Ciera Burch, author of Something Kindred, in conversation with Mia Tong
When:
Wednesday, May 08, 2024 7:00p -
8:00p
Wednesday, May 08, 2024 7:00p -
8:00p
Where:
Porter Square Books
25 White St.
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140
Admission:
FREE
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Event website:
https://www.portersquarebooks.com/event/ciera-burch-author-something-kindred-conversation-mia-tong
Porter Square Books is thrilled to welcome Ciera Burch for her novel Something Kindred! Porter Square Books Writer in Residence Mia Tong will join Burch in conversation. This event will take place on Wednesday, May 8 at 7pm at Porter Square Books (25 White St. Cambridge, MA 02140).
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ABOUT SOMETHING KINDRED
Magical realism meets Southern Gothic in this commanding young adult debut from Ciera Burch about true love, the meaning of home, and the choices that haunt us.
Welcome to Coldwater. Come for the ghosts, stay for the drama.
Jericka Walker had planned to spend the summer before senior year soaking up the sun with her best friend on the Jersey Shore. Instead she finds herself in Coldwater, Maryland, a small town with a dark and complicated past where her estranged grandmother lives—someone she knows only two things about: her name and the fact that she left Jericka’s mother and uncle when they were children. But now Jericka's grandmother is dying, and her mother has dragged Jericka along to say goodbye.
As Jericka attempts to form a connection with a woman she's never known, and adjusts to life in a town where everything closes before dinner, she meets “ghost girl” Kat, a girl eager to leave Coldwater and more exciting than a person has any right to be. But Coldwater has a few unsettling secrets of its own. The more you try to leave, the stronger the town’s hold. As Jericka feels the chilling pull of her family’s past, she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her mother, her childhood, and the lines between the living and the dead.
PRAISE FOR SOMETHING KINDRED
"A double exposure of heartbreaking beauty and electric prose, Something Kindred tenderly beckons you to a town haunted by memories and asks you to stay awhile." —Jas Hammonds, award-winning author of We Deserve Monuments
"Burch lovingly explores forgiveness and memory in this novel centering Black characters that has something—from paranormal discovery to queer romance in a small town—for everyone. A moving story about home with a supernatural twist, exploring what happens to those who leave and the ones left behind." —Kirkus Reviews
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Ciera Burch is a lifelong reader, writer, and ice cream aficionado. She has a B.A from American University and an MFA from Emerson College. When she’s not reading or baking, she can be found playing Dungeons & Dragons, eating ice cream, and advocating for diverse kids lit. While she is originally from New Jersey, she currently resides in Washington, D.C with her stuffed animals, plants, and far too many books and D&D dice.
Mia Tong is a fiction writer of YA and immigrant stories. Internationally published online and forthcoming in print, she is finishing a master's in Creative Writing and Literature. Her work-in-progress Fireborn is a YA pan-Asian, mythology-inspired fantasy adventure novel about a deity who searches for an antidote to her caretaker's malady, battling a slew of fantastical foes and discovering her own true identity. When not writing or reading, Mia tries her hand at ikebana, thinking about the impact of generative AI to the writing community, and exploring the world, starting with her beloved Camberville. Find her online at www.miatongwriter.com and @miatongwriter.bsky.social.
