One Book One San Diego

Location

Manchester Hall

Free

Each year, KPBS and the San Diego Public Library sponsor the search for a book that will engage the whole community.

This year, the selection is a collection of short stories called "Monstress", by San Diego native Lysley Tenorio.

Tenorio will take part in a special presentation about his book at USD. "Monstress" is a luminous collection of heartbreaking, vivid, startling, and gloriously unique stories set amongst the Filipino-American communities of California and the Philippines. Already the worthy recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Whiting Writer’s Award, and a Stegner Fellowship, Tenorio brilliantly explores the need to find connections, the melancholy of isolation, and the sometimes suffocating ties of family in tales that range from a California army base to a steamy moviehouse in Manilla, to the dangerous false glitter of Hollywood. 

Please RSVP to attend.