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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: Beth Gilstrap in Conversation with Wiley Cash - "Deadheading and Other Stories" (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Join us via Zoom for a special event on Tuesday\, November 2 at 7:00 p.m. ET:  \nMEET Beth Gilstrap\, author of Deadheading and Other Stories. Irrevocably tied to the Carolinas\, these stories tell tales of the woebegone\, their obsessions with decay\, and the haunting ache of the region itself–the land of the dwindling pines\, the isolation inherent in the mountains and foothills\, and the loneliness of boomtowns. Predominantly working-class women challenge the status quo by rejecting any lingering expectations or romantic notions of Southern femininity. Small businesses are failing. Factories are closing. Money is tight. The threat of violence lingers for women and girls. Through their collective grief\, heartache\, and unsettling circumstances\, many of these characters become feral and hell-bent on survival. \nGilstrap’s prose teems with wildness and lyricism\, showing the Southern gothic tradition of storytelling is alive and feverishly unwell in the twenty-first century. \nFrom the brokenhearted to the afflicted\, the women in these often macabre stories fight like hell to find their voices and survive the darkness inherent in the modern South. Beth will be in conversation with Wiley Cash and you get a front row seat via our Zoom link below. \nBeth Gilstrap is the author of I Am Barbarella (2015) from Twelve Winters Press. Her work has been selected as Longform.org’s “Fiction Pick of the Week” and chosen by Dan Chaon for inclusion in the Best Microfiction Anthology 2019. She holds an MFA from Chatham University. Her stories\, essays\, and hybrids have appeared in Ninth Letter\, the Minnesota Review\, Denver Quarterly\, Gulf Stream Lit\, and Wigleaf\, among others. Born and raised in the Charlotte area\, she has recently relocated to Louisville. \nJoin the conversation at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VCuQyCpeTPiJbaqdPnT-GQ
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-beth-gilstrap-in-conversation-with-wiley-cash-deadheading-and-other-stories-virtual-event/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Virtual Author Event
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: Gayle Forman's Frankie & Bug!
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 4 at 7PM ET: Gayle Forman will introduce you to Frankie & Bug. This middle-grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman is a poignant and powerful coming-of-age story that follows a young girl and her new friend as they learn about family\, friendship\, allyship\, and finding your way in a complicated world. Constance Lombardo\, known to many of you as the author of the Mr Puffball series and Everybody Says Meow will be in conversation with Gayle. \nHere’s more info and the Zoom link below… \nIn the debut middle grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman comes a poignant and powerful coming-of-age story that follows a young girl and her new friend as they learn about family\, friendship\, allyship\, and finding your way in a complicated world. \nIt’s the summer of 1987\, and all ten-year-old Bug wants to do is go to the beach with her older brother and hang out with the locals on the boardwalk. But Danny wants to be with his own friends\, and Bug’s mom is too busy\, so Bug is stuck with their neighbor Philip’s nephew\, Frankie. \nBug’s not too excited about hanging out with a kid she’s never met\, but they soon find some common ground. And as the summer unfolds\, they find themselves learning some important lessons about each other\, and the world. \nLike what it means to be your true self and how to be a good ally for others. That family can be the people you’re related to\, but also the people you choose to have around you. And that even though life isn’t always fair\, we can all do our part to make it more just. \nGayle Forman is an award-winning author and journalist whose articles have appeared in numerous publications\, including Seventeen\, Cosmopolitan\, and Elle in the US. Gayle Forman’s novel\, If I Stay\, was released as a blockbuster movie starring Chloë Grace Moretz in 2014. Her most recent YA novel is We Are Inevitable. Gayle lives in Brooklyn\, New York with her family. \nTo join in the fun\, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Jrk48qF6SWC_9X3cL0-4PA
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-gayle-formans-frankie-bug/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Reader Meet Writer,Virtual Author Event
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