Author Gail Tsukiyama will visit Lake Forest Library on Monday, 9/30 at 6:00 p.m for an author talk on her novel, The Street of a Thousand Blossoms. Seating is limited and free tickets are required. Tickets will be available at the Library Reference Desk beginning at noon on Monday, 9/30.
Gail was born in San Francisco, California to a Chinese mother from Hong Kong and a Japanese father from Hawaii. She received both her Bachelor of Arts Degree and Master of Arts Degree in English with the emphasis in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.
A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, she has been a part-time lecturer in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University, as well as a freelance book reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle. She was the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Award and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award. During 1997 to 1999, she sat as a judge for the Kiriyama Book Prize. In September of 2001, she was one of fifty authors chosen by the Library of Congress to participate in the first National Book Festival in Washington D.C. and has been guest speaker at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival and the Sydney Writers' Festival. She also has participated in several artist residencies at The Ragdale Foundation and now serves on its Curatorial Board.
So join your neighbors in reading The Street of a Thousand Blossoms, this year’s Lake Forest Reads: Ragdale title. It is the story of two brothers who find their way in post-war Japan. Hiroshi aspires to be a sumo wrestler while his younger brother wishes to carve masks for the Noh theater. Copies can be borrowed from Lake Forest Library or purchased from Lake Forest Book Store. For more information on Lake Forest Reads: Ragdale visit http://bit.ly/lfreads .
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