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Feminist Press Presents: Readings by Louise Meriwether First Book Prize Winners
Friday, March 10, 2023
3:20 pm to 4:35 pm
The Louise Meriwether First Book Prize seeks to honor the groundbreaking legacy of Meriwether's Daddy Was a Number Runner by creating debut publication opportunities for women and nonbinary authors of color. The 2022 winner of the prize will be joined by past winners YZ Chin, Claudia D. Hernández, Melissa Valentine, and Cassandra Lane to read from their work, including a reading from the 2022 Prize winner’s manuscript in progress.
Participants
YZ Chin is the author of Edge Case, a New York Times Editors' Choice, and the collection Though I Get Home, which won the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature honor title. She is also the translator of The Age of Goodbyes by Li Zi Shu.
Cassandra Lane is author of We Are Bridges: A Memoir (Feminist Press) and winner of the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize. She received her MFA from Antioch University. Her stories have been appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and elsewhere. She is editor in chief of L.A. Parent magazine.
Claudia D. Hernández was born and raised in Guatemala. She’s a photographer, poet, editor, translator, and a bilingual educator residing in Los Angeles. Hernández holds an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. She is the editor of Women, Mujeres, Ixoq: Revolutionary Visions.
Melissa Valentine is an award-winning author. A recipient of the Louise Meriwether Prize, a Firecracker Award, and the GLCA New Writer Award, she has also received support from the NYFoundation for the Arts and has work in New York magazine, Guernica, and Apogee. She lives in Berkeley, California, with her family.
Annell Lopez
