By Anneli Rufus

East Bay Express

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Writers on the purple stage: East Bayites Maxine Hong Kingston, Khaled Hosseini, Barry Gifford, Amy Tan, and April Sinclair are among dozens of authors slated to arouse and/or carouse October 9-17 at Litquake 2004, the annual festival where local writers and legions of readers raise hell — and other relevant issues — at various San Francisco venues. For times and places, check Litquake.org