Entwined Book Party + Queer Showcase (FREE)

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This is the first West Coast event to celebrate the release of ENTWINED: ESSAYS ON POLYAMORY AND CREATING HOME by Alex Alberto! There will be guest readings by amazing queer writers, live music, and we will end the evening with a live Ask Me Anything with Alex and Michelle (@PolyamorousWhileAsian). Stick around after for friend-making.

Drinks (both alcoholic and non) will be for sale at the bar and free snacks will be provided. Either/Or is hosting us and we’ll have the whole place to ourselves!

(they/them) is a queer and polyamorous storyteller who is very kinky for Excel spreadsheets. Their memoir, ENTWINED: ESSAYS ON POLYAMORY AND CREATING HOME, tells the story of their decade-long journey towards a new kind of family. They're French-Canadian but are now nested in Upstate NY with their constellation.

(she/her) is the author of the book WOMEN and she’s never said this publicly but the book takes place in Portland, Oregon. She likes masc lesbians who iron and her next book TRYING releases in 2025. She lives in Hudson, NY, and is Alex’s creative spouse.

(she/her) is a writer who’s always “thinking about getting back into yoga.” Her first book, FRAGMENTS OF WASTED DEVOTION, is forthcoming in 2025 with Quilted Press. She lives in New York City with a giant cat who looks like a thundercloud.

(they/them) is a writer, a web designer and a long distance hiker. They are into words, art, design, homosexuality, walking extremely far for no particular reason, and going at embodiment like it’s the only thing that matters. Luca is a Pisces sun, Aries moon, Leo rising. It's kind of a bummer, but they are making do.

(she/her) is a karaoke extraordinaire waiting for someone to recognize her talent. She is a triple threat: writer, singer and performer. She is very cool and very stylish but mostly, hilarious. She'll read something from her memoir-in-progress, titled "My Mother, My Lover & My Ex Best Friend."

(she/her) is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Her songwriting is drawn from her life, or the world around her — which means her songs are mostly about heartbreak, climate change, or both. She’s influenced by punk rock and R&B but also draws from Americana and jazz. She's sad, queer, and occasionally, a good hang.

(she/her) lives on Instagram as Polyamorous While Asian, where she helps people live their best non-monogamous life while discussing systems that affect how we relate to one another. A mother of two cats, she has a degree in linguistics that she doesn't use and spends her free time holding drunk people hostage at karaoke bars, watching horror movies, and planning which country to visit next.

is a minority owned and queer friendly space. During the day, they operate as a café with a brunch cocktail menu. They have DJs on the weekends and are open in the evenings for private events, like this one!

Host or Publisher Alex Alberto