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General Ticket: $10
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Join us for a joint reading and brief conversation with two rising writers, Mira Dougherty-Johnson and Jenny Xie. Hear their insights and inspirations as the two talk about their writing processes and journeys. After the reading, there will be a Q&A with the writers.
Mira Dougherty-Johnson’s novel-in-progress, Art Objects explores representation and portrayal and asks the question of who inherits power over narration and the creation of stories. The novel tells the story of a child born into the New York Art World in the 70’s, who must confront her family and its public, glamorous legacy.
Jenny Xie’s first novel, Holding Pattern, is an exploration of a mother-daughter relationship strained by cultural and generational differences, and how the main character repairs intimacy through the complex work of professional cuddling
ABOUT THE WRITERS
MIRA DOUGHERTY-JOHNSON
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MIRA DOUGHERTY-JOHNSON A 2018 BookEnds fellow, Mira holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Stony Brook Southampton. Her work has been published by Fourth Genre, The Southampton Review, The Southeast Review, Tupelo Quarterly, and Vela, and she gratefully acknowledges her residencies at Bread Loaf, Eckerd College, the Key West Literary Seminar, Vermont College of Fine Arts, and Wolff Cottage. When she’s not writing, she’s keeps herself surrounded by books in her job as a librarian.
JENNY XIE
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JENNY XIE is the author of Holding Pattern (Riverhead Books), a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree. Her short fiction has appeared in AGNI, Ninth Letter, Joyland, Adrout Journal, Narrative, The Offing, and the Best of the Net Anthology, among other publications. Her writing on design, travel, and culture has been featured in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Architectural Digest, Apartment Therapy, Them, and Dwell, where she was previously the Executive Editor.
Jenny holds degrees from UC Berkely and Johnson Hopkins University