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SUMMARY:Winner of the 2025 Autumn House Rising Writer Prize! "Magdelena i
 s Brighter Than You Think" by Grace Spulak (w/ Sara Tang)
DESCRIPTION:RSVP to attend in-store Register for Livestream We are thrill
 ed to host Grace Spulak\, Winner of the 2025 Autumn House Rising Writer 
 Prize\, for a celebratory reading from her prize-winning collection\, Ma
 gdalena Is Brighter Than You Think! K-Ming Chang described the Spulak's 
 debut as\, “a breathtaking collection that is rooted in place\, people\,
  and the full scope of who you are and who you get to be...these stories
  gaze clear-eyed at what life is for those who are marginalized\, but al
 so what life can be. " Grace will be joined in conversation by local mul
 tidisciplinary artist\, Sara Tang. Inventive and emotionally nuanced\, G
 race Spulak’s debut story collection explores the complexities of gender
 \, queerness\, trauma\, and resilience through characters who live in th
 e margins and imagine new ways to survive there. Pushing the boundaries 
 of traditional narratives and forms\, these stories suggest paths for pi
 cking up our pieces—and for transforming and escaping the realities that
  constrain us. A social worker becomes entangled in the life of a woman 
 she’s meant to investigate\, blurring the line between empathy and obses
 sion. A veterinary student communes with a yak that seems to speak to he
 r—if only she could understand its message. And a separating couple emba
 rks on one last errand together to unburden themselves of an unsettling 
 memento. Set in rural New Mexico—a place of isolation\, strange beauty\,
  and potential transformation—this collection offers unexpected flashes 
 of grace and ho\n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/magdelena-is-br
 ighter-than-you-think-by-grace-spulak-w-sara-tang-tickets-2001429916758?
 aff=oddtdtcreator\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/23ce6b73-d905-445
 4-ac94-3101fe3e0cb1
LOCATION:White Whale Bookstore\, 4754 Liberty Avenue
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/23ce6b73-d905-4454-ac94-3101fe3e0cb
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