![\"An](\"http:\/\/dinahpress.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/upload\/other_life_forms_sidebar.jpg\" "\\"other")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Hey! I wrote a novel. And that novel is coming out this weekend! And you should come to the release party! There will be champagne and a zine-making table! You can win a free copy of the book! YAY.<\/p>\n
Here’s the official invitation, copied from Dinah Press’s website<\/a>:<\/p>\n Come join us for the release of Julia Glassman\u2019s debut novel,\u00a0Other Life Forms<\/em>! \u00a0The celebration will include mini-readings at 1:30 and 2:30, a raffle for a free copy of the book, a zine-making station, and champagne and hors d\u2019oeuvres.<\/p>\n Where:\u00a0<\/strong> When:<\/strong> Sylvie, a frustrated sculptor-turned-waitress, decides to play an unusual prank: she hangs missing person posters featuring her own face in order to see who might call.\u00a0 But the prank takes an unexpected turn when a handsome stranger swoops in to save her from herself and a band of cocky artists and writers takes her under its wing.\u00a0 Before she knows it, she\u2019s literally the poster child for an avant-garde movement that quickly veers out of control.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Sylvie struggles to come to terms with the death of her college sweetheart, a shy gamer, who, struggling to adjust to life after graduation, retreated to an online fantasy world and never returned.<\/p>\n Lampooning both the conservatism of Orange County and the privileged youths who rebel against it,\u00a0Other Life Forms<\/em>\u00a0is a hilarious and deeply moving account of a late bloomer\u2019s search for identity, a quirky meditation on\u00a0what it means to be an artist and a woman when neither mode of being seems sustainable.<\/p>\n \u201cJulia Glassman\u2019s writing is stunning, unflinching, and pitch-perfect. She knows what is going on inside the dazed silences of her characters, and she moves with clarity toward a rare understanding.\u201d\u00a0\u2013Joan Silber, author of\u00a0Ideas of Heaven<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Size of the World<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cJulia Glassman seems to know everything there is to know about those drifting years between college and adulthood when you feel that you could become anything and might become nothing. She has written a first novel of great compassion, sly humor, and graceful insight.\u201d\u00a0\u2013Kevin Brockmeier, author of\u00a0The Brief History of the Dead<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Illumination<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Hey! I wrote a novel. And that novel is coming out this weekend! And you should come to the release party! There will be champagne and a zine-making table! You can win a free copy of the book! YAY. Here’s … Continue reading
\nChevalier\u2019s Books<\/a>
\n126 N. Larchmont Blvd.
\nLos Angeles, CA 90004<\/p>\n
\nSaturday, November 17
\n1:00-3:00 pm<\/p>\nAbout the novel:<\/strong><\/div>\n\nYou can preorder a paperback or e-book at Dinah’s website<\/a>!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"