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SUMMARY:The Secret Book Society: An Evening with Madeline Martin
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to the Secret Book Society…with Madeline Martin and Sarah Penner\n\n\nJoin NYT and internationally bestselling author Madeline Martin at the bookstore to celebrate her captivating new historical novel. The Secret Book Society is a gorgeous novel set in Victorian London about a forbidden book club\, dangerous secrets\, and the women who dare to break free. Martin will be in conversation with local\, NYT and internationally bestselling author Sarah Penner! \nPURCHASE YOUR BOOK HERE! \nMore about The Secret Book Society \nLondon\, 1895: Trapped by oppressive marriages and societal expectations\, three women receive a mysterious invitation to an afternoon tea at the home of the reclusive Lady Duxbury. Beneath the genteel facade of the gathering lies a secret book club—a sanctuary where they can discover freedom\, sisterhood\, and the courage to rewrite their stories. \nEleanor Clarke\, a devoted mother suffocating under the tyranny of her husband. Rose Wharton\, a transplanted American dollar princess struggling to fit the mold of an aristocratic wife. Lavinia Cavendish\, an artistic young woman haunted by a dangerous family secret. All are drawn to the enigmatic Lady Duxbury\, a thrice-widowed countess whose husbands’ untimely deaths have sparked whispers of murder. \nAs the women form deep\, heartwarming friendships\, they uncover secrets about their marriages\, their pasts\, and the risks they face. Their courage is their only weapon in the oppressive world that has kept them silent\, but when secrets are deadly\, one misstep could cost them everything. \nMadeline Martin is a New York Times\, USA Today\, Publisher’s Weekly\, and international bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance with books that have been translated into over twenty-five different languages. She lives in sunny Florida with her two daughters (known collectively as the minions)\, two incredibly spoiled cats and a man so wonderful he’s been dubbed Mr. Awesome. She is a die-hard history lover who will happily lose herself in research any day. When she’s not writing\, researching or ‘moming’\, you can find her spending time with her family at Disney or sneaking a couple spoonfuls of Nutella while laughing over cat videos. She also loves research and travel\, attributing her fascination with history to having spent most of her childhood as an Army brat in Germany. \nSarah Penner is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary and The London Séance Society. Her books have been translated into more than forty languages and her debut\, The Lost Apothecary\, has sold over one million copies worldwide. A graduate of the University of Kansas\, Sarah spent thirteen years in corporate finance and now writes full-time. In her free time\, Sarah enjoys hiking\, yoga\, and cooking. She also sits on the Board of Directors at her local animal shelter\, Friends of Strays. Sarah and her husband\, Marc\, live in Florida. To learn more\, visit SarahPenner.com.
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LOCATION:Tombolo Books\, 2153 1st Avenue South\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33712\, United States
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SUMMARY:MAYRA – An Evening with Nicky Gonzalez
DESCRIPTION:An eerie\, hypnotic debut about friendship\, desire\, and memory set against the sultry backdrop of Florida’s swamplands. \nTombolo Books welcomes debut Florida author Nicky Gonzalez to the bookstore for an evening celebrating her haunting\, gorgeous new novel\, MAYRA! Gonzalez will be in conversation with author Ryan Rivas! \nIn Mayra\, Gonzalez weaves a surreal\, unforgettable story about the dizzying power of early friendship and the lengths we’ll go to earn love and acceptance—even at the risk of losing ourselves entirely. \nMore about Mayra \nIt’s been years since Ingrid has heard from her childhood best friend\, Mayra\, a fearless rebel who fled their hometown of Hialeah\, a Cuban neighborhood just west of Miami\, for college in the Northeast. But when Mayra calls out of the blue to invite Ingrid to a weekend getaway at a house in the Everglades\, she impulsively accepts. \nFrom the moment Ingrid sets out\, danger looms: The directions are difficult\, she’s out of reach of cell service\, and as she drives deeper into the Everglades\, the wet maw of the swamp threatens to swallow her whole. But once Ingrid arrives\, Mayra is\, in many ways\, just as she remembers—with her sharp tongue and effortless\, seductive beauty\, still thumbing her nose at the world. \nBefore they can fully settle into the familiar intimacy of each other’s company\, their reunion is spoiled by the reemergence of past disagreements and the unexpected presence of Mayra’s new boyfriend\, Benji. The trio spend their hours eating lavish meals and exploring the labyrinthine house\, which holds as much mystery as the swamp itself. Indoors and on the grounds\, time itself seems to expand\, and Ingrid begins to lose a sense of the outside world\, and herself. \nNicky Gonzalez is a writer from Hialeah\, Florida. Her fiction has appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern\, BOMB\, The Kenyon Review\, Taco Bell Quarterly\, and other publications. She has received support from the Elizabeth George Foundation\, the Granum Foundation\, Millay Arts\, Lighthouse Works\, and the Hambidge Center. She lives in Massachusetts. \nRyan Rivas is the author of the text-image book Nextdoor in Colonialtown (Autofocus\, 2022) and the novella Lizard People (ThirtyWest\, 2023). He is the Publisher of Burrow Press\, and the Coordinator of MFA Publishing at Stetson University’s MFA of the Americas creative writing program. A Macondo Writers Workshop fellow\, his work has appeared in The Believer\, The Rumpus\, Literary Hub\, Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012\, and elsewhere.
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LOCATION:Tombolo Books\, 2153 1st Avenue South\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33712\, United States
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SUMMARY:Heart Strings – Launch Event with Ivy Fairbanks
DESCRIPTION:A sizzling exes-to-lovers second- chance romance from the author of Morbidly Yours\, the “sweet\, spicy\, and fabulous” (Abby Jimenez\, #1 New York Times bestselling author) TikTok sensation! \nTombolo Books is so excited to welcome back local author Ivy Fairbanks back to the bookstore to launch her sophomore romance novel and second novel in the Love in Galway series\, Heart Strings! \nSet against the backdrop of a picturesque Irish castle during a weekend filled with wedding festivities and tantalizing encounters\, Heart Strings follows the fiery reunion of exes Cielo “Lo” Valdez and Aidan O’Toole. As they navigate a weekend surrounded by love\, the undeniable chemistry and intense passion they once shared—in and out of the bedroom—resurfaces. \nMore about Heart Strings \nShe doesn’t do second chances. But he’s not done writing their song. \nCielo “Lo” Valdez doesn’t believe in second chances. Surviving cancer taught her life is too short to spend time on someone who wronged you. But Aidan O’Toole is determined to show her life is best spent together. \nWhen the tough-as-nails Texan moved to Galway for medical school\, she wasn’t looking for love. Aidan\, a gorgeous\, tattooed\, mandolin-playing lawyer\, slipped past her defenses. They each fell hard and fast. But when Aidan was given the opportunity of a lifetime—to move to London and record an album—he took it\, breaking Lo’s heart. Yet more than two years and a successful album later\, every song he writes is still about her\, the one he let get away. And every time Lo hears his voice on the radio singing about love\, it’s an arrow straight to her soul. \nNow they’re on a collision course as maid of honor and best man at a weekend-long Irish castle wedding. Are some mistakes worth forgiving? Can Aidan convince Lo their song wasn’t meant to end? \nIvy Fairbanks is the author of Morbidly Yours and Heart Strings\, and a shameless consumer of rom-com books\, hazelnut coffee\, and Hozier music. Not necessarily in that order. Living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome has made her a believer in the importance of representation in romance. Fairbanks writes stories where realistic characters find love\, acceptance\, and their happily-ever-afters. She lives in the Tampa Bay area with her husband and son. At any given moment\, she is probably trapped under a sleeping tabby cat.
URL:https://stpetedirectory.com/event/heart-strings-launch-event-with-ivy-fairbanks/
LOCATION:Tombolo Books\, 2153 1st Avenue South\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33712\, United States
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SUMMARY:Florenzer – An Evening with Phil Melanson
DESCRIPTION:Tombolo Books welcomes author Phil Melanson to the bookstore to celebrate the release of his debut book Florenzer. In Florenzer\, Melanson gives readers a historical novel brimming with politics\, sex\, and murder\, that dives into the complexities of queer life in Renaissance-era Florence. This lush\, louche historical drama reimagines the intersecting lives of three ambitious young men—a banker\, a priest\, and a gay painter named Leonardo. \nMore about Florenzer: \nLeonardo da Vinci\, twelve years old and a bastard\, leaves the Tuscan countryside to join his father in Florence with dreams of becoming a painter. Francesco Salviati\, also a bastard and scorned for his too-dark skin\, dedicates himself to the Catholic Church with grand hopes of salvation. Towering above them both is Lorenzo de’ Medici\, barely a man\, yet soon to be the patriarch of the world’s wealthiest and most influential bank. Each is\, in his own way\, a son of Florence. Each will\, when their paths cross\, shed blood on Florence’s streets. \nBrash and breathtaking\, this enthralling tale explores the tension between our understanding of historical Florence as a haven for “florenzers\,” or gay men such as Leonardo\, and the precarious reality for these men\, who were at constant risk of persecution. Heavily researched by queer author Melanson\, Leonardo is willfully placed at the story’s center as a queer man whose identity has been notably omitted or downplayed by most historical accounts. Mining the origins of one of history’s finest artists and the city where he came of age\, Florenzer defies previous erasure of his sexuality and imagines a boldly queer life for young Leonardo. At the core of this novel is\, as Melanson writes\, “the young Leonardo da Vinci\, a true florenzer: a man who came of age in Florence\, and one who openly loved other men.” \nPhil Melanson is a graduate of New York University and the University of Warwick. A former movie marketer for Universal Pictures and Sony Pictures\, he now lectures in film and television for Boston University. He lives in London.
URL:https://stpetedirectory.com/event/florenzer-an-evening-with-phil-melanson/
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SUMMARY:The Collection – An Evening with Craig Smith
DESCRIPTION:Tombolo Books welcomes author and media artist Dr. Craig Smith to the bookstore for a presentation featuring his collaborative project with historian Dr. Ben Wise\, The Collection. Smith’s presentation will address the contemporary actions at the local\, state\, and federal level that perpetuate stigma and consider other book projects utilizing archives to explore the cultural epochs that shape community. \nThe Collection features matchbooks collected at gay clubs\, bars\, hotels\, and restaurants in the United States between 1971-1982. The matchbooks were collected by Larry Blagg and eventually archived in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection at Cornell University. Smith and Wise discovered Blagg’s collection at Cornell while conducting research into the lyrics\, legislation\, and literature that stigmatizes marginalized communities in the United States and abroad. They photographed the collection on-site at Cornell in 2023 and this new book was finished in the Summer of 2024. \nThe book features sixty-six full color photo-lithography reproductions of the matchbooks in a hardcover with dust jacket. A second\, limited edition book entitled American Ace was also created and published by Invisible Hand Press (Tivoli\, NY) featuring sixty-two matchbook reproductions made with two-color risograph print technology\, including a letterpress cover with hand painted gold tint emblem. \nDr. Craig Smith is an American media artist whose art and research focuses on the process\, aesthetics\, and ethics of human‐to‐human interactivity in contemporary art\, especially photography\, sound\, and socially engaged performances.Smith has been awarded grants from numerous organizations including the New York State Council on the Arts as well as the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Smith’s published books about art practice and social engagement include Relational Art: A Guided Tour (2024) with Bloomsbury Publishing\, LLC\, the Training Manual for Relational Art (2009) by CEPA Gallery\, as well as On the Subject of the Photographic (2007) by the University of the Arts London. \nSmith’s exhibitions of photography\, live sound performances\, lectures\, and other art media have been featured at an international range of museums\, galleries\, art fairs\, athletic facilities\, and financial organizations including the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.\, PS1MOMA Contemporary Art Institute in New York\, The Tate Modern in London\, The George Eastman House in Rochester\, the Cantor Film Center (NYU)\, the Hudson River Museum\, the Mao Live House (Beijing)\, CAFA (Beijing) and the Burchfield Penney Art Center (Buffalo) as well as galleries and art fairs including CEPA Gallery (Buffalo)\, Galerie Schuster Photo (Berlin)\, the Douglas Hyde Gallery (Dublin)\, RARE Art (New York)\, SCM Hong Kong\, ARTSPACE Sydney\, The Kent Gallery and White Columns (New York)\, Elsewhere Museum\, and the Scope Art fairs in London\, New York\, and Miami. \nSmith has held teaching positions at numerous universities and colleges including New York University\, Goldsmiths College\, and the London College of Communication (University of the Arts London). Smith joined the University of Florida in 2010.
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LOCATION:Tombolo Books\, 2153 1st Avenue South\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33712\, United States
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SUMMARY:Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One – An Evening with Kristen Arnett
DESCRIPTION:This is no April Fools’ Day prank\, but we will definitely be discussing some clowns! Tombolo Books is thrilled to welcome New York Times bestselling Florida author Kristen Arnett back to the bookstore to celebrate the release of her latest novel\, Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One! \nArnett will be joined in converation by the author of Helen House and managing editor of Autostraddle and TriQuarterly\, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya! \nMore about Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One \nCherry Hendricks might be down on her luck\, but she can write the book on what makes something funny: she’s a professional clown who creates raucous\, zany fun at gigs all over Orlando. Between her clowning and her shifts at an aquarium store for extra cash\, she’s always hustling. Not to mention balancing her judgmental mother\, her messy love life\, and her equally messy community of fellow performers. \nThings start looking up when Cherry meets Margot the Magnificent—a much older lesbian magician—who seems to have worked out the lines between art\, business\, and life\, and has a slick\, successful career to prove it. With Margot’s mentorship and industry connections\, Cherry is sure to take her art to the next level. Plus\, Margot is sexy as hell. It’s not long before Cherry must decide how much she’s willing to risk for Margot and for her own explosive new act—and what kind of clown she wants to be under her suit. \nEqual parts bravado\, tenderness\, and humor\, and bursting with misfits\, magicians\, musicians\, and mimes\, Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One is a masterpiece of comedic fiction that asks big questions about art and performance\, friendship and community\, and the importance of timing in jokes and in life. \nKristen Arnett is the queer author of With Teeth: A Novel (Riverhead Books\, 2021) which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction and the New York Times bestselling debut novel Mostly Dead Things (Tin House\, 2019) which was also a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction. Her work has appeared at The New York Times\, TIME\, The Cut\, and elsewhere. Her next novel\, STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE\, about a lesbian birthday party clown\, will be published by Riverhead Books. She has a Masters in Library and Information Science from Florida State University and lives in Orlando\, Florida. \nKayla Kumari Upadhyaya is a lesbian writer of essays\, short stories\, and pop culture criticism living in Orlando. She is the author of Helen House (Burrow Press 2022)\, a queer horror novelette. She is the managing editor of Autostraddle and the managing editor of TriQuarterly. Her short stories appear in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern\, Catapult\, The Offing\, Joyland\, The Rumpus\, Cake Zine\, and others. She was a 2021 nonfiction fellow and a 2023 speculative fiction writer in residence at Lambda Literary’s Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. She is currently a Tin House Fellow.
URL:https://stpetedirectory.com/event/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one-an-evening-with-kristen-arnett/
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SUMMARY:When the Bones Sing: An Evening with Ginny Myers Sain
DESCRIPTION:Tombolo Books is excited to welcome back local author Ginny Myers Sain to celebrate her latest YA thriller When the Bones Sing. Myers Sain will be in converation with fellow local YA author Maria Ingrande Mora. \nIn When the Bones Sing\, Myers Sain gives readers a southern gothic supernatural thriller about a teen girl in a small Ozark town who can hear the bones of the dead that will have you on the edge of your seat until the very last page! \nMore about When the Bones Sing \nThe past three years have been tough for Lucifer’s Creek\, Arkansas\, a small town quietly tucked away in the Ozark mountains. More than two dozen people have disappeared on the local hiking trails; there one moment\, gone the next\, not a trace left behind\, until their buried bodies are discovered. \n17-year-old Dovie doesn’t believe in magic even though she comes from a long line of women who can hear the bones of the dead sing\, and for the past few years the bones have been crooning nonstop\, calling out to Dovie to dig them up. \nSome of the old-timers believe that it’s the monstrous Ozarks howler snatching people off the Aux Arc Trail. Well Dovie doesn’t believe in the howler\, and she doesn’t believe her best friend Lo when he tells her he is being haunted by dark shadows. All she believes in is her talent that guides the local sheriff to the bones when they begin their song\, then reuniting the dead with their families to give them some peace. \nLo doesn’t know peace\, though. The shadows follow him everywhere. He soon learns they’re the murdered hikers and they want answers. But the truth of their deaths isn’t buried with their bones; it’s hidden somewhere deep in the hills. And Lo and Dovie must unearth it before anyone else is killed. \nGinny Myers Sain is the New York Times bestselling author of Dark and Shallow Lies\, Secrets So Deep\, and One Last Breath. She lives in Florida and has spent the past twenty years working closely with teens as a director and acting instructor in a program designed for high school students seriously intent on pursuing a career in the professional theatre. Having grown up in deeply rural America\, she is interested in telling stories about resilient kids who come of age in remote settings. Follow her on Twitter @stageandpage and on Instagram @ginnymyerssain or find her on her website at ginnymyerssain.com. \nMaria Ingrande Mora (they/she) is a content designer and a brunch enthusiast. Their love languages are snacks\, queer joy\, and live music. A graduate of the University of Florida\, Maria lives near a wetlands preserve with three cats\, two teenagers\, and two billion mosquitoes. They can often be found writing at their stand-up desk\, surrounded by house plants. Unless the cats have destroyed them.
URL:https://stpetedirectory.com/event/when-the-bones-sing-an-evening-with-ginny-myers-sain/
LOCATION:Tombolo Books\, 2153 1st Avenue South\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33712\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Legacy of Elder Jordan\, SR. – with Dr. Basha P. Jordan\, JR.
DESCRIPTION:Tombolo Books is honored to welcome Dr. Basha P. Jordan\, JR. to the bookstore for a celebration of his book The Legacy of Elder Jordan\, SR. which honors the life of his late grandfather. Dr. Jordan will be in conversation with Gwendolyn Reese\, the President of the African American Heritage Association of St. Petersburg. \nJoin us at the bookstore to hear more about Elder Jordan\, a leading figure in the Black community and luminary in St. Petersburg’s history. \nDr. Basha P. Jordan\, Jr.\, a dynamic force in the realm of faith and healing\, has dedicated his life to spreading the transformative power of Christ. Basha and Pia Jordan married since July 4\, 1981\, 42 years\, living in St. Petersburg\, Fla Ordained as a deacon and elder in the United Methodist Church\, Dr. Jordan’s journey has seen 23 years of pastoral service before the establishment of Hope Alive Ministry Deliverance Fellowship. His commitment to combating addiction and uplifting families has reached across radio waves\, delivering messages of hope in Baltimore and St. Petersburg. Now based in St. Pete\, Dr. Jordan\, the grandson of Elder Jordan\, Sr.\, continues his legacy of love\, faith\, and service. \nGwendolyn Reese is President of the African American Heritage Association of St. Petersburg\, FL\, Inc. She is also the President and CEO of Peaten Reese Peaten Consulting\, Inc. and serves on the St. Petersburg Community Preservation & Planning Commission. She is currently the co-chair of the Pinellas Community Remembrance Project. The coalition includes a diverse group of more than 30 individuals representing the community and local organizations\, institutions\, and government entities working to install a historical marker at the site of one of the lynchings that occurred in our community and to educate the community to the horrors and long-lasting impact of racial terror lynchings.
URL:https://stpetedirectory.com/event/the-legacy-of-elder-jordan-sr-with-dr-basha-p-jordan-jr/
LOCATION:Tombolo Books\, 2153 1st Avenue South\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33712\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alligator Tears with Edgar Gomez
DESCRIPTION:Tombolo Books welcomes award-winning author of High-Risk Homosexual\, Edgar Gomez\, to the bookstore to celebrate his new book\, Alligator Tears! \nA darkly comic memoir-in-essays\, Alligator Tears explores the scam of the American Dream and doing whatever it takes to survive in the Sunshine State. Gomez will be in conversation with local author Tyler Gillespie! \nIn Florida\, one of the first things you’re taught as a child is that if you’re ever chased by a wild alligator\, the only way to save yourself is to run away in zigzags. It’s a lesson on survival that has guided much of Edgar Gomez’s life. \nAlligator Tears is a fiercely defiant memoir-in-essays charting Gomez’s quest to claw his family out of poverty by any means necessary and exposing the archetype of the humble poor person for what it is: a scam that insists we remain quiet and servile while we wait for a prize that will always be out of reach. For those chasing the American Dream and those jaded by it\, Gomez’s unforgettable story is a testament to finding love\, purpose\, and community on your own terms\, smiling with all your fake teeth.
URL:https://stpetedirectory.com/event/alligator-tears-with-edgar-gomez/
LOCATION:Tombolo Books\, 2153 1st Avenue South\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33712\, United States
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SUMMARY:This is the Year: Book Launch with Gloria Muñoz
DESCRIPTION:This dazzling YA cli-fi written in prose and verse will speak to any reader struggling with the state of our world and how to understand their place in it. \nWe are kicking off 2025 in the best way with the book launch celebration of Gloria Muñoz’s debut YA novel\, This is the Year! Muñoz and Carmen Alvarez open our event season in the courtyard talking about this gorgeous\, poetic novel! \nThis is the Year is now available for preorder\, and readers who order their copy from Tombolo Books will also get the special book-themed swag included with their purchase! \nMore about This is the Year: \n“In outer space\, no one will know me as the girl with the dead sister.” \nSeventeen-year-old self-proclaimed Goth and aspiring writer Julieta Villarreal is drowning. She’s grieving her twin sister who died in a hit-and-run\, her Florida home is crumbling under the weight of climate disaster\, and she isn’t sure how much longer she can stand to stay in a place that doesn’t seem to have room for her. \nThen\, Juli is recruited by Cometa\, a private space program enlisting high-aptitude New American teens for a high-stakes mission to establish humanity’s first extraterrestrial settlement. Cometa pitches this as an opportunity for Juli to give back to her adopted country; Juli sees it as her only chance to do something big with her life. \nJuli begins her training\, convinced Cometa is her path to freedom. But her senior year is full of surprises\, including new friendships\, roller skating\, and first love. And through her small but poignant acts of environmentalism\, Juli begins to find hope in unexpected places. As her world collapses from the ramifications of the climate crisis\, Juli must decide if she’ll carry her loss together with her community or leave it all behind. \nTold in gripping prose interspersed with poems from Juli’s writing journal\, this genre-bending novel explores themes of immigration\, climate justice\, grief\, and the power of communities. \nGloria Muñoz is the author of Your Biome Has Found You and Danzirly\, which won the Ambroggio Prize and the Florida Gold Medal Book Award for Poetry. She is an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate Fellow\, a Hedgebrook Fellow\, a Macondista\, a Highlights Foundation Diverse Verse Fellow\, and a part of Las Musas. This Is the Year is her debut novel. Visit her online at gloriamunoz.com and on Instagram at @bygloriamunoz. \nCarmen Alvarez of TomesAndTextiles is a Cuban-American residing in Florida. Outside of her passion for books and undying love of my local library\, she adores vintage fashion\, music\, film\, supporting the local arts and her 2 dogs. She’s weirdly obsessed with skincare and will have a sheet mask recommendation for you at the drop of a hat.
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LOCATION:Tombolo Books\, 2153 1st Avenue South\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33712\, United States
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SUMMARY:☎️ A Reason to See You Again: A Conversation with Jami Attenberg
DESCRIPTION:From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling novel of family\, following a troubled mother and her two daughters over forty years and through a swiftly changing American landscape as they seek lives they can fully claim as their own. \nTombolo Books welcomes Jami Attenberg to the bookstore to celebrate her latest novel\, A Reason to See You Again. \nAttenberg along with Florida authors Kristen Arnett and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya will discuss this kaleidoscopic journey through motherhood\, the American workforce\, the tech industry\, the self-help movement\, inherited trauma\, the ever-evolving ways we communicate with one another\, and the many unexpected forms that love can take. \nReserve a copy of the book at tombolobooks.com and let us know you’ll be there with an RSVP! \n* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *\nJami Attenberg is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books of fiction\, including The Middlesteins and All Grown Up; a memoir\, I Came All This Way to Meet You; and\, most recently\, 1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative\, Focused\, and Productive All Year Round. She is the founder of the annual #1000WordsofSummer project\, and maintains the popular Craft Talk newsletter year-round. Her work has been published in sixteen languages. She lives in New Orleans. \nKristen Arnett is the author of the novel With Teeth\, which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction\, and the New York Times bestselling novel Mostly Dead Things\, which was shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Her work has appeared in The New York Times\, TIME\, The Cut\, Oprah Magazine\, and elsewhere. She lives in Orlando\, Florida. \nKayla Kumari Upadhyaya is a lesbian writer of essays\, short stories\, and pop culture criticism living in Orlando. She is the author of Helen House (Burrow Press 2022)\, a queer horror novelette. She is the managing editor of Autostraddle and the managing editor of TriQuarterly. Her short stories appear in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern\, Catapult\, The Offing\, Joyland\, The Rumpus\, Cake Zine\, and others. She was a 2021 nonfiction fellow and a 2023 speculative fiction writer in residence at Lambda Literary’s Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. She is currently a Tin House Fellow.
URL:https://stpetedirectory.com/event/%e2%98%8e%ef%b8%8f-a-reason-to-see-you-again-a-conversation-with-jami-attenberg/
LOCATION:Tombolo Books\, 2153 1st Avenue South\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33712\, United States
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