Myriam Gurba visits San Diego for a special event co-hosted by Library Shop SD and The Feminist Bookstore in Mission Hills.
Join us for a special two-part evening at two independent bookstores in the Mission Hills neighborhood, featuring acclaimed writers Myriam Gurba and Elizabeth Earley in conversation. The night begins at The Library Shop SD with readings from Gurba’s memoir Poppy State and Earley’s Little Deaths All in a Row: Essays on Sex and Death, followed by a lively discussion and book signing. In the second hour, the gathering moves to The Feminist Bookstore for an intimate creative writing workshop, featuring a generative prompt, dedicated writing time, and an open-mic-style sharing space. Come along for all or part of the evening to celebrate bold memoir, feminist thought, and creative community at two beloved local bookstores.
Myriam Gurba is a writer and activist. Her first book, the short story collection Dahlia Season, won the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction. O, the Oprah Magazine ranked her true-crime memoir Mean as one of the “Best LGBTQ Books of All Time.” Her recent essay collection Creep: Accusations and Confessions was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle award for Criticism, and won the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Nonfiction. She has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Vox, and Paris Review. Her latest book, Poppy State: A Labyrinth of Plants and a Story of Beginnings, was published by Timber Press in October 2025, and is a bookseller favorite.
A two-time Pushcart nominee, Elizabeth Earley is the author of the popular Substack series, Queering Reality, with 100,000 subscribers. Earley’s books include a recent memoir, Little Deaths All in a Row, Essays on Sex And Death and two earlier novels. A Map of Everything was a debut finalist for the Lambda Literary Prize. Like Wings, Your Hands (Red Hen Press) was winner of the Women’s Prose Prize (judged by Aimee Bender), the American Fiction Prize for Best LGBTQ novel, and a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction by the Publishing Triangle. Earley holds an MFA in Fiction from Antioch University-Los Angeles. Owner of The Feminist Bookstore and president of Jaded Ibis Press, Earley lives and writes in San Diego.
