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Tiphanie Yanique, Monster in the Middle and Myriam Chancy, What Storm, What Thunder
Tiphanie Yanique, Monster in the Middle and Myriam Chancy, What Storm, What Thunder

Mon, Nov 07

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Tiphanie Yanique, Monster in the Middle and Myriam Chancy, What Storm, What Thunder

Tiphanie and Myriam will be in conversation with author, Jamie Figueroa (Brother Sister Mother Explorer.)

Date, Time & Location

Nov 07, 2022, 6:00 PM MST

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About the Event

This event will live stream on Zoom, please register to watch here. 

Award-winning author Typhanie Yanique’s Monster in the Middle moves across decades, from the U.S. to the Virgin Islands to Ghana and back again, to show how one couple’s romance is intrinsically influenced by the family lore and love stories that preceded their own pairing. Exploring desire and identity, religion and class, passion and obligation, the novel posits that in order to answer the question “who are we meant to be with?” we must first understand who we are and how we came to be. When Fly and Stela meet in 21st Century New York City, it seems like fate. He’s a Black American musician from a mixed-religious background who knows all about heartbreak. She’s a Catholic science teacher from the Caribbean, looking for lasting love. But are they meant to be? The answer goes back decades—all the way…

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