Author Next Door: Making HERstory

On Sunday, November 15th at Busboys and Poets Shirlington, join us for Author Next Door: Making HERstory, the next installment in our rotating celebration of community storytellers from across the DMV. This panel will spotlight local women authors, each of whom has a powerful story to share. Our featured authors will read from and discuss their writing, come together for a conversation about the intersections of their books, and answer questions from the audience. We invite you to come listen, engage, and support these local authors and their powerful stories. The Enchantress Queen and the Ghost Who Made Me by Lori Rottenburg Winner of the Changing Light Prize, The Enchantress Queen and The Ghost Who Made Me is an all-too-American story of a life created and lived in the changing norms of the late 20th century. It centers on a girl whose accidental conception irrevocably alters the life trajectories of her teenaged parents, and who witnesses her parents' inevitable divorce, her family's subsequent fall into poverty, and her mother's struggle to find a new partner in the disco era and cope with her life trauma and mental health issues. The girl comes of age amid these challenges and ultimately makes…