Josh 
 Kornbluth!\nHow much: $5 to $10, all proceeds benefit the Center for Sex 
 and Culture\nWhere: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St., San 
 Francisco\n\nAbout the readers/performers:\n\nGuest MC Josh Kornbluth is a 
 prolific monologuist and performer, whose monologues include Love and 
 Taxes, The Mathematics of Change, Ben Franklin Unplugged, Citizen Josh, 
 Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews?, and Sea of Reeds. He hosted the Josh 
 Kornbluth Show on KQED. He's also made three movies: Haiku Tunnel, Red 
 Diaper Baby, and Strange Culture, plus an appearance in Teknolust.\n\nSarah 
 Ladipo Manyika was raised in Nigeria and has lived in Kenya, France, and 
 England. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and 
 currently teaches literature at San Francisco State University. Her writing 
 includes essays, academic papers, reviews and short stories. Sarah's first 
 novel, In Dependence, is published by Legend Press (London) and Cassava 
 Republic Press (Abuja).\n\nMyriam Gurba's books are Dahlia Season (Manic 
 D), Wish You Were Me (Future Tense), menudo & Herb (self-published), and A 
 White Girl Named Shaquanda (self-published). She blogs at 
 Lesbrain.Wordpress.com and RADAR Productions.\n\nMadison Young's serves as 
 the Artistic Director of the forward thinking non-profit arts organization, 
 Femina Potens Art Gallery. Young's writings have been published in The 
 Ultimate Guide to Kink, Baby Remember My Name, Rope, Bondage, and Power, 
 Best Sex Writing of 2013, and Johns. Marks, Tricks, and Chickenhawks as 
 well as her recent memoir, "Daddy: A Memoir". She serves as the Director of 
 Programming at the DIY maker space Hacker Moms in Berkeley.\n\nAnne Leonard 
 has been writing fantasy and other fiction since she was fourteen and 
 finally, after a career with as many detours as Odysseus, published her 
 first novel, Moth and Spark, in February. She has a lot of letters after 
 her name that are useful when trying to impress someone. She has worked in 
 libraries, academia, and the legal field, and before becoming a full-time 
 writer was a practicing attorney.\n\n\nAbout Writers With 
 Drinks:\n\nWriters With Drinks has won numerous "Best ofs" from local 
 newspapers, and has been mentioned in 7x7, Spin Magazine and one of 
 Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City novels. The spoken word "variety show" 
 mixes genres to raise money for local 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/2014/08/04/18759529.php
SUMMARY:Writers With Drinks, featuring guest host Josh Kornbluth!
LOCATION:The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/08/04/18759529.php
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