Join us for a brilliant, funny, and wise conversation about motherhood, writing, and the relationships that shape us. This “enthralling” (The New York Times Book Review) and “introspective, energetic novel” (Booklist) explores what it means to be a woman in her many forms—daughter, friend, partner, lover, and mother—from the acclaimed author of Tuesday Nights in 1980. The paperback, just out from Gallery/Scout Press, was just featured in the New York Times' Paperback Row. Order your signed copy from Oblong Books or purchase one at the event. 

About the Authors: 

MOLLY PRENTISS (she/her) was born in Santa Cruz, California in 1984. She is the author of the novel “Tuesday Nights in 1980”, which was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction, and shortlisted for the Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine in France, as well as the 2023 novel “Old Flame”. Her writing has been translated into multiple languages. She has has been a Writer in Residence at The Blue Mountain Center, Vermont Studio Center and at the Workspace program the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and received the Emerging Writer Fellowship from the Aspen Institute. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the California College of the Arts. She lives in a one-room schoolhouse in Red Hook, New York, with her husband and daughter.

RACHEL EPHRAIM (she/her) teaches Fiction, Memoir, and Social Justice at Bard Early College in Hudson, NY. She is also a faculty member at The Center for Writing and Ethics, an initiative of Bard College’s Written Arts Program, as well as a volunteer screener at Ploughshares. Previously, she taught for Writopia Lab, a non-profit that fosters joy, literacy, and critical thinking in children and teens from all backgrounds through creative writing. She received her M.F.A. in Fiction from Columbia University, at which time she worked as a reader in the Fiction Department of The New Yorker. Her fiction has been published in Electric Literature, The Washington Square Review, Litro, and The Apple Valley Review, among others. She is the author of the short story collection I Couldn’t Help Myself and is currently at work on a novel. Rachel has been awarded fellowships from Vermont Studio Center, La Muse, Milkwood International, and Gowry Art Institute and is represented by Ellen Levine and Audrey Crooks at Trident Media Group. Following the passage of the law that criminalizes homosexuality in Uganda, Rachel is involved in efforts to support the LGBTQ community whose lives are now in danger. If you'd like to learn more about this grassroots project or how to help, please be in touch.