Authors and longtime tech-worker organizers Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan discuss Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry, an inside account of the rise of the tech-worker movement and the backlash it triggered across Silicon Valley. Drawing on firsthand organizing experience and years of research, the book traces campaigns against military […]
Author and editor David L. Ulin joins Ivy Pochoda at Skylight Books to discuss American Flash Fiction: An Anthology, an expansive collection devoted to the art of telling complete and resonant stories in remarkably small spaces. Bringing together 100 pieces spanning more than 160 years, the anthology explores how writers across generations have used compression, […]
Acclaimed novelist Chang-rae Lee joins filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung for a thoughtful conversation surrounding A Tender Age, a deeply observed exploration of family, masculinity, immigration, and the American dream. Bringing together two accomplished storytellers, the evening promises an engaging discussion about identity, community, and the emotional experiences that shape families across generations.
Skylight Books hosts Claire Vaye Watkins in conversation with Matt Sumell for Yellow Pine, a new novel from the acclaimed author known for her bold, atmospheric fiction and powerful sense of place. The event offers readers a chance to hear Watkins discuss the ideas, characters, and landscape behind the book, bringing the novel’s world into […]
Skylight Books hosts Mac Crane and T. Bambrick for a conversation around a provocative and uproarious collection about pleasure, performance, pain, rejection, isolation, and connection. The newsletter describes the work as an exaltation of queer modernity, where nothing is off limits and the so-called pervert may be the one who sees the world most clearly. […]
Skylight Books hosts Rasheed Newson for There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood, a cinematic novel set amid the glamour, danger, and hidden histories of 1950s Hollywood. In conversation with Manuel Betancourt, Newson explores a story of a Black queer Hollywood fixer investigating the suspicious death of a closeted actor. The event promises a rich blend […]
