About this Event
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Join us on Saturday, October 17 in Remington for a conversation with author Molly McCloy, author of the new memoir ! Molly will be in conversation with writer and drag king The Workshop Prince.
About Nine Grudges: The Spiteful Origins of the Happiest Dyke on Earth
A raw, defiant, and darkly hilarious queer memoir that traces nine pivotal moments of childhood trauma, blending humor, heartbreak, and resilience to illuminate the power of forgiveness, identity, and queer joy amid family dysfunction.
On the cusp of her 1993 college graduation in Olympia, Molly McCloy spends her time drunk and high, pulling dykey pranks, and thrashing in mosh pits—anything to avoid the troubled, working-class family she left behind in Arizona. But after a vivid nightmare involving her dad, Molly writes him a letter, asking him to apologize for nine instances of mental, verbal, and physical abuse. To her surprise, her dad writes back. Nine Grudges is the story of Molly’s nine heartbreaking moments, her humor as a coping strategy, and her queerness as a source of joy. Celebrating dark victories snatched from the jaws of trauma, this book asks whether grudge-wielding is an act more powerful than forgiveness itself.
Nine Grudges is available for purchase !
Molly McCloy is a four-time Moth Slam winner and Lambda Literary fellow. Her ideas about using humor and agency to write about childhood trauma have been featured on Pipeline Artists and a radio interview for KJZZ’s “The Show.” Her memoir, “Nine Grudges: The Spiteful Origins of the Happiest Dyke on Earth,” won the Book Pipeline Prize as well as the Quill Prose Award from Red Hen Press and was recently excerpted for a Father's Day essay on The Huffington Post. She teaches the awesome students at Pima Community College and lives in Tucson with her wife Rebecca. Find out more at and .
Zoe Leonard (he/him) is The Workshop Prince, a writer and drag king from Baltimore County. He is a Kundiman fiction fellow and holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. His current work explores the intersection of poetry and performance. You can connect with him on Instagram @zoe_leonard.theprince and see more of his work at .
Event venue & nearby stays
Greedy Reads Remington, 320 West 29th Street, Baltimore, United States
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