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Author: Alyson Mosquera Dutemple
Wednesday, October 28
7:00pm - 8:00pm
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2026-10-28 19:00:00
2026-10-28 20:00:00
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Author: Alyson Mosquera Dutemple
The author reads from "Marvelous Freaks of Nature!" her debut short story collection, followed by a discussion with novelist Emily Nemens.
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Community RoomThe author reads from "Marvelous Freaks of Nature!" her debut short story collection, followed by a discussion with novelist Emily Nemens.
About the Book (from the publisher):
An amateur herpetologist gets swindled by women he meets on lizard-care message boards, a dental hygienist takes a doomed trip to see a sham psychic on the Atlantic City boardwalk, a gruesome gag gift becomes the subject of morbid fascination for a grieving woman who can't stop sleeping with her roommate's boyfriend. With surgical focus and an infectious dark humor, Alyson Mosquera Dutemple's stories probe a vein of longing and estrangement. From oddballs and lonely hearts living on the fringes of suburbia to stunning abnormalities pulled out from Mother Nature's bag of tricks, "Marvelous Freaks of Nature!" is a delightfully sly study of the shadowy crannies of the human heart. A dazzling debut so full of life it hurts.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing after the conversation.
About the Author:
Alyson Mosquera Dutemple is the author of the short story collection "Marvelous Freaks of Nature!" Her work has appeared in more than four dozen journals and anthologies including "Colorado Review," "Alaska Quarterly Review," "Salamander," "DIAGRAM," "Passages North," "Redivider," "Arts & Letters," "Best Microfiction," and "The Writer’s Chronicle." Alyson has received support from Millay Arts, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, where she was a 2024 recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship.
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About the Moderator:
Emily Nemens is the author of the novels "Clutch" (Tin House/Zando, 2026), and "The Cactus League" (FSG, 2020), both of which were NYT Book Review Editor's Choice selections. Her stories and essays have appeared in "BOMB," "Story," "Zyzzyva," "n+1," and elsewhere. Nemens spent over a decade editing literary quarterlies, including leading the "Paris Review" and serving as coeditor of the "Southern Review." She received a 2026 Finalist award from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and teaches in the MFA program at Bennington College.
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