Author Shoshana von Blanckensee will be in conversation with Toni Mirosevich to discuss her vibrant\, queer coming-o f-age debut Girls Girls Girls\, a tender story of first love filled with 9 0&rsquo\;s nostalgia and a piercing exploration of the choices we make in the thrilling search for ourselves and home.
\n\nShoshana von Blanckensee \;lives in Berkeley\, California\, with her partner and kids. She is an On cology Nurse by day\, and a writer by any available moment. \;Girls Gi rls Girls \;is her debut novel.
\n\nToni Mirosevich is the author of seven books of poetry and prose\, most recently\, &ldquo\;Spell Heaven\,&rdquo\ ; (Counterpoint)\, a collection of short stories about a group of outsider s in a Bay Area coastal town. Her cross-genre writings have appeared in Be st of the Bellevue Literary Review\, Best American Travel Writing\, AutoBi oDiversity: True Stories from Zyzzyva and elsewhere. A recipient of MacDow ell fellowships\, the First Series in Creative Nonfiction Award and a Lamb da Literary Award Finalist for &ldquo\;Pink Harvest\,&rdquo\; she is a Pro fessor Emerita: Creative Writing at San Francisco State University. Recent ly she was named the Poet Laureate of Pacifica\, CA.
\nMrs. Dalloway 's will be joining this event to provide book sales.
\nThis event is funded by the Pace Family Trust. \;
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