Babylon Salon
presents a special performance
Saturday, December 7, 2024
in The Sycamore's outdoor patio
2140 Mission St, San Francisco [16th St BART]
Come for drinks at 5 // Show starts at 5.30pm
featuring
Eleanor Vincent
[Disconnected: Portrait of a Neurodiverse Marriage]
“Eleanor Vincent paints a searing portrait of a highly challenging relationship. I read this in one gulp. Wow. This is an important book.” — Julia Scheeres, NYT bestselling author of the memoir Jesus Land
Eleanor Vincent’s memoir Disconnected: Portrait of a Neurodiverse Marriage (Vine Leaves Press, 2024) tells the story of her discovery that her husband was on the autism spectrum, and of how she tried to save a challenging high-conflict marriage. Her previous memoir, Swimming with Maya: A Mother’s Story (Dream of Things, 2013) has twice been on the New York Times bestseller list. Her essays have appeared in anthologies by Creative Nonfiction and This I Believe, the literary magazines 580 Split and Dorothy Parker’s Ashes, as well as shorter pieces in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Sacramento Bee, and Generations Today.
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Chiwan Choi
[Sky Songs]
“This is poetry as preservation, as an unrelinquished archive of ghosts, but mostly, it arrives, to our luck, as a testament of a self earned and re-earned, like how yellowness, caught in its own dizzying light, turns itself golden.” - Ocean Vuong
Chiwan Choi is the author of five books of poetry: The Flood, the Daughter Trilogy—Abductions, The Yellow House, my name is wolf—and Sky Songs. He also wrote, presented & destroyed the novel Ghostmaker throughout the course of 2015. Chiwan is also a partner at the non-profit literary lab Writ Large Projects.
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Terry Tierney
[Why Trees Stay Outside]
“Through evocative imagery and multifaceted voices, Terry Tierney’s new poetry collection, Why Trees Stay Outside, delves into the complex relationship between humans, nature, and society. With sharp turns of phrase and emotional depth, his poems invite readers to question assumptions and seek redemption amid social and ecological turmoil.“
Terry Tierney is the author of the poetry collection Why Trees Stay Outside, just published by Unsolicited Press on 10/1/24, The Poet’s Garage (Unsolicited Press, 2020) and the novels Lucky Ride (Unsolicited Press, 2021) and The Bridge on Beer River (Unsolicited Press, 2023). His poems and stories recently appeared in The Bellevue Literary Review, Remington Review, Reed Magazine, Ghost Parachute, Flash Fiction Magazine, Rust + Moth, Typishly, Valparaiso Poetry Review, The Lake, and other publications. A member of the San Francisco Writers Grotto, he lives in the Bay Area with his family, including two fluffy cats and an enthusiastic Golden Retriever.
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Susan Calvillo
Susan Calvillo is a Chinese/Mexican-American and a dead-on-her-feet mother of twins. Her writing can be found in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nightmare, the Audacious Women Anthology, and other charming magazines. She is a contributor to Half Past Eight: A Sleep Optional Poetry Collection, which celebrates the spaces we create, the stories we tell, and the ways we carry and redefine family in all its complexity. With her writing, Susan intends to spill all her secrets and inspire others to speak their truth too. Stay in touch on Instagram @susan_calvillo or TikTok @beardlessbard & Keep reading at susancalvillo.com
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