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SUMMARY:Author: Readings from ZYZZYVA No. 121, The Family Issue
DESCRIPTION:<p>Come celebrate the release of <a href="https://www.zyzzyva.org/subscribe/"><em><u>ZYZZYVA No. 121</u></em></a><em>&mdash;The Family Issue</em>&mdash;with a night of readings featuring contributors from the issue. <em><a href="https://www.zyzzyva.org/"><u>ZYZZYVA</u></a></em> is the award-winning literary magazine founded in San Francisco in 1985. Since that time, it has made a name for itself as one of the country's premier journals and as a beloved fixture in the Bay Area's literary community. The event is hosted by <a href="https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=Oscar%20Villalon&searchType=smart"><u>Oscar Villalon</u></a>, <em>ZYZZYVA</em>'s managing editor.</p>

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<p><strong><a href="https://youtu.be/mao-vbWOZwE">Watch on YouTube.</a></strong></p>

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<p><img align="left" alt="ZYZZYVA No. 121 Cover" height="300" src="https://sfpl.org/admin/events/lib/external/responsive_filemanager/source/Fall-2021.jpeg" width="200" /><a href="https://bethanyaball.com/"><u>Bethany Ball</u></a> is the author of the novels <a href="https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3395048093"><em><u>What to Do About the Solomons</u></em></a> (Grove Atlantic), which was a <em>New York Times</em> Editors' Choice, and, most recently, <a href="https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C4880100"><em><u>The Pessimists</u></em></a>, to be published by Grove Atlantic in October.</p>

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<p>Andrew Navarro lives in Southern California where he works as a history teacher. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in <em>Kelp Journal</em>, <em>Cutthroat, A Journal of The Arts</em>, <em>The ICE Colony</em>, <em>Carve</em> and <em>ZYZZYVA</em>.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.robinromm.com/"><u>Robin Romm</u></a> is the author of three books, and, most recently, edited <em>Double Bind: Women on Ambition</em> (Liveright). Her story collection, <a href="https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2084857093"><em><u>The Mother Garden</u></em></a>, was a finalist for the PEN USA prize. Her memoir,<em> </em><a href="https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2198004093"><em><u>The Mercy Papers</u></em></a>, was named a best book of the year by <em>The New York Times</em>,<em>The San Francisco Chronicle</em> and <em>Entertainment Weekly</em>.</p>

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<p><a href="https://creativewriting.stanford.edu/people/mark-labowskie"><u>Mark Labowskie</u></a> is a Jones Lecturer and former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford. He is also the host and curator of the <em>Stanford Storytelling Project</em> podcast <em>Off the Page</em>, which spotlights the work of Stanford writers.</p>

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