JOIN US ON TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2021 AT 7PM EST FOR AN EXCITING EVENING WITH EMILY HASHIMTOTO IN CONVERSATION WITH JEZZ CHUNG FOR EMILY'S DEBUT NOVEL,

In 2004, college students Eleanor Suzuki and Leena Shah meet in an elevator. Both girls are on the brink of adulthood, each full of possibility and big ideas, and they fall into a whirlwind romance. Years later, Eleanor and Leena collide on the streets of San Francisco, and the two find themselves irresistibly pulled back together.

Emily Hashimoto’s debut novel perfectly captures the wonder and confusion of growing up and growing closer. Narrated in sparkling prose, A World Between follows two strikingly different but interconnected women as they navigate family, female friendship, and their own fraught history.

Emily Hashimoto's debut novel A WORLD BETWEEN follows two queer women of color over the course of thirteen years as they grow away from and towards each other. O, The Oprah Magazine said it was a "sweetly poignant look at the transformative power of young love" and Kirkus Review called it a "sweeping debut novel about the ever changing nature of identity and love." Her personal essays have appeared in Out, Electric Literature, Catapult, Literary Hub, The Margins, and The Rumpus, centering intersectional narratives. She lives in New Jersey with her wife and child.

Jezz Chung (she/they) is a Brooklyn-based writer, public speaker, and facilitator working with creative organizations and communities to build an equitable future. She was named "100 people who make advertising great" by the 4A’s in 2017 and an ADCOLOR and Adweek Champion for Diversity & Inclusion in 2020. They've spoken at places like Facebook, SCAD, Ethel's Club, and ADCOLOR about leadership, identity, creativity, and wellness and their work has been featured in publications like Fast Company, The Drum, and Huffington Post. You can find her sharing her practice of conscious creation and emotional liberation @jezzchung on Instagram.

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A World Between : An Evening with Emily Hashimoto