Come celebrate the last Sunday Salon of 2024 on December 15th with four incredible writers who push the boundaries of genre. From poetic, experimental prose to insightful creative nonfiction, these voices explore love, loss, identity, and everything in between. Their work digs deep into memory and transformation and will leave you with something to think about long after the event. DJ DubSix returns to keep the vibe alive. Join us at 5pm at Von Bar, 3 Bleecker St.
Anastacia-Reneé
(She/They) is a queer writer, educator, interdisciplinary artist, playwright, former radio host, TEDX speaker, and podcaster. She is the author of (v.) (Gramma/Black Ocean), Forget It (Black Radish); Sidenotes from the Archivist (HarperCollins/Amistad), and Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere (HarperCollins/Amistad). Side Notes from the Archivist was selected as one of “NYPL Best Books of 2023,” and The American Library Associations (RUSA) “Notable Books of 2024.” Anastacia-Reneé is a recipient of the James W. Ray Distinguished Artist Award, and she was selected by NBC News as part of the list of “Queer Artist of Color Dominate 2021’s Must See LGBTQ Art Shows” for “(Don’t Be Absurd) Alice in Parts” an installation at the Frye Art Museum. Anastacia-Reneé served as Seattle Civic Poet (2017-1019) during Seattle’s inaugural year of UNESCO status.
Luis Jaramillo is the author of The Witches of El Paso. He is also the author of the award-winning short story collection The Doctor’s Wife. His writing has appeared in Literary Hub, BOMB Magazine, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and other publications. His honors include fellowships from Aspen Words, the Sewanee Writers Conference, and the New York Institute for the Humanities. He is an assistant professor of creative writing at The New School. He received an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and an MFA in creative writing from The New School.
Alana Saab, is a Portuguese-Lebanese author and screenwriter with an MFA in fiction writing from The New School, a Master’s in psychology from Columbia University and a BA from NYU. Her debut experimental novel, Please Stop Trying to Leave Me, was published with Vintage Books this past June and explores dissociation, depersonalization, trauma, the climate crisis and queerness. She’s a professor at Stony Brook University. She lives in NYC with her wife and too many cats.
Rebecca Suzuki is the author of “When My Mother Is Most Beautiful,” winner of the Loose Translation Prize and published by Hanging Loose Press in December 2023. She writes creative nonfiction in a mixture of forms and languages, and her work has also been published in various journals and magazines. In addition to being a writer of creative nonfiction, Rebecca is a translator from Japanese to English and a faculty lecturer of English at Queens College, CUNY.
