Stop by the store on First Friday to hear a free joint reading by
critically acclaimed authors Ru Freeman and Rachel Pastan. After the
reading, you'll have the unique opportunity to meet them and get a
signed copy of their books.
Ru Freeman was born into a family of writers and many boys in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She completed her Masters in Labor Relations at the University of Colombo,
and worked in the field of American and international humanitarian
assistance and workers’ rights. Her political writing has appeared in
English and in translation. Her debut novel, A Disobedient Girl,
will also be published in Dutch, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese and
Hebrew. She calls both Sri Lanka and America home and writes about the
people and countries underneath her skin.
Rachel Pastan grew up in suburban Maryland and attended Harvard
College and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She has published
short stories in magazines like The Threepenny Review and Mademoiselle,
and won the Arts and Letters Fiction prize and the PEN Syndicated
Fiction Award.
Rachel Pastan grew up in suburban Maryland and attended Harvard
College and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She has published
short stories in magazines like The Threepenny Review and Mademoiselle,
and won the Arts and Letters Fiction prize and the PEN Syndicated
Fiction Award.