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SUMMARY:Pearce Oysters Book Release - Powell's City of Books
DESCRIPTION:The Elakha Alliance was invited to table at the Pearce Oyster Book Release on June 26th at 7pm in Portland. \nPearce Oysters (Zibby Books)\, a lush\, evocative\, finely-drawn debut novel set on the Louisiana coastline during the historic 2010 oil spill\, follows the Pearce family\, local oyster farmers whose business\, family\, and livelihood are all on the brink of collapse. Macro factors beyond their control are slaying them. Eye-opening eco-fiction at its best\, Pearce Oysters highlights the grit and beauty of lives lived in an overlooked corner of the American South and the interdependence of nature and man. Diving deep into the bonds of family\, culture\, community\, class\, and industry\, blazing new talent Joselyn Takacs elevates the voices of her deeply sympathetic characters: Jordan\, the reluctant head of his family’s storied oyster business; May\, his distressed\, widowed mother who has her own unexpected drama; and Benny\, the beatnik musician brother\, who returns from New Orleans to help with the crisis. Inspired by years of her own research\, Takacs’s debut novel sparkles as it shines a light on murky waters\, old wounds\, the power of a family clinging to survival\, and the inspiring path through all of it. Takacs will be joined in conversation by Taylor Koekkoek\, author of Thrillville\, USA. \nAbout the Author: \nJoselyn Takacs holds a PhD in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Southern California and an MFA in Fiction from Johns Hopkins University. Her fiction has appeared in Gulf Coast\, Narrative\, Tin House\, Harvard Review\, The Rumpus\, DIAGRAM\, Columbia: A Journal of Art and Literature\, and elsewhere. She has published interviews and book reviews in the Los Angeles Review of Books and Entropy. Joselyn has taught writing at the University of Southern California and Johns Hopkins University. She lived in New Orleans at the time of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Spill\, and in 2015\, she received a grant to record the oral histories of Louisiana oyster farmers in the wake of the environmental disaster. She currently lives in Portland\, Oregon\, with her husband.
URL:https://www.elakhaalliance.org/event/pearce-oysters-book-release-powells-city-of-books/
LOCATION:Powell’s City of Books\, 1005 W Burnside St\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Free Event
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