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“The way Miriam Gershow weaves the individual stories of the characters together is brilliant… Closer was a wildly entertaining, if devastating, ride.” BookTrib

"[F]resh and compelling, funny and sad, a book the reader will not easily forget.” Oregon ArtsWatch

“Closer echoes a time before the most hateful among us took the country’s reins, reckoning with the way everyone could hear what was coming, if they had only listened.” Necessary Fiction

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In conversation with Evan Morgan Williams
Mar 7
In conversation with Evan Morgan Williams
2026 Book & Author: Brandeis National Committee, Tucson
Mar 11
2026 Book & Author: Brandeis National Committee, Tucson
Willamette Writers Eugene: Publishing Panel
Mar 17
Willamette Writers Eugene: Publishing Panel
TBI Sisterhood Reading & Book Signing
Apr 5
TBI Sisterhood Reading & Book Signing
Cai Emmons fiction anthology launch
Apr 21
Cai Emmons fiction anthology launch
Don't Spare Me: The art and craft of the explicit
Apr 25
Don't Spare Me: The art and craft of the explicit
NW Author Speaker Series @ Cannon Beach Library
May 16
NW Author Speaker Series @ Cannon Beach Library
Folks! Come see me in conversation with the excellent Evan Morgan Williams and his equally excellent new collection, The Divide. He writes stories that are fully LIVED IN, and we're going to talk about how he makes that magic happen. He'll read, we'l
New author photos from the brilliant @fremouwphotography. Seven years since my last one and proud of every gray hair. Which one's your fave? (S/o to @gwartneyda for the best sparkly jacket ever.)
I don’t mean to brag, but I’m pretty certain no one in the known universe has the same book haul as me this week.
Tough tough writer's life (aka view from my hotel balcony ahead of tomorrow's South Coast Writer's Conference.) Come to my keynote tomorrow at 7 at @swocc_oregon. I promise to be funny! And poignant! Kind of like my writing.
Years ago, when @eliza.g.black was LITTLE, she gifted me this tiny, 80 pg Instant Recording Device. Here it is, near the end of its life, waterlogged and all chewed it up, and I’m still grabbing it from my bag at the tire place to scrawl the la
I've read/watched/listened to everything about HR and its power and I agree with all of it: the queer joy, the healthy masculinity, the beautiful acting, the beautiful men, the respect for romance readers and the romance genre generally, the fidelity