InsideStoryTime DANGER

DANGER! As InsideStoryTime nears the end of it's fourth year it is really claiming Cafe Royale as its rightful home. That's how it feels to me, anyway, and although this was only my second episode IST really feels like a monthly family reunion.

So, I wrote a little piece about it for The Chronicle. This was taken out: "The website’s list of previous readers has become a nearly comprehensive guide to the Bay Area’s diverse and talented roster of local writers. The boozing and schmoozing continues – but, ever-conscious of book releases and special events, the series has evolved into a monthly sounding board for the literary scene."

I'm going to go ahead and make this claim: just because a paper decides not to print something doesn't make it less true. I have decided, however, not to change my name to "Based On An Article Written by Evan Karp;" it was the article on Thursday night's MC Ransom Stephens and his new book The God Patent that convinced me

(and if you haven't seen the stunning picture taken by staff photographer Lacy Atkins, you should. It screams: 'Ransom Stephens is a particle physicist and first time novelist and he is here to control you. I can't believe I was there when that picture was taken; it seems to have come from another dimension.).

But let's get back to January 21st. The year is 2010. The readers are Saqib Mausoof, Luke Heyerman, Mary Stein, Sophie Littlefield, and Lee Konstantinou, and the theme was the first word in this article.

Sadiq Mausoof, creator of the much-acclaimed film KalaPul, read an excerpt from his novel-in-progress, which is tentatively called Godown:

Luke Heyerman read an excerpt from his novel-in-progress Euthanize My Love:

Mary Stein read from her book The Gift of Danger:

Because Ransom says so:

After the break, Sophie Littlefield got hilarious with an excerpt from her book A Bad Day for Sorry:

Lee Konstantinou followed Ransom's hilarious intro with a reading from Pop Apocalypse:

Next month's InsideStoryTime is themed COSMOS: Cafe Royale on Thursday February 18^th, 6.30 - 8.30 pm, will feature Lori Ostlund (The Bigness of the World), Tony DuShane (Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk), Alta Ifland (Elegy for a Fabulous World), Stephen Kessler (Moving Targets), and Genie Gratto. With MC James Warner. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!

Day, Date	Event	Time	Location
Sun, 24th	4 Writers read	2:00	Berkeley Public Library \| 2090 Kittredge @ Shattuck
Mon, 25th	Porchlight Storytelling: Open Door: The Email Show	6:30	Hemlock Tavern \| 1131 Polk St
Mon, 25th	Quiet Lightning	7	Gestalt Haus \| 3159 16th St
Fri, 29th	The Bookswap	6:30	Booksmith \| 1644 Haight St
Sat, 30th	Launch Party	7	Dr. Rick's Farmhouse Mansion \| 3340 Folsom St
Sun, 31st	Miscreant: words and music	7	Chester's Bayview Cafe \| 1508 Walnut St, Berkeley
Mon, 2/1	Tribute to Richard Brautigan	7	Vesuvio \| 255 Columbus Ave
Fri, 2/5	Hard Candy	7	The Make Out Room \| 3223 Mission St
Sat, 2/6	East Bay on the Brain	7	The Layover \| 1517 Franklin St, Oakland

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ALSO: did I mention Quiet Lightning is Monday?! Raja and I are really excited and the people at Gestalt are really excited and, well, the readers that I already know I know are excited ... Monday night from 7-9 | 3159 16th St | first 1000 people get in for only a buck! [ Subscribe and be entered into a raffle to attend the current monthly play @ The American Conservatory Theater ]