 This month's Writers With Drinks is a fundraiser in support of San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin, who is currently facing a recall campaign. Note: We are strictly requiring proof of vaccination, and audience members must remain masked when they are not actively drinking. |  |
* When: Saturday, May 14, 2022 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, doors open 7 PM
* Who: Jaime Cortez, Ramona Laughing Brook Webb, Josiah Luis Alderete, Shanthi Sekaran and more readers TBA!
* How much: $5 to $20 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit the campaign against recalling Chesa Boudin
* Where: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St., San Francisco, CA
About the readers/performers:
Jaime Cortez is the author of the short story collection Gordo. His fiction, essays, and drawings have appeared in diverse publications that include "Kindergarde: Experimental Writing For Children" (edited 2013 by Dana Teen Lomax for Black Radish Press), "No Straight Lines," a 40-year compendium of LGBT comics (edited 2012 by Justin Hall for Fantagraphics Press), "Street Art San Francisco" (edited 2009 by Annice Jacoby for Abrams Press), and "Infinite Cities," an experimental atlas of San Francisco (edited 2010 by Rebecca Solnit for UC Berkeley Press). He wrote and illustrated the graphic novel "Sexile" for AIDS Project Los Angeles in 2003.
Shanthi Sekaran's most recent novel, The Samosa Rebellion, was written for 8-13 year olds, but it's hopefully the kind of book adults can get into, too. Her most recent adult novel, Lucky Boy (Putnam/Penguin), was named an IndieNext Great Read and an NPR Best Book of 2017. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, Salon.com, LA Review of Books and Huffington Post. When she's not writing books, she writes for television, on the staff of the NBC medical drama, New Amsterdam. Shanthi lives in Berkeley with her family and a cat named Frog.
Josiah Luis Alderete is a full blooded Pocho spanglish speaking poeta and left handed callejero de Aztlán. He was one of the founding members of San Francisco’s outspoken word group The Molotov Mouths and is the host and curator of la Area Bahia's long running monthly Latinx reading series Speaking Axolotl. Last year Josiah’s book of poesia “Baby Axolotl & Old Pochos” was published by Black Freighter Press. He currently makes a living hustling books and tending portals as one of the owners of Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore and Galleria over on 24th Street in the heart of La Mission.
Ramona Laughing Brook Webb is an Afro-Creek Muskogee Queer performing artist and healing artist. Mona is the first Poet-in-Residence at UCSF's National Center of Excellence in Women's Health and UCSF's Black Women's Health and Livelihood, where she works at the intersections of performance art, culture change and improved communications around gender and racial/ethnic disparities and health disparities. Mona Webb also serves as the Associate Artistic Director of San Francisco's Queer Cultural Center, which is the producer of the Bay Area's National Queer Arts Festival.
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.
* Who: Jaime Cortez, Ramona Laughing Brook Webb, Josiah Luis Alderete, Shanthi Sekaran and more readers TBA!
* How much: $5 to $20 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit the campaign against recalling Chesa Boudin
* Where: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St., San Francisco, CA
About the readers/performers:
Jaime Cortez is the author of the short story collection Gordo. His fiction, essays, and drawings have appeared in diverse publications that include "Kindergarde: Experimental Writing For Children" (edited 2013 by Dana Teen Lomax for Black Radish Press), "No Straight Lines," a 40-year compendium of LGBT comics (edited 2012 by Justin Hall for Fantagraphics Press), "Street Art San Francisco" (edited 2009 by Annice Jacoby for Abrams Press), and "Infinite Cities," an experimental atlas of San Francisco (edited 2010 by Rebecca Solnit for UC Berkeley Press). He wrote and illustrated the graphic novel "Sexile" for AIDS Project Los Angeles in 2003.
Shanthi Sekaran's most recent novel, The Samosa Rebellion, was written for 8-13 year olds, but it's hopefully the kind of book adults can get into, too. Her most recent adult novel, Lucky Boy (Putnam/Penguin), was named an IndieNext Great Read and an NPR Best Book of 2017. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, Salon.com, LA Review of Books and Huffington Post. When she's not writing books, she writes for television, on the staff of the NBC medical drama, New Amsterdam. Shanthi lives in Berkeley with her family and a cat named Frog.
Josiah Luis Alderete is a full blooded Pocho spanglish speaking poeta and left handed callejero de Aztlán. He was one of the founding members of San Francisco’s outspoken word group The Molotov Mouths and is the host and curator of la Area Bahia's long running monthly Latinx reading series Speaking Axolotl. Last year Josiah’s book of poesia “Baby Axolotl & Old Pochos” was published by Black Freighter Press. He currently makes a living hustling books and tending portals as one of the owners of Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore and Galleria over on 24th Street in the heart of La Mission.
Ramona Laughing Brook Webb is an Afro-Creek Muskogee Queer performing artist and healing artist. Mona is the first Poet-in-Residence at UCSF's National Center of Excellence in Women's Health and UCSF's Black Women's Health and Livelihood, where she works at the intersections of performance art, culture change and improved communications around gender and racial/ethnic disparities and health disparities. Mona Webb also serves as the Associate Artistic Director of San Francisco's Queer Cultural Center, which is the producer of the Bay Area's National Queer Arts Festival.
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.
