WRITERS WITH DRINKS w/ host Charlie Jane Anders!
$5-20 sliding (all proceeds benefit the Center for Sex & Culture) ~
6:30 door / 7:30pm - 9:45pm
$5-20 sliding (all proceeds benefit the Center for Sex & Culture) ~
6:30 door / 7:30pm - 9:45pm
April's Writers With Drinks features THREE acclaimed, outstanding debut speculative fiction authors. Plus feminist takes on gender and sexuality, hard-hitting journalism, and a punk rock pioneer's memoirs!
When: Saturday, April 13, 2019 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, doors open 7 PM
Who: Saskia Vogel, Susannah Breslin, Michelle Cruz Gonzales,
Mike Chen,Arkady Martine and Peng Shepherd
How much: $5 to $20 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit a local nonprofit TBA
About the readers/performers:
Michelle Cruz Gonzales is the author of The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band. She played drums and wrote lyrics for three bands during the 1980s and 1990s: Bitch Fight, Spitboy, and Instant Girl. In 2001 and 2003, she earned degrees in English/creative writing from Mills College, where she also minored in ethnic studies. Michelle has published in anthologies, literary journals, and Hip Mama magazine. She teaches English and creative writing at Las Positas College, and she enjoys reading her work and lecturing at colleges and art spaces around the country.
Arkady Martine is a speculative fiction writer and, as Dr. AnnaLinden Weller, a historian of the Byzantine Empire and a city planner. Under both names she writes about border politics, rhetoric, propaganda, and the edges of the world. Arkady grew up in New York City and, after some time in Turkey, Canada, and Sweden, lives in Baltimore with her wife, the author Vivian Shaw. Find her online at arkadymartine.net or on Twitter as @ArkadyMartine.
Mike Chen is the author of Here and Now and Then and a lifelong writer. He has contributed to major geek websites (The Mary Sue, The Portalist, Tor), covered the NHL for mainstream media outlets, and is super proud of his Star Trek: TNG fan fiction. A member of SFWA and Codex Writers, Mike lives in the Bay Area, where he can be found playing video games and watching Doctor Who with his wife, daughter, and rescue animals. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram: @mikechenwriter
Peng Shepherd's debut novel, The Book of M, was chosen as an Amazon "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Year," and has been featured on The Today Show, NPR On Point, and in The Guardian, io9 Gizmodo, SYFY Wire, Book Riot, and Elle Canada. She is a graduate of New York University's MFA in Creative Writing program and a winner of the Elizabeth George Foundation's emerging writers grant. Find her at www.pengshepherd.com or on Twitter @pengshepherd.
Susannah Breslin is an investigative journalist and the editor of Forbes Vices. Her investigative reporting, cultural commentary, and personal essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Harper's Bazaar, Salon, Slate, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, The LA Weekly, The San Francisco Chronicle, and many other publications. She has appeared on "Politically Incorrect," CNN, and NPR. In 2008, TIME named her one of the year's best bloggers. She has been described as a "modern-age Studs Terkel" and a "rare commodity online."
Saskia Vogel is the author of Permission. She has written on the themes of gender, power and sexuality for publications such as Granta, The White Review, The Offing, and The Quietus. Her translations include work by leading female authors, such as Katrine Marcal, Karolina Ramqvist and the modernist eroticist Rut Hillarp. Previously, she worked in London as Granta magazine’s global publicist and in Los Angeles as an editor at the AVN Media Network, where she reported on the business of pornography and adult pleasure products.
About Writers With Drinks:
Writers 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.
When: Saturday, April 13, 2019 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, doors open 7 PM
Who: Saskia Vogel, Susannah Breslin, Michelle Cruz Gonzales,
Mike Chen,Arkady Martine and Peng Shepherd
How much: $5 to $20 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit a local nonprofit TBA
About the readers/performers:
Michelle Cruz Gonzales is the author of The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band. She played drums and wrote lyrics for three bands during the 1980s and 1990s: Bitch Fight, Spitboy, and Instant Girl. In 2001 and 2003, she earned degrees in English/creative writing from Mills College, where she also minored in ethnic studies. Michelle has published in anthologies, literary journals, and Hip Mama magazine. She teaches English and creative writing at Las Positas College, and she enjoys reading her work and lecturing at colleges and art spaces around the country.
Arkady Martine is a speculative fiction writer and, as Dr. AnnaLinden Weller, a historian of the Byzantine Empire and a city planner. Under both names she writes about border politics, rhetoric, propaganda, and the edges of the world. Arkady grew up in New York City and, after some time in Turkey, Canada, and Sweden, lives in Baltimore with her wife, the author Vivian Shaw. Find her online at arkadymartine.net or on Twitter as @ArkadyMartine.
Mike Chen is the author of Here and Now and Then and a lifelong writer. He has contributed to major geek websites (The Mary Sue, The Portalist, Tor), covered the NHL for mainstream media outlets, and is super proud of his Star Trek: TNG fan fiction. A member of SFWA and Codex Writers, Mike lives in the Bay Area, where he can be found playing video games and watching Doctor Who with his wife, daughter, and rescue animals. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram: @mikechenwriter
Peng Shepherd's debut novel, The Book of M, was chosen as an Amazon "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Year," and has been featured on The Today Show, NPR On Point, and in The Guardian, io9 Gizmodo, SYFY Wire, Book Riot, and Elle Canada. She is a graduate of New York University's MFA in Creative Writing program and a winner of the Elizabeth George Foundation's emerging writers grant. Find her at www.pengshepherd.com or on Twitter @pengshepherd.
Susannah Breslin is an investigative journalist and the editor of Forbes Vices. Her investigative reporting, cultural commentary, and personal essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Harper's Bazaar, Salon, Slate, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, The LA Weekly, The San Francisco Chronicle, and many other publications. She has appeared on "Politically Incorrect," CNN, and NPR. In 2008, TIME named her one of the year's best bloggers. She has been described as a "modern-age Studs Terkel" and a "rare commodity online."
Saskia Vogel is the author of Permission. She has written on the themes of gender, power and sexuality for publications such as Granta, The White Review, The Offing, and The Quietus. Her translations include work by leading female authors, such as Katrine Marcal, Karolina Ramqvist and the modernist eroticist Rut Hillarp. Previously, she worked in London as Granta magazine’s global publicist and in Los Angeles as an editor at the AVN Media Network, where she reported on the business of pornography and adult pleasure products.
About Writers With Drinks:
Writers 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.
El SUPERRITMO! ~ DJ El Kool Kyle y DJ Roger Más ~
Cumbia, Dancehall, Hip-Hop, Reggaeton, Salsa Buena y mas! ~
$5 before 11pm, $10 after ~ 10:00pm - 2:00am
Cumbia, Dancehall, Hip-Hop, Reggaeton, Salsa Buena y mas! ~
$5 before 11pm, $10 after ~ 10:00pm - 2:00am
| Saturday, April 13th #SuperRitmo Selena birthday edition with an amazing DJ lineup! Special guests Yo Yolie (Las Vegas) Lauren Sovereigns (DJ Chela, NY) residents El Mero Guero Sonidero El Kool Kyle Hosted by Santero |  |
