San Francisco's longest-running spoken word night is back, with Gabby Rivera, acclaimed author of Juliet Takes a Breath and writer of AMERICA, Marvel Comics' first queer Latina superhero. Also featuring Helen Phillips, author of The Need and The Beautiful Bureaucrat, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 2015. And Sarah Gailey, author of Magic For Beginners and American Hippo. Plus poets Troy Jollimore (Syllabus of Errors) and Natasha Dennerstein (Turn and Face the Strange), and critic Grace Lavery (Quaint, Exquisite: Victorian Aesthetics and the Idea of Japan.) Hosted by Charlie Jane Anders.