Literary Speakeasy returns to Martuni's on July 27 for another evening of words, martinis, and prizes! This month's featured readers include Matthew Beld, Daniel W.K. Lee, Julian Mithra, J.R. Rice, and Jean Znidarsic. Your host and curator for Literary Speakeay is James J. Siegel.
Show starts at 7PM and there is no cover or drink minimum. Arrive early for a FREE raffle ticket for your chance to win some secret Speakeasy prizes. Come on out and raise a glass to amazing literary talent!
Performer bios:
Matthew Beld is a writer and comedian in the Bay Area. They write and teach sketch comedy through Killing My Lobster and tell dirty stories wherever anyone lets them. They also co-host the Strut Queer Open Mic in the Castro every third Tuesday. You can find their articles about transgender livin' on Broke Ass Stuart.
Daniel W.K. Lee (???) is a third-generation refugee, queer, Cantonese American born in Kuching, Malaysia. He earned his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at The New School, and his debut collection of poetry, Anatomy of Want, was published by QueerMojo/Rebel Satori Press in 2019. When not ticking off items off his bucket list, Daniel might be found working on his next two poetry manuscripts in his home in New Orleans with his head-turning whippet Camden. Find out more about him at danielwklee.com, join his Patreon at patreon.com/danielwklee or follow him: @strongplum on Instagram / @danielsaudade on Twitter.
Julian Mithra hovers between genders and genres, border-mongering and -mongreling. Winner of the 2023 Alcove Chapbook Prize, Promiscuous Ruin (WTAW, 2023) twists through labyrinthine deer stalks in the imperiled wilderness of inhibited desire. Unearthingly (KERNPUNKT, 2022) excavates forgotten spaces to mine the occult for queer solidarity. Read recent work in Paperbark, Heavy Feather Review and Storm Cellar.
J.R. Rice is the author of the novella, Broken Pencils, a finalist for Hidden River Arts' 2023 Blue Mountain Award. His short story, "Depends (Good Night)" made the shortlist for the 2023 Letter Review Prize for Short Stories. His travel essays, "No Pasa Nada" earned Third place in the 16th Annual Solas Award for Best Men's Travel Story. In addition to his writing accolades, he earned the Rookie of the Year award at the 2005 National Collegiate Poetry Slam in Philadelphia. He was a Semi-Finalist in the 2023 Berkeley Poetry Slam Finals. He is also the author of I WAS, AM, WILL BE #1 and I WAS, AM, WILL BE #2. You can follow J.R. on platforms like his website, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn to learn more about him and his work.
Jean Znidarsic studied fiction at the University of Illinois decided she didn't know enough to be a writer and earned an MFA in fiction from San Francisco State University. Her work has been featured in Flash Fiction Forum, Activate!, The Dystrumpian Almanac, Not Yet Dead Poets, Why There Are Words Portland, The Euphrat Museum, and the Red Room at KGB bar in New York. She attended the 2018 Belize Writer's Conference, where she served on their advisory board the following year, and the 2019 Writers Hotel Conference in New York. She has been fiction curator at Peninsula Literary, where she produced over twenty-five readings, and founded Tarweed for Writers in 2016, where she produces Tarweed Works In Progress, a quarterly cable production featuring writers and their work.
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Show starts at 7PM and there is no cover or drink minimum. Arrive early for a FREE raffle ticket for your chance to win some secret Speakeasy prizes. Come on out and raise a glass to amazing literary talent!
Performer bios:
Matthew Beld is a writer and comedian in the Bay Area. They write and teach sketch comedy through Killing My Lobster and tell dirty stories wherever anyone lets them. They also co-host the Strut Queer Open Mic in the Castro every third Tuesday. You can find their articles about transgender livin' on Broke Ass Stuart.
Daniel W.K. Lee (???) is a third-generation refugee, queer, Cantonese American born in Kuching, Malaysia. He earned his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at The New School, and his debut collection of poetry, Anatomy of Want, was published by QueerMojo/Rebel Satori Press in 2019. When not ticking off items off his bucket list, Daniel might be found working on his next two poetry manuscripts in his home in New Orleans with his head-turning whippet Camden. Find out more about him at danielwklee.com, join his Patreon at patreon.com/danielwklee or follow him: @strongplum on Instagram / @danielsaudade on Twitter.
Julian Mithra hovers between genders and genres, border-mongering and -mongreling. Winner of the 2023 Alcove Chapbook Prize, Promiscuous Ruin (WTAW, 2023) twists through labyrinthine deer stalks in the imperiled wilderness of inhibited desire. Unearthingly (KERNPUNKT, 2022) excavates forgotten spaces to mine the occult for queer solidarity. Read recent work in Paperbark, Heavy Feather Review and Storm Cellar.
J.R. Rice is the author of the novella, Broken Pencils, a finalist for Hidden River Arts' 2023 Blue Mountain Award. His short story, "Depends (Good Night)" made the shortlist for the 2023 Letter Review Prize for Short Stories. His travel essays, "No Pasa Nada" earned Third place in the 16th Annual Solas Award for Best Men's Travel Story. In addition to his writing accolades, he earned the Rookie of the Year award at the 2005 National Collegiate Poetry Slam in Philadelphia. He was a Semi-Finalist in the 2023 Berkeley Poetry Slam Finals. He is also the author of I WAS, AM, WILL BE #1 and I WAS, AM, WILL BE #2. You can follow J.R. on platforms like his website, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn to learn more about him and his work.
Jean Znidarsic studied fiction at the University of Illinois decided she didn't know enough to be a writer and earned an MFA in fiction from San Francisco State University. Her work has been featured in Flash Fiction Forum, Activate!, The Dystrumpian Almanac, Not Yet Dead Poets, Why There Are Words Portland, The Euphrat Museum, and the Red Room at KGB bar in New York. She attended the 2018 Belize Writer's Conference, where she served on their advisory board the following year, and the 2019 Writers Hotel Conference in New York. She has been fiction curator at Peninsula Literary, where she produced over twenty-five readings, and founded Tarweed for Writers in 2016, where she produces Tarweed Works In Progress, a quarterly cable production featuring writers and their work.
Literary Speakeasy returns to Martuni's on July 27 for another evening of words, martinis, and prizes! This month's featured readers include Matthew Beld, Daniel W.K. Lee, Julian Mithra, J.R. Rice, and Jean Znidarsic. Your host and curator for Literary Speakeay is James J. Siegel.
Show starts at 7PM and there is no cover or drink minimum. Arrive early for a FREE raffle ticket for your chance to win some secret Speakeasy prizes. Come on out and raise a glass to amazing literary talent!
Performer bios:
Matthew Beld is a writer and comedian in the Bay Area. They write and teach sketch comedy through Killing My Lobster and tell dirty stories wherever anyone lets them. They also co-host the Strut Queer Open Mic in the Castro every third Tuesday. You can find their articles about transgender livin' on Broke Ass Stuart.
Daniel W.K. Lee (???) is a third-generation refugee, queer, Cantonese American born in Kuching, Malaysia. He earned his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at The New School, and his debut collection of poetry, Anatomy of Want, was published by QueerMojo/Rebel Satori Press in 2019. When not ticking off items off his bucket list, Daniel might be found working on his next two poetry manuscripts in his home in New Orleans with his head-turning whippet Camden. Find out more about him at danielwklee.com, join his Patreon at patreon.com/danielwklee or follow him: @strongplum on Instagram / @danielsaudade on Twitter.
Julian Mithra hovers between genders and genres, border-mongering and -mongreling. Winner of the 2023 Alcove Chapbook Prize, Promiscuous Ruin (WTAW, 2023) twists through labyrinthine deer stalks in the imperiled wilderness of inhibited desire. Unearthingly (KERNPUNKT, 2022) excavates forgotten spaces to mine the occult for queer solidarity. Read recent work in Paperbark, Heavy Feather Review and Storm Cellar.
J.R. Rice is the author of the novella, Broken Pencils, a finalist for Hidden River Arts' 2023 Blue Mountain Award. His short story, "Depends (Good Night)" made the shortlist for the 2023 Letter Review Prize for Short Stories. His travel essays, "No Pasa Nada" earned Third place in the 16th Annual Solas Award for Best Men's Travel Story. In addition to his writing accolades, he earned the Rookie of the Year award at the 2005 National Collegiate Poetry Slam in Philadelphia. He was a Semi-Finalist in the 2023 Berkeley Poetry Slam Finals. He is also the author of I WAS, AM, WILL BE #1 and I WAS, AM, WILL BE #2. You can follow J.R. on platforms like his website, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn to learn more about him and his work.
Jean Znidarsic studied fiction at the University of Illinois decided she didn't know enough to be a writer and earned an MFA in fiction from San Francisco State University. Her work has been featured in Flash Fiction Forum, Activate!, The Dystrumpian Almanac, Not Yet Dead Poets, Why There Are Words Portland, The Euphrat Museum, and the Red Room at KGB bar in New York. She attended the 2018 Belize Writer's Conference, where she served on their advisory board the following year, and the 2019 Writers Hotel Conference in New York. She has been fiction curator at Peninsula Literary, where she produced over twenty-five readings, and founded Tarweed for Writers in 2016, where she produces Tarweed Works In Progress, a quarterly cable production featuring writers and their work.
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Show starts at 7PM and there is no cover or drink minimum. Arrive early for a FREE raffle ticket for your chance to win some secret Speakeasy prizes. Come on out and raise a glass to amazing literary talent!
Performer bios:
Matthew Beld is a writer and comedian in the Bay Area. They write and teach sketch comedy through Killing My Lobster and tell dirty stories wherever anyone lets them. They also co-host the Strut Queer Open Mic in the Castro every third Tuesday. You can find their articles about transgender livin' on Broke Ass Stuart.
Daniel W.K. Lee (???) is a third-generation refugee, queer, Cantonese American born in Kuching, Malaysia. He earned his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at The New School, and his debut collection of poetry, Anatomy of Want, was published by QueerMojo/Rebel Satori Press in 2019. When not ticking off items off his bucket list, Daniel might be found working on his next two poetry manuscripts in his home in New Orleans with his head-turning whippet Camden. Find out more about him at danielwklee.com, join his Patreon at patreon.com/danielwklee or follow him: @strongplum on Instagram / @danielsaudade on Twitter.
Julian Mithra hovers between genders and genres, border-mongering and -mongreling. Winner of the 2023 Alcove Chapbook Prize, Promiscuous Ruin (WTAW, 2023) twists through labyrinthine deer stalks in the imperiled wilderness of inhibited desire. Unearthingly (KERNPUNKT, 2022) excavates forgotten spaces to mine the occult for queer solidarity. Read recent work in Paperbark, Heavy Feather Review and Storm Cellar.
J.R. Rice is the author of the novella, Broken Pencils, a finalist for Hidden River Arts' 2023 Blue Mountain Award. His short story, "Depends (Good Night)" made the shortlist for the 2023 Letter Review Prize for Short Stories. His travel essays, "No Pasa Nada" earned Third place in the 16th Annual Solas Award for Best Men's Travel Story. In addition to his writing accolades, he earned the Rookie of the Year award at the 2005 National Collegiate Poetry Slam in Philadelphia. He was a Semi-Finalist in the 2023 Berkeley Poetry Slam Finals. He is also the author of I WAS, AM, WILL BE #1 and I WAS, AM, WILL BE #2. You can follow J.R. on platforms like his website, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn to learn more about him and his work.
Jean Znidarsic studied fiction at the University of Illinois decided she didn't know enough to be a writer and earned an MFA in fiction from San Francisco State University. Her work has been featured in Flash Fiction Forum, Activate!, The Dystrumpian Almanac, Not Yet Dead Poets, Why There Are Words Portland, The Euphrat Museum, and the Red Room at KGB bar in New York. She attended the 2018 Belize Writer's Conference, where she served on their advisory board the following year, and the 2019 Writers Hotel Conference in New York. She has been fiction curator at Peninsula Literary, where she produced over twenty-five readings, and founded Tarweed for Writers in 2016, where she produces Tarweed Works In Progress, a quarterly cable production featuring writers and their work.
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