Belo Cipriani and Jim Provenzano at Smack Dab

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Our monthly open mic night, Smack Dab, is all ages, all genders, all the time. This month featuring Belo Cipriani and Jim Provenzano.

In observance of National Disability Awareness Month (October), the authors discuss the very different ways in which disability influences their writing, as memoir (Cipriani) and as fiction (Provenzano).

(Note: there will be no Smack Dab in November or December 2012 - we will return the 3rd Wednesday of January 2013)

Hosted by Larry-bob Roberts and Kirk Read
Open mic signup starts at 7:30

Belo Cipriani is an award winning author and speaker and loves cold pizza in the morning. , He was awarded a fellowship in nonfiction by the Lambda Literary Foundation (2011), a writing fellowship at Yaddo (2012), and a writing residency at Holy Names University, Oakland CA, for the academic year of 2012/13. http://www.blindamemoir.com

Blind: A Memoir by Belo Cipriani

Available in paperback, e-book, audio book CD, Audio book flash drive, and mp3 download format. For DAIS or Braille versions please contact http://www.bookshare.org

“Belo Cipriani’s account of profound loss is both riveting and suspenseful, as we traverse with him into a new world.”

—Amy Tan, author of The Kitchen God’s Wife and The Joy Luck Club

“Blind: A Memoir makes an important contribution to queer and disability studies as well as being a rewarding experience for the general reader.”

—Susan Krieger, professor, Stanford University, author of Traveling Blind

“A gripping story, beautifully told, about one man’s bout with unimaginable adversity and his inspirational ascent from the depths.”

—Jane Ganahl, author of Naked on the Page



Jim Provenzano is the author of the 2012 Lambda Literary Award-winning novel Every Time I Think of You, PINS, Monkey Suits, Cyclizen, the stage adaptation of PINS, numerous short stories and hundreds of news, arts sports articles. An editor with the Bay Area Reporter, and its nightlife monthly BARtab, he lives in San Francisco. http://www.myrmidude.org

Every Time I Think of You, by Jim Provenzano

Available in paperback, Kindle and Nook editions

Published Review Excerpts:

“Provenzano artfully works in the theme of nature to suggest hope for Everett's physical recovery, as well as, in a difficult moment in Reid’s and his relationship, the recovery of love... Their love is a force of nature.” – Dick Sharp, Lambda Literary Review

“A beautiful story of friendship, devotion and love, as well as a practical lesson on dealing with physically challenged individuals.” – Echo Magazine

"Their romance, simple and pure, yet heated and passionate, is strikingly genuine."

– Edge on the Net

"'Every Time I Think of You' becomes a tale of heartbreak, courage, and healing. It's a remarkable, uplifting story.” – Bay Area Reporter

"It’s not easy to write a novel about sports, gay teenagers and sex in (and out of) wheelchairs. Jim Provenzano has done it, with grace and power.”

– Dan Woog, syndicated columnist, The Outfield

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