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IMAGE ABOVE BY AUDREY NIFFENEGGER

IT'S INSPIRING TO SEE THE CURATORS OF LONGSTANDING SHOWS STILL EXCITED ABOUT
WHAT THEY'RE DOING--BUT OF COURSE, THEIR EXCITEMENT IS PART OF WHAT MAKES THEIR
SHOWS LONGSTANDING. EVERY MONTH FOR OVER A DECADE, CHARLIE JANE ANDERS HAS
ASSEMBLED AN UNPREDICTABLE COMBINATION OF SCI-FI, COMEDY, FANTASY, EROTICA, AND
OTHER FORMS OF LITERATURE INTO A SHOW UNLIKE ANY OTHER, WRITERS WITH DRINKS. --
SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY, MARCH 2014

PART OF WHAT THE AUDIENCE HAS COME TO HEAR IS ANDERS HERSELF: HER INTRODUCTIONS
ARE THE STUFF OF LOCAL LORE. AS NOVELIST JONATHAN LETHEM TELLS ME, “CHARLIE JANE
ALWAYS GOES A STEP FURTHER.” — SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, 2014

BEST VARIETY HOUR - 2013 -- OUR HOST, THE ASTONISHINGLY VIVACIOUS CHARLIE JANE
ANDERS, WRITES ABOUT SCIENCE FICTION FOR IO9.COM. BUT CHARLIE DOESN'T HOLD WITH
GENRE LIMITATIONS. WWD FEATURES WRITERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE ... ALTHOUGH
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO CHECK THEIR WEBSITES TO FIGURE THEM OUT, BECAUSE CHARLIE'S
BRILLIANT AND HILARIOUS INTRODUCTIONS ARE ALSO HIGHLY FICTIONALIZED. WWD IS
PRACTICALLY AN INSTITUTION: IT'S BEEN RUNNING SINCE 2001. -- SAN FRANCISCO
WEEKLY, "BEST OF SAN FRANCISCO" ISSUE

WHEN YOU MOVE TO SAN FRANCISCO AND ASK ABOUT THE LITERARY SCENE, WRITERS WITH
DRINKS IS LIKELY THE FIRST THING PEOPLE TELL YOU ABOUT. FOR ONE THING, MOST OF
US CAN GET BEHIND DRINKING AS A SOCIAL ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S BEING DONE
BY THE WITTY AND VERBOSE. BUT THE REAL REASON IS HOST CHARLIE JANE ANDERS, WHO
IS A PIONEER AND MASTER OF FREE-FORM AND FICTITIOUS BIOGRAPHY. -- SAN FRANCISCO
WEEKLY

BACK IN 2001, WRITER CHARLIE JANE ANDERS SET OUT TO CREATE A NEW KIND OF READING
THAT JETTISONED THE IDEA OF A HUSHED AUDIENCE HANGING REVERENTIALLY ON EACH
CAREFULLY-CRAFTED WORD, REPLACING IT WITH A LIVELY CABARET NIGHT DRAWING WRITERS
FROM A SMORGASBORD OF GENRES--POETRY TO SCI-FI TO COMEDY TO KIDS BOOKS. ON A
RECENT EVENING, HEAVYWEIGHT STORYTELLER TOBIAS WOLFF MIXED IT UP WITH SLAM POET
TAYLOR MALI, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING NOVELIST LEV GROSSMAN AND NPR
CONTRIBUTOR ANDREW LAM. SINCE SAN FRANCISCO DOESN'T SLACK WHEN IT COMES TO LOCAL
AND NATIONAL CELEB AUTHORS, WRITERS WITH DRINKS OFTEN SPARKLES WITH NAMES LIKE
LEMONY SNICKET, ARMISTEAD MAUPIN, ANDREW SEAN GREER, AYELET WALDMAN, VENDELA
VIDA AND MICHELLE TEA. SO STOP IN, LISTEN TO SOME FIERCE WORDS, AND CHASE IT
WITH STIFF DRINK. -- JETBLUE.COM.

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VARIETY IS MORE THAN JUST HAVING SEX DRESSED AS ALIEN GREENSPAN EVERY ONCE IN A
WHILE. IT'S MORE THAN OCCASIONALLY COSPLAYING AS YEOMAN AYN RAND INSTEAD OF
SLAVE LEELOO. IT'S ALSO A LITERARY IMPERATIVE! WHICH IS WHY WRITERS WITH DRINKS
COMBINES EROTICA WITH LITERATURE, STAND-UP COMEDY WITH SCIENCE FICTION, AND
POETRY WITH ESSAYS. PLUS MYSTERY, ROMANCE, MEMOIR, RANTS AND "OTHER."

ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT LOCAL NON-PROFITS. CHARLIE JANE ANDERS MCS AND VAMPS.


UPCOMING EVENTS:

Saturday, December 11, 2021:


BRONTEZ PURNELL (100 BOYFRIENDS)
SHRUTI SWAMY (THE ARCHER)
TONGO EISEN-MARTIN (BLOOD ON THE FOG)
CAT RAMBO (YOU SEXY THING)
STEPHEN VAN DYCK (PEOPLE I'VE MET FROM THE INTERNET)

COST: $5 TO $20, NO-ONE TURNED AWAY
ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE TGI JUSTICE PROJECT
AT THE MAKE OUT ROOM 3225 22ND ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA, FROM 7:30 PM TO 9:30 PM,
DOORS OPEN AT 7 PM.

Saturday, Jan. 8, 2021:


SUMIKO SAULSON (THE MOON CRIED BLOOD)
KATE GREENE (ONCE UPON A TIME I LIVED ON MARS)

COST: $5 TO $20, NO-ONE TURNED AWAY
ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT A LOCAL NON-PROFIT TBA
AT THE MAKE OUT ROOM 3225 22ND ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA, FROM 7:30 PM TO 9:30 PM,
DOORS OPEN AT 7 PM.



Past Events



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