We invite you to an afternoon signing with three wonderful local authors: Alessandra Nysether-Santos, S.D. Miller, & Ralph Clotaire Jean!ABOUT FAT MAGIC
In fat magic, Alessandra Nysether-Santos invites readers into the boldness, ceremony, and healing that is “fatness.” Each poem is an upheaval of joy and reconciliation with the power of our bodies. Working in narrative and lyrical forms, Nysether-Santos shows their skill in a series of interconnected tankas, and other structures, like the sestina, and Jericho Brown’s duplex form… In a society obsessed with weight, these poems confront the part of us that sits in judgement of ourselves and others. In metaphors that parallel fatness with fire and water, the poems ultimately seek to move readers into celebrating fatness as a power… This book will ignite readers with gems like “if emotional eating were a sport” and “fat women utopia,” two of my favorites. These poems are smart and dangerous. I didn’t know I’d been missing the veracity and boldness of Nysether-Santos’s voice until I read this book.
-Amber Flora Thomas, Eye of Water: Poems
ABOUT ALESSANDRA NYSETHER-SANTOS
Alessandra Nysether-Santos is a Brazilian American and Jersey Italian writer, artist, and new parent who facilitates creative workshops, moon circles, lifespan sexuality education, and more. Their debut poetry chapbook is fat magic, a winner of the 2025 Garden Party Collective Chapbook Contest. You can find more of their work in The Rebis: The Devil, Até Mais: An Anthology of Latinx Fururisms, NC Literary Review, and beyond. They work at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tallahassee as the Director of Religious Exploration and Worship Leader.
ABOUT THE CHAUFFEUR'S GAMBLE
An orphan kicked out of her home the day after her eighteenth birthday, Lili needed a way to avoid life on the streets. When she started working with one of Miami’s premier escort agencies, she thought she found a way to live life in style. But entertaining rich men’s lascivious instincts also had its risks.
When Mikhail started driving a limo for his father's company, he received strict instructions not to fraternize with the passengers or interfere with whatever happened in the back seat. The company's reputation was built on reliability, professionalism, and confidentiality. The clients rented the vehicles to drive them and their dates who included escorts from one of Miami's most exclusive agencies, known for their beauty and feminine wiles.
But when Mikhail looked in the rear-view mirror and saw a client abusing his favorite escort, his instincts pushed aside his instructions. What followed set off an odyssey that led them across the country while they were forced to deal with issues of family resistance, legal ramifications, and attempts to capture or K*ll them.
ABOUT S.D. MILLER
S.D. Miller is a lawyer. He has been a prosecutor and a criminal defense lawyer and lives in Florida.
ABOUT MY VOICE: A GUIDE TO MASTERING LIFE, TRUTH, AND PURPOSE
How much of your life are you actually choosing for yourself?
My Voice: A Guide to Mastering Life, Truth, and Purpose explores the habits, fears, beliefs, and choices that can quietly shape the course of a person’s life. Through reflections on discipline, mindset, truth, and purpose, the book challenges readers to think about what they really want, what may be standing in their way, and what they are willing to change to move forward.
It is for anyone who has ever felt capable of more and knew it was time to find out what that could look like.
ABOUT RALPH CLOTAIRE JEAN
Ralph Clotaire Jean is the author of My Voice: A Guide to Mastering Life, Truth, and Purpose. His writing focuses on discipline, mindset, personal growth, and purpose. He explores the choices we make, the things that can hold us back, and what it means to take greater control of the direction of our lives.
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