She's Such A Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff
published by Seal Press
Thursday, January 25th, 2007, 7 pm
@ City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus Avenue, North Beach, San Francisco, CA 94133
Co-editors Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders will read from their new anthology, She's Such A Geek, and discuss the growing role of women in the sciences, fandom, gaming and other areas. Also reading will be some contributors TBA. They'll have a question and answer session about the book.
She's Such A Geek is collection of essays by nearly two dozen female geeks of all persuasions talking about their lives, careers and hobbies. They tell about how they fell in love with science, technology or role-playing games. They explain how those pursuits have shaped their lives. And they reveal the challenges – and triumphs – they've experienced in mostly male-dominated fields.
Annalee Newitz is a writer who covers the collisions between technology and media, culture and science. She is a contributing editor at Wired, and writes the nationally-syndicated column Techsploitation. You can also find her writing in Popular Science, New Scientist, and The Believer. She is the author of Pretend We're Dead, a political analysis of monster movies, and Vice President of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
Charlie Anders is the author of Choir Boy (Soft Skull Press 2005) which won a Lambda Literary Award. She publishes other magazine (www.othermag.org) and organizes the award-winning Writers With Drinks reading series. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Salon.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, McSweeney's.net, Pindeldyboz.com, ZYZZYVA and many other magazines and anthologies.
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
261 Columbus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94133
Ph:415-362-8193
www.citylights.com
A literary meeting place since 1953
All City Lights Events are Free to the public
How to get there:
City Lights is located in San Francisco’s historic North Beach district between Broadway Street and Pacific Avenue on Columbus Avenue. 24 hour parking is available at the public garage on Vallejo Street between Stockton and Powell Streets, across from Central Police Station. MUNI access via No. 15 and 30 lines. The nearest BART access is MONTGOMERY station.
published by Seal Press
Thursday, January 25th, 2007, 7 pm
@ City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus Avenue, North Beach, San Francisco, CA 94133
Co-editors Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders will read from their new anthology, She's Such A Geek, and discuss the growing role of women in the sciences, fandom, gaming and other areas. Also reading will be some contributors TBA. They'll have a question and answer session about the book.
She's Such A Geek is collection of essays by nearly two dozen female geeks of all persuasions talking about their lives, careers and hobbies. They tell about how they fell in love with science, technology or role-playing games. They explain how those pursuits have shaped their lives. And they reveal the challenges – and triumphs – they've experienced in mostly male-dominated fields.
Annalee Newitz is a writer who covers the collisions between technology and media, culture and science. She is a contributing editor at Wired, and writes the nationally-syndicated column Techsploitation. You can also find her writing in Popular Science, New Scientist, and The Believer. She is the author of Pretend We're Dead, a political analysis of monster movies, and Vice President of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
Charlie Anders is the author of Choir Boy (Soft Skull Press 2005) which won a Lambda Literary Award. She publishes other magazine (www.othermag.org) and organizes the award-winning Writers With Drinks reading series. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Salon.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, McSweeney's.net, Pindeldyboz.com, ZYZZYVA and many other magazines and anthologies.
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
261 Columbus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94133
Ph:415-362-8193
www.citylights.com
A literary meeting place since 1953
All City Lights Events are Free to the public
How to get there:
City Lights is located in San Francisco’s historic North Beach district between Broadway Street and Pacific Avenue on Columbus Avenue. 24 hour parking is available at the public garage on Vallejo Street between Stockton and Powell Streets, across from Central Police Station. MUNI access via No. 15 and 30 lines. The nearest BART access is MONTGOMERY station.
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Re: She's Such A Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff
Fri, January 12, 2007 - 9:01 PM
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Re: She's Such A Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff
Thu, February 15, 2007 - 8:46 AM
I really wanted to go to one of the readings for this book, but the traffic and weather conspired to make me so late that I decided there was no point. How was it?
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Re: She's Such A Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff
Sat, February 17, 2007 - 8:30 AMit was great! i'm so sorry you missed it. there were at least five of the contributors that read. i sent an email to the person that organizes the speakers for ask a scientist www.askascientistsf.com suggesting she should have a she's such a geek reading. hopefully, you will have another chance to go to a reading.
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