A Reading by Two Writers Who Explore the Lives of Outsiders
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, August 21, 2015
Musehouse, a supporter of writers and the literary arts in the Philadelphia area, will host ALL BUT TRUE: THE MUSEHOUSE FICTION SERIES at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 5, 2015, at the Chestnut Hill Gallery at 8117 Germantown Avenue in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia. Reading from their work will be two writers of fiction who explore the life of outsider characters: Nomi Eve, who will read from her novel, Henna House, and Mark Lyons, who will read from his short story collection, Brief Eulogies at Roadside Shrines.
Nomi Eve’s vivid saga, Henna House (Scribner, 2014), begins in Yemen in 1920, when Adela Damari’s parents desperately seek a future husband for their young daughter. An evocative and stirring novel about a young woman living in the fascinating and rarely portrayed community of Yemenite Jews of the mid-twentieth century, Henna House is the enthralling story of a woman, her family, their community, and the rituals that bind them.
Nomi Eve is the author of Henna House and The Family Orchard, which was a Book-of-the-Month Club main selection and was nominated for a National Jewish Book Award. She has worked as a freelance book reviewer for The Village Voice and New York Newsday. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Glimmer Train Stories, The Voice Literary Supplement, Conjunctions, and The International Quarterly. She teaches fiction writing at Bryn Mawr College and lives in Philadelphia with her family.
Brief Eulogies at Roadside Shrines (Wild River Books, 2014) is the debut story collection by Mark Lyons, who builds “story shrines” along U.S. highways and depicts the struggles, insights, and encounters of undocumented Mexican immigrants, hospital “lifers,” returning veterans, and highway philosophers, among other unforgettable characters. Many of the tales focus on descansos, the intimate shrines seen on roadsides and street corners.
Pushcart Prize nominee Mark Lyons is the Director of the Philadelphia Storytelling Project (PSP), where he uses digital storytelling in his work with teens and the immigrant community. Lyons’s past literary work includes writing, translating, and co-editing Espejos y Ventanas / Mirrors and Windows: Oral Histories of Mexican Farmworkers and Their Families. He was the director of the Farmworkers Health and Safety Institute and serves as the editor of Open Borders, the Wild River Review series of immigrant stories.
See the ALL BUT TRUE Facebook page for this event at https://www.facebook.com/events/511267032361083/
The event is free and open to the public and will include complimentary refreshments.
About Musehouse. Founded in 2011 as a nonprofit center for the literary arts, Musehouse offers classes and workshops in poetry, prose, memoir, fiction, and nonfiction for aspiring and accomplished writers, as well as readings, panels, and open mic nights. Classes and other literary events are offered at various venues throughout the greater Philadelphia area. For further information, contact Founding Executive Director Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno at musehousecenter@gmail.com, by phone at 484-432-1792, or at Musehouse, P.O. Box 27268, Philadelphia, PA 19118. Visit Musehouse online at www.musehousecenter.com.
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