Join us for an engaging discussion with Joselyn Takacs, the talented author behind the Pearce Oysters Book Tour. This event will take place in the Study at Canoe Place in Hampton Bays, NY, offering a picturesque setting for an afternoon of literary exploration. Guests will have the opportunity to ask questions and mingle with fellow book lovers, and purchase a brand new copy of Pearce Oysters signed by the author.
Joselyn Takacs holds a PhD in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Southern California and an MFA in Fiction from Johns Hopkins University. Her fiction has appeared in Gulf Coast, Narrative, Tin House online, Harvard Review, The Rumpus, DIAGRAM, Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, and elsewhere. She has published interviews and book reviews in the Los Angeles Review of Books and Entropy. She has taught writing at the University of Southern California and Johns Hopkins University.
Her debut novel, Pearce Oysters, a family drama set during the 2010 BP Oil Spill. Joselyn lived in New Orleans at the time of the spill, and in 2015, she received a grant to record the oral histories of Louisiana oyster farmers in the wake of the environmental disaster. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to connect with a talented writer and immerse yourself in this powerful book set against the backdrop of the beautiful Hamptons.
