Narrating the Mother, 26 July | Event in Berkeley | AllEvents

Narrating the Mother

Bay Area Book Festival

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Sat, 26 Jul, 2025 at 10:00 am

1 hour

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Sat, 26 Jul, 2025 at 10:00 am to 11:00 am (GMT-07:00)

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Online, Berkeley, United States

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Narrating the Mother
Join the Bay Area Book Festival and Litquake for an intimate (virtual) conversation with Iman Mersal and Kate Briggs

About this Event

Join the Bay Area Book Festival and Litquake for an intimate (virtual) conversation with Iman Mersal and Kate Briggs, two writers who reshape our understanding of motherhood and the art of living. Mersal, acclaimed Egyptian-Canadian poet and essayist who most recently authored Motherhood and Its Ghosts, excavates the invisible labor and haunting absences of motherhood, blending irony, empathy, and unsparing honesty as she searches for lost women and lost selves. Her work is a bridge between personal memory and cultural critique, always aware of what remains unsaid. Briggs, Rotterdam-based author of The Long Form, reinvents “mom-lit” with philosophical, fragmentary prose, capturing the daily improvisations of new parenthood and the shifting architectures of care. Together, they invite us to witness the fragile, ever-changing forms of family and friendship, and the radical potential of the everyday. This conversation promises to be as nuanced and expansive as their writing, and will be moderated by beloved Sri Lankan American author Nayomi Munaweera.


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Narrating the Mother, 26 July | Event in Berkeley | AllEvents
Narrating the Mother
Sat, 26 Jul, 2025 at 10:00 am
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