Suki Jones in conversation with Alex Green

It's a book launch party! Join us on Wednesday, May 10th at 7pm at Pegasus Downtown when SUKI JONES discusses her new memoir, _Sea, Swallow Me_, with ALEX GREEN. Suki will read from _Sea, Swallow Me _and there will be a brief Q&A followed by a book signing.Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event. About the book:  In this dark, harrowing, and gripping memoir which details a drug addiction that almost killed her, Suki Jones writes with a raw immediacy and refreshing candor about not only being dependent on drugs, but keeping that dependency a secret from her family and friends. Set against the backdrop of the Bay Area in the early '90s, Jones balances motherhood and modeling with deft precision A ferocious memoir about broken family history, sexual abuse, and debilitating addiction, Sea, Swallow Me vividly wanders through the decade with a fiery resolve which ultimately reveals how Jones survived when she shouldn't have. Sea, Swallow Me is a powerful and redemptive tale of resilience and redemption. About the participants: SUKI JONES is a San Francisco Bay Area-based freelance writer, specializing in addiction and harm reduction. She has worked as a volunteer with the syringe access program at Glide Church SF and is involved in local community outreach. Her writing has appeared in Stereo Embers Magazine and Broke Ass Stuart. She enjoys long hikes to the beach, listening to Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tower of Power, and everything in between. Sea, Swallow Me is her first book.  A professor at St. Mary's College of California, ALEX GREEN is the Editor-In-Chief of Stereo Embers Magazine and the host of the weekly program Stereo Embers The Podcast. Past guests on the podcast include everyone from David Duchovny to Bauhaus to Congresswoman Jackie Speier to Daisy Jones and the Six author Taylor Jenkins-Reid. The author of six books, including Emergency Anthems and The Heart Goes Boom, Alex has served as a Speaker/Moderator for LitQuake, Yahoo!, The Bay Area Book Festival, A Great Good Place For Books, Green Apple Books, and The St. Mary's College Of California MFA Reading Series.