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DESCRIPTION:This month, San Francisco's longest-running reading series features the 
 economics of Star Trek! Queer poetry! Witches! One woman's first-hand 
 accounts of her weirdest dates! And much, much more!\n\nWhen: Saturday, 
 August 13 from 7:30 PM to 9:30, doors open 6:30\nWho: Juliana Delgado 
 Lopera, Emmanuel Saadia, Carlos Allende, Roberto F. Santiago and Wendy 
 Newman!\nHow much: $5 to $20, all proceeds benefit the CSC\nWhere: The Make 
 Out Room, 3225 22nd. St., SF, CA\n\nAbout the 
 readers/performers:\n\nJuliana Delgado Lopera is an award-winning Colombian 
 writer/educato /oral-historian based in San Francisco. The recipient of the 
 2014 Jackson Literary award, and a finalist of the Clark-Gross Novel award, 
 she’s the author of ¡Cuéntamelo! an illustrated bilingual collection of 
 oral histories by LGBT Latin@ immigrants awarded the Regen Ginaa Grant from 
 Galería de la Raza and a 2014 National Queer Arts Festival Grant from the 
 Queer Cultural Center. Her work has been published in Four Way Review, The 
 Bold Italic, Weird Sister, Revista Canto, Transfer Magazine, Raspa 
 Magazine, Black Girl Dangerous, and SF Weekly among others. She’s 
 performed in countless events around the Bay Area including Action 
 Fiction!, Red Light Lit, Beast Crawl, Lit Quake and lectured at Wayward 
 Writers, SFSU, 826 Valencia. She’s the executive director of RADAR 
 Productions.\n\nEmmanuel Saadia is the author of Trekonomics: The Economics 
 of Star Trek. His work on Trekonomics has been featured in The New York 
 Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, 
 and Business Insider. Manu Saadia is a contributing writer for 
 Fusion.net.\n\nCarlos Allende is the author of Love, or the Witches of 
 Windward Circle: A Horror Farce.\n\nRoberto F. Santiago is a poet, 
 translator, and lead singer in a solo act who produces his own music, and 
 dances rips into his pants. Roberto is the recipient of the 2011 Alfred C. 
 Carey Prize for Poetry. Roberto also writes and produces his own music, and 
 has been known to dance until he rips his pants. His first full-length 
 collection of poems, Angel Park, was released April 2015 by Lethe Press. 
 His poetry has been published in such anthologies/journals as Assaracus - 
 Sibling Rivalry (2014), CURA: A Literary Magazine of Art & Action(2014), 
 Hypothetical: A Review of Everything Imaginable(2014), and The Waiting Room 
 Reader: Stories to Keep you Company - CavanKerry (2013).\n\nWendy Newman is 
 an author, and a dating, sex and relationship coach. Her book 121 First 
 Dates: How to Succeed at Online Dating, Fall in Love and Live Happily Ever 
 After (Really!) has been praised by Access Hollywood, The Wall Street 
 Journal, Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Glamour, Self, 
 and more. She leads workshops, including Dating by Design, The Dating 
 Workshop, and Understanding Men, Power & Partnership.\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/2016/08/08/18789914.php
SUMMARY:Writers With Drinks: Star Trek Economics! Queer Lit! And More!
LOCATION:The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. st.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/08/08/18789914.php
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