YA: MICHELLE TEA

 
 

 

YA: Michelle Tea

Wednesday, June 3, 7:00 p.m.

Girl at the Bottom of the Sea

 

You know when your life perfectly comes together, as in you're going about your day, doing menial tasks, listening to music, and then you look up and your f***ing literary idol - très rockstar femme - is standing right there, making eye contact with you, and the music stops and you know all is going to be right in the world? This event with Michelle Tea is going to be that moment and we hope you'll join us.

The author of four memoirs, one novel, a collection of poetry and a Young Adult Fantasy series, Tea is coming to us to celebrate the release of the follow-up to Mermaid in Chelsea Creek (this book is on Jackie's staff favorites shelf - http://www.keplers.com/book/9781938073953), part of her YA series. Girl at the Bottom of the Sea is perfect for teens and adults: If I'd gotten my hands on this series at "11, 12, 13, I would have never have put it down. It would have been my bible. It speaks to teens — alienation, extreme emotions, intense friendships, relationships with your mother, the suspicion you might be magical and no one has yet recognized your potential." Eerie, heartbreaking, and fantastical, protagonist Sophie journeys with her unlikely guardian - the gruff, filthy mermaid Syrena - to save the world.

Tea is the creator and editor of Mutha Magazine, and blogs regularly about her attempts to get pregnant on xoJane.com. She is founder and Artistic Director of RADAR Productions, a literary organization that produces monthly reading series, the international Sister Spit performance tour, the Sister Spit Books imprint on City Lights, and other events.

 
 
Event date: 
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 7:00pm
Event address: 
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025-4349