Progressive Reading Series Group
Group Name: Progressive Reading Series
Subscriptions: Moderated (Request membership?)
Description: A Monthly Literary Benefit to support Progressive Congressional Candidates Nationwide
The Progressive Reading Series is a monthly literary reading which raises money for progressive candidates in the 2008 elections. Though most readings are in San Francisco the contributions made at these events go to candidates all over the country who are challenging right-wing incumbents.
The San Francisco series happens on the third Saturday of every month through the 2008 elections at 7pm at the Makeout Room. It is a Party Progressive event, hosted by Stephen Elliott author of Happy Baby and editor of Sex for America.
Six Word Memoir Slam - Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser
"Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser came up next and showed up how to do the Six Word Memoir Slam from their new book Not Quite What I ...
Excerpt from "The Use of Reason" by Colm Toibin
"Set sometime in the early 1960s, our hero is sent to juvenile detention..."
Save Rent Control - Intro to PRS #2
Stephen Elliot and Andrew Altschul welcome the crowd and explain the fight against California proposition 98.
A short story from Sex For America, by Jami Attenberg
Jami Attenburg, author of the collection of stories, Instant Love. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, including Alone in the ...
