# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Miranda Mellis presents "Crocosmia" in conversation w/ Alicia Puglionesi
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 12 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 12 Nov, 2025 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: A revelatory novel (or parable) of art, adventure, and a radical politics, set in a world on the precipice.

A philosophical fable, CROCOSMIA centers on Maya as she recollects the "great turning"—a moment of radical social and ecological change effected by her mother, Jane's, art. As Maya recalls her upbringing--from a commune run by anarchist nuns to a time of rural isolation before her mother's disappearance—Mellis's prose gorgeously conjures a life defined by revolutionary thought and action and the interplay and tension between family life and political commitment. At once a fantasy, a handbook to political thought, and a work of eco-fiction, this lush novel meditates on how, in a world on the precipice, dreams of communal care can bloom.

Miranda Mellis is the author of DEMYSTIFICATIONS (2021); THE INSTEAD (2016); THE SPOKES (2012); NONE OF THIS IS REAL (2012); and THE REVISIONIST (2007). Her stories, poems, and essays have appeared in various publications including Harper’s, The Believer, BOMB, The New York Times, and elsewhere. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts, the Vermont Studio Center, and Millay Colony. She received the John Hawkes Prize in Fiction, the Michael S. Harper Praxis Prize, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. She grew up in San Francisco and now lives in Olympia, Washington.

Alicia Puglionesi is a lecturer in the Medicine, Science, and the Humanities program at JHU. She holds a PhD in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, and is the author of two books, COMMON PHANTOMS (2020) and IN WHOSE RUINS (2022), that concern relationships between spiritual belief and scientific knowledge. She teaches on health politics, the political economy of care, and health and science in popular literary genres.

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- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/baltimore/miranda-mellis-presents-crocosmia-in-conversation-w-alicia-puglionesi/200028921271719
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, health-wellness, trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Baltimore
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 3128 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21218
- **lat**: 39.327
- **long**: -76.60985
- **full address**: 3128 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21218

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- **Q**: When and where is Miranda Mellis presents "Crocosmia" in conversation w/ Alicia Puglionesi being held?
  - **A:** Miranda Mellis presents "Crocosmia" in conversation w/ Alicia Puglionesi takes place on Wed, 12 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 12 Nov, 2025 at 08:30 pm at 3128 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21218.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Miranda Mellis presents "Crocosmia" in conversation w/ Alicia Puglionesi?
  - **A:** Miranda Mellis presents "Crocosmia" in conversation w/ Alicia Puglionesi is organized by Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Miranda Mellis presents "Crocosmia" in conversation w/ Alicia Puglionesi is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Baltimore, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Miranda Mellis presents "Crocosmia" in conversation w/ Alicia Puglionesi sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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