Join author Kirsten Imani Kasai in celebrating the release of her
newest novel, The House of Erzulie at Tiger!Tiger! in North Park.
Enjoy delicious food, craft beer, and wine during the live
performances by the author and two, special guest readers. Stay
afterward for a Q&A, book sales, and signings. Free event. THE HOUSE
OF ERZULIE tells the eerily intertwined stories of an ill-fated young
couple in the 1850s and the troubled historian who discovers their
writings in the present day. Imbued with a sense of the uncanny and
the surreal, The House of Erzulie also alludes to the very real
horrors of slavery as it draws on the long tradition of the
African-American Gothic novel. Release date: 2/21/2018, Shade Mountain
Press. $24.95 *One of Bitch Media’s 25 Fiction Books You Must Read
in 2018* *46 Books by Women of Color to Read in 2018 (Electric
Literature)* Praise for The House of Erzulie “Blurs the edges
between dream and reality, madness and magic, beauty and brutality,
darkness and desire, with an unflinching eye and lush, deeply visceral
language.” — Gayle Brandeis, author of The Art of Misdiagnosis and
The Selfless Bliss of the Body “The House of Erzulie is both a
delight and a real heartache to read.”—Black Girl Nerds “A
poetic exploration of the mysteries of love and desire. Intriguing and
compelling at every turn.”— Maisha Wester, author of African
American Gothic: Screams from Shadowed Places “Reminds me of novels
such as Octavia Butler’s Kindred (1979), Toni Morrison’s Beloved
(1987)...” M. Teutsch PhD, Auburn University “Kasai weaves her
word magic from the first page to the final page. You will enter this
world and emerge changed.” — Alma Luz Villanueva, author of Song
of the Golden Scorpion “Compelling and grim … a propulsive read,
full of commentary on ethnic identity, mental illness, and
power.”—Booklist
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