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DESCRIPTION:This month, Writers With Drinks features a fantasy version of Venice, real 
 stories of space, Afro-Futurism, and tons more!\n\nWhen: Saturday May 21 
 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, doors open 6:30 PM\nWhat: WRITERS WITH 
 DRINKS!\nWho: Guy Gavriel Kay, David Lau, Yangsze Choo, Kwan Booth and 
 Ariel Waldman!\nHow much: $5 to $20, all proceeds benefit the CSC [Center 
 for Sex and Culture]\nWhere: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St., San 
 Francisco, CA\n\nAbout the readers/performers:\n\nGuy Gavriel Kay's latest 
 novel is Children of Earth and Sky. His previous novels include River of 
 Stars, Under Heaven, Ysabel, The Last Light of the Sun, The Sarantine 
 Mosaic, The Lions of Al-Rassan, A Song for Arbonne, Tigana and The Fionavar 
 Tapestry. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his 
 work in literature of the fantastic and won the World Fantasy Award for 
 Ysabel in 2008. In 2014 he was named to the Order of Canada, the 
 country’s highest civilian honor. His work has been translated into more 
 than twenty-five languages.\n\nAriel Waldman is the author of What’s It 
 Like in Space?: Stories from Astronauts Who’ve Been There and the 
 co-author of a congressionally-requested National Academy of Sciences study 
 on the future of human spaceflight. She's the founder of Spacehack.org, a 
 directory of ways to participate in space exploration, and the global 
 director of Science Hack Day, a 20-countries-and-growing grassroots 
 endeavor to make things with science. She sits on the council for NASA 
 Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC), a program that nurtures radical, 
 sci-fi-esque ideas that could transform future space missions. She is also 
 a fellow at Institute for the Future. In 2013, Ariel received an honor from 
 the White House for being a Champion of Change in citizen 
 science.\n\nYangsze Choo's debut novel The Ghost Bride is a historical 
 fantasy set in 1890s colonial Malaya and the Chinese world of the dead. It 
 was an Oprah.com Book of the Week, NYTimes bestseller, Carnegie Medal 
 nominee, Indie Next List Pick, Barnes & Noble Fall 2013 Discover Great New 
 Writers selection, Indigo Spotlight Pick, Goodreads Choice Award Finalist 
 for Best Fantasy , Glamour Magazine Beach Read, Good Housekeeping Magazine 
 August Book Pick.\n\nDavid Lau's first book of poetry, Virgil and the 
 Mountain Cat, was described by the Believer as "simultaneously creative and 
 destructive … grounded in—or rather, trapped by—the present." He was 
 chosen as a Poetry Society of America New American Poet. Lau is also the 
 author of the chapbook Bad Opposites (2012). With Cal Bedient, he edits the 
 journal Lana Turner.\n\nKwan Booth is the editor of Black Futurists Speak: 
 an Anthology of New Black Writing and producer of the Black Futurists 
 Speaks literary series. He is currently editing a book on transformative 
 leadership and management for arts organizations through a grant from the 
 Emerging Arts Professionals Bay Area. He is also the creator of the Soul of 
 Oakland and “Sit Next to a Black Person Month.” community media 
 projects.\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/2016/05/09/18786253.php
SUMMARY:Guy Gavriel Kay at Writers With Drinks
LOCATION:The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/09/18786253.php
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