2018 Season - Stories on Stage Sacramento
February 23, 2018
Ann Raeff (Winter Kept Us Warm) with Mira T. Lee (Everything Here is Beautiful)
Yuri Tajiri reading Part 1 from Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T Lee VIDEO (33 minutes)
Allyson Fin reading from Winter Kept Us Warm by Ann Raeff VIDEO (20 minutes)
San Francisco Chronicle February 15, 2018, ‘Winter Kept Us Warm,’ by Anne Raeff
ZYZZYVA February 8, 2018, "Strength of Kindness & Reason: Q&A with ‘Winter Kept Us Warm’ Author Anne Raeff"
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April 27, 2018
Elizabeth Tallent (Mendocino Fire) with Bob Sylva ("The King of Karaoke")
Eric Baldwin reading "Tabriz" by Elizabeth Tallent VIDEO (58 minutes)
Matt Rives reading "The King of Karaoke" by Bob Sylva VIDEO (36 minutes)
Tin House November 26, 2015, "Tumult’s Instruments: An Interview with Elizabeth Tallent"
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June 29, 2018
Kirsten Chen (Bury What We Cannot Take) with Stephen Cook (Two Rivers)
Justin Meng Lee reading an excerpt from Bury What We Cannot Take by Kirstin Chen VIDEO (23 minutes)
Ethan Ireland reading "Intervention" by Stephen P Cook VIDEO (22 minutes)
Interview with author Kirsten Chen
Link to full blog post
August 24, 2018
Tommy Orange (There There) with Vanessa Hua (A River of Stars)
Angel Rodriguez reading from There There by Tommy Orange VIDEO (23 minutes)
Madison Cho reading from A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua VIDEO (32 minutes)
Pen America Breakout Novelist Tommy Orange Wins $25,000 Pen/Hemingway Award for There There
The Guardian July 18, 2018, "There There by Tommy Orange review – Native American stories"
Link to full blog post
September 28, 2018
Los Rios Community College Writers: Andrew Blaisdell, Kelilah Thomas, Kamea Pascua and Patti Santucci
Readings by Imani Mitchell and Sam Jones
Sam Jones reading "The Light of Charles Bokowski" by Andrew Blaisdell VIDEO (22 minutes)
Imani Mitchell reading "Our Story" by Patti Santucci VIDEO (8 minutes)
Imani Mitchell reading "Keep Your Mouth Shut" by Kamea Pasqua VIDEO (11 minutes)
Imani Mitchell reading "To the Biracial Black Girls" by Kelilah Thomas VIDEO (4 minutes)
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October 26, 2018
Dana Johnson (In the Not Quite Dark) with Melissa Yancey (Dog Years)
Lori Russo reading "Because That's Just Easier" by Dana Johnson VIDEO (23 minutes)
Ruby Sketchley reading "Dog Years" by Melissa Yancey VIDEO (27 minutes)
Dana Johnson on Insight with Beth Ruyak, October 23, 2018
THE RUMPUS February 3rd, 2017, Interview with Melissa Yancy by Ann K. Ryles
LA Review of Books October 22, 2016, "Who Gets to Tell Stories?" Natashia Deón interviews Dana Johnson
Link to full blog post
Ann Raeff (Winter Kept Us Warm) with Mira T. Lee (Everything Here is Beautiful)
Yuri Tajiri reading Part 1 from Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T Lee VIDEO (33 minutes)
Allyson Fin reading from Winter Kept Us Warm by Ann Raeff VIDEO (20 minutes)
San Francisco Chronicle February 15, 2018, ‘Winter Kept Us Warm,’ by Anne Raeff
ZYZZYVA February 8, 2018, "Strength of Kindness & Reason: Q&A with ‘Winter Kept Us Warm’ Author Anne Raeff"
Link to full blog post
April 27, 2018
Elizabeth Tallent (Mendocino Fire) with Bob Sylva ("The King of Karaoke")
Eric Baldwin reading "Tabriz" by Elizabeth Tallent VIDEO (58 minutes)
Matt Rives reading "The King of Karaoke" by Bob Sylva VIDEO (36 minutes)
Tin House November 26, 2015, "Tumult’s Instruments: An Interview with Elizabeth Tallent"
Link to full blog post
June 29, 2018
Kirsten Chen (Bury What We Cannot Take) with Stephen Cook (Two Rivers)
Justin Meng Lee reading an excerpt from Bury What We Cannot Take by Kirstin Chen VIDEO (23 minutes)
Ethan Ireland reading "Intervention" by Stephen P Cook VIDEO (22 minutes)
Interview with author Kirsten Chen
Link to full blog post
August 24, 2018
Tommy Orange (There There) with Vanessa Hua (A River of Stars)
Angel Rodriguez reading from There There by Tommy Orange VIDEO (23 minutes)
Madison Cho reading from A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua VIDEO (32 minutes)
Pen America Breakout Novelist Tommy Orange Wins $25,000 Pen/Hemingway Award for There There
The Guardian July 18, 2018, "There There by Tommy Orange review – Native American stories"
Link to full blog post
September 28, 2018
Los Rios Community College Writers: Andrew Blaisdell, Kelilah Thomas, Kamea Pascua and Patti Santucci
Readings by Imani Mitchell and Sam Jones
Sam Jones reading "The Light of Charles Bokowski" by Andrew Blaisdell VIDEO (22 minutes)
Imani Mitchell reading "Our Story" by Patti Santucci VIDEO (8 minutes)
Imani Mitchell reading "Keep Your Mouth Shut" by Kamea Pasqua VIDEO (11 minutes)
Imani Mitchell reading "To the Biracial Black Girls" by Kelilah Thomas VIDEO (4 minutes)
Link to full blog post
October 26, 2018
Dana Johnson (In the Not Quite Dark) with Melissa Yancey (Dog Years)
Lori Russo reading "Because That's Just Easier" by Dana Johnson VIDEO (23 minutes)
Ruby Sketchley reading "Dog Years" by Melissa Yancey VIDEO (27 minutes)
Dana Johnson on Insight with Beth Ruyak, October 23, 2018
THE RUMPUS February 3rd, 2017, Interview with Melissa Yancy by Ann K. Ryles
LA Review of Books October 22, 2016, "Who Gets to Tell Stories?" Natashia Deón interviews Dana Johnson
Link to full blog post
