Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
POWERHOUSE Arena
28 Adams Street (Corner of Adams & Water Street across from the Archway)
Brooklyn , NY
11201
About the Book.
About the Author.
Lena Valencia is a writer, editor, and writing teacher.
“My debut short story collection Mystery Lights is forthcoming from Tin House Books in summer 2024. My work has appeared or is forthcoming in Ninth Letter, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, CRAFT, Epiphany, Joyland, Catapult’s Tiny Nightmares anthology, and elsewhere. I have an MFA in fiction from The New School and have taught writing classes at Catapult, One Story, and Sackett Street. Currently the director of educational programming and managing editor of One Story, I have held positions at A Public Space and BOMB Magazine. I am the recipient of a 2019 Elizabeth George Foundation Grant. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, I now live in Brooklyn, New York.”
About the Moderator.
Rachel Lyon is author of the novels Self-Portrait with Boy, a finalist for the Center for Fiction’s 2018 First Novel Prize, and Fruit of the Dead. Her short work has appeared in One Story, The Rumpus, Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, and elsewhere. Rachel has taught creative writing at various institutions, most recently Bennington College; she lives with her husband and two young children in Western Massachusetts.