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DESCRIPTION:January's Writers With Drinks features race and hop hop in America, the 
 dirty secrets of SIlicon Valley, fabled spoken word performers, and 
 more!\n\nWhen: Saturday, Jan. 14 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, doors open 6:30 
 PM\nWho: Jeff Chang, Antonio Garcia Martinez, Aya de Leon, Jennifer Dronsky 
 and Wendy C. Ortiz\nPLUS SPECIAL GUEST HOST Baruch Porras-Hernandez!\nHow 
 much: $5 to $20, all proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and 
 Culture\nWhere: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St., San Francisco, 
 CA\n\nAbout the readers/performers:\n\nJeff Chang's first book, Can't Stop 
 Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, garnered many honors, 
 including the American Book Award and the Asian American Literary Award. He 
 edited the book, Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop. Who We Be: 
 The Colorization of America was released on October 2014 to critical 
 acclaim. His latest book, We Gon' Be Alright: Notes On Race and 
 Resegregation, was published in September 2016. His next project is a 
 biography of Bruce Lee. Jeff has been a USA Ford Fellow in Literature and a 
 winner of the North Star News Prize. He was named by The Utne Reader as one 
 of "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.” Jeff co-founded 
 CultureStr/ke and ColorLines. He has written for The Guardian, Slate, The 
 Nation, the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Believer, 
 Foreign Policy, N+1, Mother Jones, Salon, and Buzzfeed, among many 
 others.\n\nAntonio Garcia Martinez is the author of Chaos Monkeys: Obscene 
 Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley, which was an NPR Best Book of 
 2016.\n\nWendy C. Ortiz's latest book is the "dreamoir" Bruja. She's also 
 the author of Excavation: A Memoir, and Hollywood Notebook. Her writing has 
 appeared in the New York Times, Hazlitt, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Nervous 
 Breakdown, Fanzine, and a year-long series appeared at McSweeney’s 
 Internet Tendency.\n\nAya de Leon is the author of Uptown Thief, the first 
 book in the Justice Hustlers series. She's the Director of June Jordan’s 
 Poetry for the People at UC Berkeley. She was named best discovery in 
 theater for 2004 by the SF Chronicle for “Thieves in the Temple : The 
 Reclaiming of Hip Hop,” a solo show about fighting sexism and 
 commercialism in hip hop. Also in 2004, she received a Goldie award from 
 the SF Bay Guardian in spoken word for “Thieves…” and her subsequent 
 show “Aya de Leon is Running for President.” In 2005 she was voted 
 “Slamminest Poet” in the East Bay Express, and she also co-hosted the 
 kickoff party for Current TV with Mos Def. Aya has been an artist in 
 residence at Stanford University, a Cave Canem poetry fellow, and a slam 
 poetry champion.\n\nRecently awarded a Certificate of Excellence (it came 
 with the frame), Jennifer Dronsky has been collecting prestigious comedy 
 awards such as “Winner of the first Alameda Comedy Competition” and 
 three-time “Dirty Haiku Battle Champion” at popular Oakland variety 
 show Tourettes Without Regrets. Currently residing in Oakland with her 
 partner, two cats and an ever-mounting collection of tiny porcelain cat 
 figurines. Jennifer draws upon the odd happenings and uncomfortable 
 conversations that seem to be omnipresent in her life. Performing a 
 continuous response to life in a self deprecating “what I wanted to say 
 was this”, sort of way. With her charismatic style and uproarious foul 
 mouth, Jennifer Dronsky is sure to make even your curmudgeonly relatives 
 laugh.\n\nSpecial Guest Host Baruch Porras-Hernandez is a writer, 
 performer, organizer, visual artist, and storyteller based in San 
 Francisco. He has performed in L.A., Washington D.C., NYC, Canada, and all 
 over California. His writing has been published in numerous anthologies, he 
 is a Lambda Literary Fellow in Poetry, he regularly organizes poetry shows 
 in the bay area, and is currently the curator and head organizer for The 
 San Francisco Queer Open Mic and Program Director for ¿Donde Esta Mi 
 Gente? He was born in Toluca, Mexico and grew up in Albany, 
 California.\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/2017/01/01/18795052.php
SUMMARY:Writers With Drinks with Jeff Chang and Aya de Leon!
LOCATION:The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St.
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