September Rum & Redaction

Join us for Rum and Redaction on *September 16 at 7pm* featuring readings by Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes and Vera Kurian and literary cocktails inspired by their respective books, Are We Ever Our Own and Never Saw Me Coming.

Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes is the author of the novel The Sleeping World and the short story collection Are We Ever Our Own, winner of the BOA Editions Short Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Strange Horizons, One Story, The New England Review, The Common, Cosmonauts Avenue, Slice, Pank, and elsewhere. She has received fellowships from Yaddo, Hedgebrook, Willapa Bay, Millay Colony, Anderson Center, and the Blue Mountain Center. She teaches creative writing and Latinx literature at the University of Maryland.

Vera Kurian is a writer and scientist based in Washington, DC. Her debut novel, Never Saw Me Coming (Park Row Books) was named one of The New York Times’ Best Thrillers of 2021 and was nominated for an Edgar Award. Her short fiction has been published in magazines such as Glimmer Train, Day One, and The Pinch. She can be reached on Instagram @verakurianauthor or on Twitter @vera_kurian.