Join us for a book signing with queer lit pioneer, author and publisher Michelle Tea in conversation with various contributors and LA artists from her latest anthology: WITCH. WITCH is an exploration of the Witch, as a radical archetype, in ancient and contemporary life.

Michelle Tea will be joined by WITCH contributors and artists Amanda Yates Garcia, Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs, Emilia Richeson-Valiente, Sofia La Fraga, Molly Larkey, Adriana Rizzolo, Brooke Palmieri, Edgar Fabiån Frías, Kathe Izzo, Ashley Molesso, Yumi Sakugawa, Shelley Marlow, Saskia Wilson-Brown, Mia Tsang, Sarah Yanni.

About WITCH:
An adult woman haunted by her childhood muses on the foster system, institutions, and the medieval tale of a girl given to a witch. A genderqueer Brooklynite learns of their past life as a murdered sorceress. An uptight participant at a Northern California witch camp finds community in the kitchen. A professor uses magic to help students under attack by right-wing politicians.

In this collection of manifesto, poetry, playscripts, and prose, the archetype of the Witch is honored and unpacked, poked and prodded, owned and othered. From work centered in antiquity to writing which illustrates how primordial occult energies continue to enliven our world today, WITCH: Anthology lays bare a wilderness of myth, magic, trickery, and power swarming beneath the surface of contemporary life.

With work from CAConrad, Edgar Fabián Frías, Amanda Yates Garcia, Ashley Ray, Brooke Palmieri, Yumi Sakugawa, Kai Cheng Thom, Ariel Gore, Myriam Gurba, Fariha Róisín, and many others.

MICHELLE TEA IS THE AUTHOR OF OVER TWENTY BOOKS FOR GROWN-UPS, TEENAGERS AND CHILDREN. HER AUTOFICTION VALENCIA IS A CULT CLASSIC THAT WAS MADE INTO A FEATURE LENGTH ART FILM. HER TAROT HOW-TO, MODERN TAROT, IS A BEST-SELLER, AND HER ESSAY COLLECTION AGAINST MEMOIR WAS AWARDED THE PEN/AMERICA DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY.

SHE IS A GUGGENHEIM FELLOW. TEA WAS THE FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BAY AREA ARTS ORGANIZATION RADAR PRODUCTIONS FOR THIRTEEN YEARS; HER FINAL ACT AS ED WAS TO CREATE DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR, FOR WHICH SHE HAS RECEIVED HONORS FROM THE CALIFORNIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AND LOGO TELEVISION.

TEA IS ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE LEGENDARY SISTER SPIT, A PERFORMANCE TOUR WHICH HAS BEEN ACTIVE SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1997.

Dopamine is a queer literary organization that aims to elevate LGBTQI+ writing and writers through publishing, readings series, and workshops. Dopamine is dedicated to stories of unvarnished queer existence.

Ticket price: $10 (in person event only)

Michelle will be selling copies of her book as well!

Please email events@prs.org or phone 323-663-2167 with any questions.

Michelle Tea's Witch Anthology: Panel Discussion & Book Launch!