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Friday October 25, 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pm PDT
Co-presented with Generation Women

We’re pleased to welcome the San Francisco return of Generation Women, a live multigenerational storytelling series. One woman or non-binary performer in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s+ will share an original true story on the theme of “Plot Twists,” ones they’ve written, encountered, wished for, or regretted. Founded by author Georgia Clark in New York City in 2017, the mission of Generation Women is to amplify underheard voices and create space for intergenerational connection and community. Featuring Eirinie Carson, Susan Kiyo Ito, Giovanna Lomanto, Jenny Pritchett, Rachel Levin. and Jane Smiley. Hosted by writer, editor, and curator Samantha Schoech. Doors at 7:00pm. $20 adv / $25 door

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Moderators
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Samantha Schoech

Samantha Schoech’s writing has appeared in The Sun, Seventeen, The Gettysburg Review, Glimmer Train, Travel & Leisure, the New York Times, and many other publications. Her collection of stories My Mother’s Boyfriends, which Vendela Vida called “witty and utterly enchanting... Read More →
Authors and Participants
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Eirinie Carson

Eirinie Carson is a Black British writer living in California. She is a mother of two children, Luka and Selah. A member of the Writers Grotto in San Francisco, Carson is a frequent contributor to Mother magazine, and her work has also appeared in LitHub, Mortal Mag, Electric Literature... Read More →
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Susan Ito

Susan Ito is the author of the memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, published by the Ohio State University Press, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She co-edited the literary anthology A Ghost At Heart’s Edge: Stories & Poems of Adoption. Her work has appeared... Read More →
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Rachel Levin

Rachel Levin is a San Francisco journalist who has written for the New Yorker, the New York Times, Outside, Eater, and elsewhere. She is the author of LOOK BIG: And Other Tips for Surviving Animal Encounters of All Kinds and coauthor of two cookbooks: EAT SOMETHING and STEAMED. Her... Read More →
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Giovanna Lomanto

Giovanna Lomanto is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and photographer who has published three poetry collections, two chapbooks, and a limited edition art book. Her latest collection, driver’s seat echo, is available now. A recent graduate of the MFA program at New York University... Read More →
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Jenny Pritchett

Jenny True is Jenny Pritchett (and vice versa). Her screed on pregnancy, postpartum-ness, and parenthood, You Look Tired: An Excruciatingly Honest Guide to New Parenthood, came out during the pandemic (not recommended). Then it was translated into Turkish and released in Turkey (highly... Read More →
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Jane Smiley

Jane Smiley is the author of thirty-three works of fiction and nonfiction. She has won several awards, including a Pulitzer Prize. She was born in St. Louis, Mo., lived for twenty-five years in Iowa, then moved to California. She is best known for A Thousand Acres, Perestroika in... Read More →
Friday October 25, 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pm PDT
Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA)
  Storytelling
  • Age Limit 21+

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