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Dear All,
<div>Gayle and I hardly ever get to do an event together, so thought I'd share this - let people from Inlandia and UCR know, if you'd like.</div>
<div>I mean, we'll talk about writing, too - not just kids. Seriously.</div>
<div>Susan Straight</div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Mothers (and a Dad) Who Write:</span> <br>
LESLIE SCHWARTZ, SUSAN STRAIGHT, SAMANTHA DUNN & GAYLE BRANDEIS <span style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">with moderator <span style="font-size: 18pt; ">ANTOINE WILSON</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Monday, March 19th at 7:30 p.m.<br>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Los Angeles-based writers Gayle Brandeis, Samantha Dunn, Leslie Schwartz, and Susan Straight, with moderator Antoine Wilson, will join us for a discussion of
mothers (and a dad) who write.<br>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><strong>Gayle Brandeis</strong> is the author of <em>Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write</em>; <em>The Book of Dead Birds</em>, which won the Bellwether Prize for Fiction of Social Engagement; <em>Self
Storage</em>; <em>Delta Girls</em>; and <em>My Life with the Lincolns</em>. Her kids are 21, 18 and 2. </div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><strong>Samantha Dunn</strong> is the author of several books, including the novel <em>Failing Paris</em> and the memoir <em>Not By Accident: Reconstructing a Careless Life</em>. Her essays and short stories have
been widely anthologized, including the collection she co-edited, <em>Women on the Edge: Writing from Los Angeles</em>. She lives in Southern California with her husband and their son, Benen. </div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><strong>Leslie Schwartz</strong> is the author of two award-winning novels, the second of which, <em>Angels Crest</em>, debuted as a film nationwide in January. She is the founder of<em> Charlotte: a Journal
of Literature and Art</em> and lives in Los Angeles with her family, a 9-year old daughter and a 17-year old stepson.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><strong>Susan Straight</strong>'s latest novel is <em>Take One Candle Light a Room</em>, which begins in the neighborhood right around Skylight and features an LA travel writer who doesn't want to help raise
her orphaned godson. Her previous novels include <em>A Million Nightingales</em> and <em>Highwire Moon</em>. She lives in Riverside with her family.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><strong>Antoine Wilson</strong> (moderator) wrote the novels <em>Panorama City</em> (forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Fall 2012) and <em>The Interloper</em> (Other Press, 2007). He lives and surfs
in Los Angeles. His son is 4 1/2 years old.</div>
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