Tucson Essay Club presents An Evening with Deb Olin Unferth and Joel Hans
About this Event
Tucson Essay Club presents an evening with novelist, essayist, and short story writer Deb Olin Unferth and Joel Hans reading from their new books Earth 7 and The Bedtime Emptying of Our World.
Deb Olin Unferth is the author of seven books, including the novels (forthcoming June 2026), currently in development for film by Searchlight Pictures, and , the memoir , finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, two story collections, and the graphic novel . Her fiction and essays have appeared in over fifty magazines and journals, including Harper’s, the New York Times, The Paris Review, Granta, and McSweeney’s. She has received a Guggenheim fellowship, three Pushcart Prizes, a Creative Capital Fellowship for Innovative Literature, fellowships from the MacDowell, Yaddo, and Ucross residencies. Rita Bullwinkel describes Earth 7 as "An epic sci-fi masterpiece and a love letter to the totally lush, and shockingly diverse, life-forms of our planet."
Joel Hans is the author of the collection THE BEDTIME EMPTYING OF OUR WORLD, winner of the 2025 Moon City Short Fiction Award. His fiction appears in Story, Fairy Tale Review, West Branch, The Journal, Booth, and others, and has been anthologized in Best Small Fictions. He received his MFA from the University of Arizona, and now edits , a literary journal in the form of a dynamic universe. Find him in Tucson, Arizona, where he lives with his family, or at joelhans.com.
Preorder your signed copy of Earth 7 or just show up for the (free) reading. RSVPs will receive a free limited edition broadside by New Michigan Press.
If you've ordered a signed book and can't make the reading, let us know and we'll get you your copy!
Reading at 7pm at Millville Studios (925 E. Mill St). Both writers' books will be for sale at this event. Snacks by Holy Focaccia!
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