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O C T O B E R14TUESDAYMona Gable writes about women’s issues,health, science, travel, and international issues,and is author of the Shebook Blood Brother:The Gene That Rocked My Family.Susan Ito is author of the Shebook The MouseRoom. She coedited the literary anthology AGhost at Heart’s Edge: Stories and Poems ofAdoption and is a columnist and creativenonfiction editor at the online literary journalLiterary Mama.Mary Jo McConahay is an award-winningjournalist, author of Maya Roads: One Woman’sJourney Among the People of the Rainforest,and the Shebook Ricochet: Two Women WarReporters and a Friendship Under Fire.Micah Perks is author of the novel We AreGathered Here, and a memoir, Pagan Time,about growing up on a commune. Her Shebookis Alone in the Woods.Ethel Rohan is an award-winning short storywriter, author of Goodnight Nobody and theShebook Out of Dublin.7:30 PMThe Litanies of Noir: A Talk ShowSubterranean SF/Hardboiled Fiction with an Edge presents The Litanies of Noir, an evening ofliterary pathology exposing San Francisco’s sinister underbelly. Cocktails at 7:30, event at 8 pm.Hosted by Peter Maravelis (editor of San Francisco Noir), with music by Mr. Lucky and theCocktail Party. Note: Seating is limited and by invitation only. This event shall take place at alocation disclosed only to those who receive a free black envelope-clad invitation in advance.Receive yours at the front counter of City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., startingTuesday, October 7, on a first come, first served basis. It will contain your invitation, a map,and navigation instructions. Envelope must be presented for entry. Call City Lights to determineticket availability, 415-362-8193.Undisclosed locationFREE21+Eddie Muller is the Czar of Noir, headkahuna of the Noir City Foundation, filmpreservationist, and author of Dark City: TheLost World of Film Noir, Art of Noir, DarkCity Dames, and the novels Shadow Boxerand The Distance. He’ll be discussing the darkunderworld of San Francisco’s sports.Ben Tarnoff is author of The Bohemians:Mark Twain and the San Francisco WritersWho Reinvented American Literature.He will be talking about the sinister sideof old San Francisco.David Talbot is an author, journalist, andfounder of Salon and the media productioncompany The Talbot Players. He is authorof Brothers: The Hidden History of theKennedy Years, Devil Dog, and mostrecently The Season of the Witch. Hewill be talking about cult crimes fromthe Summer of Love and beyond.44