About this Event
East City Bookshop welcomes Taj McCoy and Lane Clarke to discuss their new book of interconnected stories, Even if the Sky is Falling.
Note on Format: This hybrid event will have both an in-person component with limited seating as well as a virtual broadcast via Zoom Webinar. Both in-person and virtual attendees will be able to pose questions to the authors during audience Q&A.
COVID-19 Information: Please note that East City Bookshop continuously monitors public health guidance to ensure the safety of customers, authors, and our staff and reserves the right to adjust in-person events. Masks are required for all in-person attendees.
ABOUT EVEN IF THE SKY IS FALLING
It’s the end of the world as they know it—or so they think…
When an international warning siren accidentally goes off, convincing everyone that a meteor shower may just be the end of life as they know it, six couples—friends, exes, crushes and rivals—must take shelter. Inhibitions are abandoned, confessions are made and love blossoms, but what happens when the world doesn’t end?
Filled with humor, heat and hope, this riveting collection of interconnected multicultural stories by acclaimed authors Lane Clarke, Farah Heron, Taj McCoy, Charish Reid, Sarah Smith and Denise Williams beautifully explores the secrets we carry with us—and the joy we discover when we let go and reach for the stars.
Two NASA specialist exes forced to reunite under pressure.
Competing food stall owners face no escape—from each other or their shared past.
Two law students learn just how strongly opposites attract between the library stacks.
A pair of literature lovers confront long-held feelings under the covers of a bookstore bunker.
A songwriter discovers her newly hired contractor hits all the right notes.
Trapped on campus, former college rivals entertain their reignited spark.
Oakland-born law grad, TAJ MCCOY, is committed to writing stories championing Black and multiracial women of color, plus-sized protagonists, Black love, Black joy, and characters with strong senses of sisterhood and familial bonds. She is the author of SAVVY SHELDON FEELS GOOD AS HELL and the upcoming ZORA BOOKS HER HAPPY EVER AFTER (April 25, 2023). In addition to writing full-time, Taj serves as a literary agent and higher ed consultant. In her free time, Taj may be on Twitter boosting other marginalized writers, trying to zen out in yoga, traveling to a beachy location, binge-watching her favorite reality tv, or cooking private supper club meals for close friends. She resides less than a mile outside our nation’s capital.
LANE CLARKE is an author, lawyer, and associate literary agent with ArtHouse Literary. She writes and represents books that make you laugh, cry, and dare to dream. When not eating Cocoa Pebbles for dinner, she can be found re-watching Schitt's Creek, making corny jokes, and taking an obnoxious amount of photos of her fur babies. She lives in the DMV with her husband and two sons (the aforementioned fur babies).
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
East City Bookshop, 645 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, Washington, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 24.49