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SUMMARY:Writers With Drinks featuring Shobha Rao!
DESCRIPTION:Writers With Drinks continues to mix up your spoken word c
 ategories---with literature, activism, food writing, poetry and MORE! 
  When: Saturday, March 11 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, doors open 6:30 PM 
 What: WRITERS WITH DRINKS! Who: Shobha Rao, L.A. Kauffman, Paul Vangel
 isti, Aviva Siegel, and Leena Trivedi-Grenier! How much: $5 to $20, al
 l proceeds benefit the CSC Where: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St., S
 an Francisco, CA  About the readers/performers:  Shobha Rao is the aut
 hor of An Unrestored Woman. She's also the winner of the 2014 Katherin
 e Anne Porter Prize in Fiction, awarded by Nimrod International Journa
 l. She has been a resident at Hedgebrook and is the recipient of the E
 lizabeth George Foundation fellowship. Her story “Kavitha and Mustaf
 a” was chosen by TC Boyle for inclusion in the Best American Short S
 tories 2015.  L.A. Kauffman is the author of Direct Action: Protest an
 d the Reinvention of American Radicalism. She has spent more than 30 y
 ears immersed in radical movements, as an organizer, strategist, journ
 alist, and observer. Kauffman was the mobilizing coordinator for the m
 assive anti-war marches of 2003-2004; she has been called a “virtuos
 o organizer” by journalist Scott Sherman for her role in saving comm
 unity gardens and public libraries in New York City from developers. H
 er writings on grassroots activism and social movement history have be
 en published in The Nation, Mother Jones, n+1, The Baffler, and many o
 ther outlets.  Paul Vangelisti is the author of more than thirty books
  of poetry, as well as being a noted translator from Italian. In 2015 
 his sonnet sequence Solitude was published in a bilingual edition by G
 alleria Mazzoli Editore in Modena, and a new collection of poems, Bord
 er Music, appeared in 2016 from Talisman House in Massachussetts. His 
 other works of poetry include Days Shadows Pass (Green Integer, 2007),
  Agency (2003), Embarrassment of Survival: Selected Poems 1970-2000 (2
 001), Alphabets (1999), Nemo (1995), Villa (1991), Rime (1983), Anothe
 r You (1980), Portfolio: With an Appendix, The Tender Continent (1978)
 , among others. From 1971-1982 he was co-editor, with John McBride, of
  the literary magazine Invisible City and, from 1993-2002, edited Ribo
 t, the annual report of the College of Neglected Science.  Leena Trive
 di-Grenier is the principal and senior writer for Leena Eats: Gourmet 
 Communications. Her food writing has appeared in Culinary Trends Magaz
 ine, Icons of American Cooking, NPR Food, Spoonful, Extra Crispy and t
 he Washington Post.  Aviva Siegel is a stand-up comic by day, and a st
 and-up comic by night. She lives in Oakland and produces shows like �
 �Talkies” at The Roxie, Witches’ Brew at Black Hammer Brewing, and
  YETI! in Oakland. Her comedy’s been featured in SF Sketchfest, The 
 Nevada City Film Festival, Heeb Magazine, and on NPR.   About Writers 
 With Drinks:  Writers With Drinks has won numerous \"Best ofs\" from l
 ocal newspapers, and has been mentioned in 7x7, Spin Magazine and one 
 of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City novels. The spoken word \"vari
 ety show\" mixes genres to raise money for local causes. The award-win
 ning show includes poetry, stand-up comedy, science fiction, fantasy, 
 romance, mystery, literary fiction, erotica, memoir, zines and blogs i
 n a freewheeling format.\n\nFor more information visit https://truesko
 ol.com/events/writers-with-drinks-featuring-shobha-rao
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CATEGORIES:"san francisco", "bay area", sf, california
LOCATION:The Make Out Room, San Francisco, CA
WEBSITE:http://makeoutroom.com
URL:http://makeoutroom.com
CONTACT:415-647-2888
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