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James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center - San Francisco Public Library - Upcoming Events
The James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center of San Francisco Public
Library is proud to present the following free public events for April
2008:
- Tuesday, April 1st at 7:00 PM
RADAR Salon: Literary Conversations, Revelations and Gossip
Three Dollar Bill Café @ SF LGBT Community Center
Author Michelle Tea returns for another monthly Salon. This time she
brings authors Shar Rednour (Femmes Guide to the Universe) and Sister
Spit artist Chelsea Starr (Long Walks on the Beach with Chelsea Starr).
Join Michelle as she poses tough (and sometimes hilarious) questions to
her guests. Rednour and Starr will read from their work after the
discussion.
Note on the Location: This event takes place at the Three Dollar Bill
Cafe, 1800 Market Street (at Octavia) in San Francisco. Co-sponsored by
the Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library, the LGBT Center,
and Vince and Pete's Three Dollar Bill Cafe.
- Thursday, April 10th at 6:00 PM
The RADAR Reading Series
Main Library, Latino-Hispanic Room B (Lower Level)
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco
Join Michelle Tea and four emerging or underground writers for her
monthly RADAR Reading evening. This month's Radar reading features
authors Fran Varian, Adam Mansbach, Roger Pinnell and John Marr.
Sponsored by the James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center.
ADAM MANSBACH's latest novel, The End of the Jews, was published in March 2008 by Spiegel & Grau/Doubleday. Mansbach's previous novel, the critically-acclaimed bestseller Angry Black White Boy, or The Miscegenation of Macon Detornay (Crown, 2005), is currently taught at more than forty universities across the country. A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2005, Angry Black White Boy is currently in development as a feature film. Mansbach's other books include the novel Shackling Water (Doubleday, 2002), the poetry collection genius b-boy cynics getting weeded in the garden of delights (Subway & Elevated, 2002), and the short story anthology A Fictional History of the United States With Huge Chunks Missing (Akashic, 2006), which he co-edited with T Cooper. He is the founding editor of the pioneering '90s hip hop journal Elementary, and a former Artistic Consultant to Columbia University's Center for Jazz Studies. His work has appeared in The
Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, The New York Times, Vibe,
JazzTimes, Wax Poetics, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Guilt & Pleasure,
Poets & Writers, Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip Hop (Basic Civitas, 2007), The Best Music Writing
(Da Capo, 2004), and elsewhere. He also writes a weekly political column
for NewsOne.com, and teaches writing at the San Francisco Art Institute.
JOHN MARR, creator of the print zine MURDER CAN BE FUN, which for more
than 20 years has dedicated itself to the unpleasant, unhealthy, yet oddly
gratifying task of reveling in the more sordid and violent side of life:
Dead people in Disneyland, Santa Cruz Serial Killers, Molasses Floods, Soccer
Riots, and all that other fun stuff. Marr has also spun off his taste for
the absurd into (Anti) Sex Tips for Teens: The Teen Advice Book 1897-1987,
a collection of frighteningly moronic etiquette and advice tidbits from Pat
Boone and other social scholars.
ROGER PINNELL’s story “Shave,” published in the Cimarron Review, has
been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His fiction has also appeared in Bananafish, Holy Titclamps and Harrington Gay Men’s Fiction Quarterly. In 2003,
he curated the “Truth Is Fiction” literary and music series at The Rite Spot
Café in San Francisco. In the late 1980s, Roger sang in Piglatin, a band
whose sound the East Village Eye equated with “nighttime surfaces, shadows, cigarettes, and the seamy side of soured dreams.”
FRANCES VARIAN is a writer and performance artist whose work has been featured in It's So You: 35 Women Write About Personal Expression Through Fashion and
Style, Without A Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working Class,
Vox Populi, HipMama.com and Lodestar Quarterly. Her essay “Getting Out”
has recently been acquired by McGraw-Hill Companies for their upcoming publicationWomen: Images and Realities
A Multicultural Anthology, 4th Ed. During the 2004 Bumbershoot Arts Festival
she debuted a feature length poem dedicated the victims of Gary Ridgway,
The Green River Killer, which she choreographed to the opera Carmen. She has been reading and performing
in bars, bookshops, theaters, parks and schools along the West Coast since
1998.
Question and answer segment to follow.
Hosted by Michelle Tea, who will be serving homemade miniature cheesecakes.
- Wednesday, April 23rd at 6:00 PM
Eyes of Desire
Main Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco
Raymond Luczak and other LGBT deaf and hearing writers who contributed
to the anthology "Eyes of Desire 2" will present their work in American
Sign Language. Writers include Sam E. Bales, Amelia Beamer, Jennifer
Ann "JAC" Cook, Chriz Dally, Patrick M. Ip, Daniel J Langholtz,
Jennifer Mantle, Dragonsani Renteria and Lanetra "Rain" Williams. Book
selling and signing will follow program. Cosponsored by the James C.
Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center and the Deaf Services Center. ASL and
Voice Interpretation provided.
- Tuesday, April 29th
20th Anniversary of the Lambda Literary Awards: Finalists Reading and Reception
Reception - 5:00pm; Readings - 6:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Main Library, Latino-Hispanic B (Lower Level)
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco
Toast the 2008 Lammy finalists as they read from their works which may
be this year's winners! Special guests include Christopher Rice,
Michael Nava and more.
Co-sponsored by the James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center and the Lambda Literary Foundation.
All Programs at the Library are Free!
Tel: 415-557-4400
Karen Sundheim, Interim Program Manager
James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, California 94102
Email: ksundheim@sfpl.org
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Betty's List Radar Reading Series
Columnist Michelle Tea.
Michelle Tea serves as host and moderator of the popular “Radar Reading” series of the San Francisco Public Library's Hormel GLBT Center.
It's been said that Michelle Tea has taken “the writing world by storm.” Her second book, entitled “Valencia,” launched her into the literary scene not only in the Bay Area but nationally.
She is beloved for her writing and for live performances and arts organizing, such as the founding of a spoken-word troupe “Sister Spit.”
During its two-year span, Sister Spit became famous as an all-girl open mic event, earning the “Best in the Bay” nod from the San Francisco Bay Guardian. The group traveled and performed in many towns throughout the US and in the Bay Area, was responsible for visits by literary luminaries.
Tea has written four memoirs, including The Chelsea Whistle, Valencia and Rent Girl.
As an ex-prostitute, she has toured with the Sex Worker's Art Show, and she is a contributor to numerous publications.
Hailing originally from Chelsea, MA (a suburb of Boston),, Tea anow makes her home in San Francisco. Learn more about Michelle Tea checking out the entry about her in Wikipedia and on various web sites, including her own, the NPR Radio site where a broadcast interview is available for listening, AfterEllen.com where a print interview is available for reading and many, many more.
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