YubaLit presents: Three Fearless Funny Spirits

The Three Authors:

TOMAS MONIZ: Tomas’s new novel, BIG FAMILIA, is the sweet and gentle story of Juan Gutierrez, a single dad living in gentrifying Berkeley (on the edge of Oakland), letting go of his teenage daughter while trying (really trying!) to open himself up to a man who loves him. The characters defy all stereotypes and the first-person narration speaks from the heart. Tomas, who lives in Berkeley but frequently visits family in Nevada City, edited Rad Dad, Rad Families, and the kids book Collaboration/Colaboración. Recently shorter work has appeared in Barrelhouse and Longleaf Review.

NANCY AU: Nancy’s debut fiction collection is SPIDER LOVE SONG & OTHER STORIES, about characters, many of them Chinese American, marginalized by race, age, and sexuality, who boldly endeavor to create new worlds that honor their identities and heritage. Nancy’s essays and stories appear in many journals including Craft Literary, Redivider, Gulf Coast, Catapult, Foglifter, and Michigan Quarterly Review. She lives in Oakland, teaches at CSU Stanislaus, and is co-founder of The Escapery, a writing and art unschool.

JUDIE RAE: Judie’s new novel is THE HAUNTING OF WALTER RABINOWITZ, the lively story of a post-grad student exacting revenge on her notoriously womanizing professor. A beloved writing teacher at Sierra College, Judie is the author of four books for young people, including a Nancy Drew Mystery. She also authored a college thematic reader, Rites of Passage, and two poetry chapbooks, The Weight of Roses and Howling Down the Moon. Her essays have appeared in The Sacramento Bee, as well as on San Francisco’s NPR station KQED. She has also written for Outside California, Tahoe Quarterly, and Sacramento Magazine.

As always, this Yuba Lit will start with our ever-popular opening audience flash readings: Bring a poem or a page of your own and draw a raffle ticket to read in Yuba Lit’s famous opening audience flash round! Five audience members will be chosen.

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