Join KALA and HIPFISHmonthly in welcoming Author Alyssa Graybeal on Friday, June 16 at 7:30pm. Alyssa reads from her new release, FLOPPY, Tales of a Genetic Freak of Nature at the End of the World, winner of the The Red Hen Press Nonfiction Book Award, and recommended by Ms. Magazine, Booklist, and Library Journal.
Reading, Q&A, Booksigning and complimentary dessert.
Doors open at 7pm. $8 admission.
A hypermobile memoir about the emotional landscape of the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome from a patient’s perspective. A playful story of falling down, getting back up again, and realizing you should have gone to the hospital sooner.
“Graybeal pulls us into the landscape of her ‘floppy’ body with precision and grace. Brimming with queer love, cats, and the awkwardness of being human, Floppy is a roadmap for how we must learn to fight for the truth of our experiences, and how we can love the broken, beautiful body-homes we all live in.” -Laraine Herring
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