Saturday, February 19, 2011

Reminder: Writers With Drinks at the Make Out Room @ Sat Feb 19 7:30pm - 9:30pm (Queer Things)

Writers With Drinks at the Make Out Room

Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM
What: WRITERS WITH DRINKS
Featuring: Hanne Blank, Trinie Dalton, Jason Morris, Ernest Callenbach and
Alex Koll
Location: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St. between Mission and Valencia,
San Francisco
Admission: $5 to $10 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit the CSC.

About the readers/performers:

Hanne Blank is the author of Virgin: The Untouched History, Unruly Appetites
and Big Big Love: A Sourcebook on Sex for People of Size and Those Who Love
Them. She also edited or co-edited the anthologies Shameless: Women's
Intimate Erotica, Best Transgender Erotica and Zaftig: Well Rounded Erotica.
Her writing has appeared in Penthouse, In These Times, Southwest Art,
Lilith, Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, the Baltimore CityPaper,
the Boston Phoenix and many others.

Trinie Dalton co-edited the book Dear New Girl Or Whatever Your Name Is, and
edited the anthology Mythtym, about mirror horror. She also put out the
books Sweet Tomb, Wide Eyed and A Unicorn Is Born. Wide Eyed was part of
Dennis Cooper's Little House on the Bowery series, released by Akashic
Press.

Jason Morris edits Big Bell Magazine and works as a bartender. His poems
have appeared in Parthenon West Review, Fourteen Hills, Ping Pong, Mirage #4
Period(ical), Forklift, Ohio and elsewhere.

Ernest Callenbach is the author of the green utopias Ecotopia and Ecotopia
Emerging. More recently he put out the books Living Cheaply With Style: Live
Better and Spend Less and Bring Back the Buffalo!: A Sustainable Future for
America's Great Plains.

Alex Koll performed in the "New Faces" showcase at the prestigious Montreal
Just For Laughs Festival, garnering a "Best of New Faces" nod. He appears on
Comedy Central's "Live At Gotham" 2009 season, and has also performed at the
SXSW, Vancouver, The Bridgetown Comedy Festival, SF SketchFest and the
Bentzen Ball. As a filmmaker, Alex has created award-winning videos for
IFC.com, SuperDeluxe.com, Revision3, and Rooftop Comedy.

About Writers With Drinks:

Writers With Drinks has won "Best Literary Night" from the SF Bay Guardian
readers' poll six years in a row and was named "Best Literary Drinking" by
the SF Weekly. The spoken word "variety show" mixes genres to raise money
for local worthy 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
Sat Feb 19 7:30pm – 9:30pm Pacific Time
Calendar
Queer Things
Who
larrybob@gmail.com - creator

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