# Event Details - **Event Name**: Emily Nemens- Clutch - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: Follow the story of decades of friendship in Emily Nemen's newest book "Clutch"!About this EventEmily Nemens’s Clutch follows a group of five women, friends for twenty years, as they go through the biggest challenges of their lives, asking: When you’re hanging on by your fingernails, how can you extend a hand to the ones you love? Join us in the Readings Gallery to meet Emily Nemen and learn more about this story of friendship!As undergrads, Reba, Hillary, Carson, Gregg, and Bella formed the kind of rare bond that college brochures promise—friendship that lasts a lifetime. Two decades later, the women are spread across the country but remain firmly tethered through their ever-unfurling group chat. They’ve made it through COVID and childbirth and midcareer challenges, but no one can anticipate what’s coming down the pike.The five women converge on Palm Springs for a long overdue reunion: Gregg, who has forged a path as a progressive Texas legislator, is facing a huge decision about her political future. Reba, who moved back to the Bay Area after decades away, is deep in IVF treatments while caring for her aging parents and navigating a San Francisco she hardly recognizes. Hillary’s medical career in Chicago is going great—but at home, her husband’s struggles with addiction have derailed their life. In New York City, Bella faces the biggest case in her career as a litigator while her home life crumbles around her, and across the river in Brooklyn, Carson is working on a new novel as well as forging a possible relationship with the father she’s never met.Twenty years into their shared friendship, the stakes are higher than ever, and they must help one another reconcile professional ambition with personal tumult. Clutch is a big, beautiful, and deeply absorbing novel that asks how much space and heart we can give to our friends and our families, and what space we can save for ourselves.Emily Nemens’ debut novel The Cactus League, was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and named one of NPR’s and Lit Hub’s favorite books of 2020. Her stories have appeared in BOMB, The Gettysburg Review, n+1, and elsewhere; her illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker and in collaboration with Harvey Pekar. Emily spent over a decade editing literary quarterlies, including leading The Paris Review and serving as co-editor and prose editor of The Southern Review. She held the 2022-23 Picador Professorship (University of Leipzig) and teaches in the MFA program at Bennington College. She lives in central New Jersey with her husband and dog.*Feel free to call Village Books and Paper Dreams for further assistance at 360-671-2626!* - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bellingham/emily-nemens-clutch/100001882562367719 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, dog - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 5, max: 33.07, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Bellingham - **state**: WA - **country**: United States - **location**: Village Books and Paper Dreams - **lat**: 48.72072500000001 - **long**: -122.503588 - **full address**: Village Books and Paper Dreams, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Emily Nemens- Clutch - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/b006940276c8c0174c2e4ef83a64282a3913661cb7eb0101e1f23b178e354be0-rimg-w1200-h584-dceeeff0-gmir.jpg?v=1761834200 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Emily Nemens- Clutch being held? - **A:** Emily Nemens- Clutch takes place on Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Village Books and Paper Dreams, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham, United States. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Emily Nemens- Clutch? - **A:** Ticket prices for Emily Nemens- Clutch range from USD 5 to USD 33 depending on the ticket type. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilityGeneral AdmissionUSD 5AvailableBook/Reservation comboUSD 33 + USD 3 feeAvailable - **Q**: Who is organizing Emily Nemens- Clutch? - **A:** Emily Nemens- Clutch is organized by Village Books. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Emily Nemens- Clutch 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 Bellingham, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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