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Writing The Body In Memoir: How To Work With What Our Bodies Know
Andrew Boryga and Ingrid Rojas Contreras on the trauma plot
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October 4, 2026 at Local Economy in Oakland, CA
Andrew Boryga’s novel, Victim, was named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and BBC. A satirical sendup of tear-jerking trauma plots, Victim asks what real diversity looks like and how far one man is willing to go to make his story hit the right notes.
Boryga will be in conversation with Pulitzer Prize finalist, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, the author of The Man Who Could Move Clouds. The two will discuss trauma, the contested spaces of self, art, and market.
Date:
October 4, 2026
Time:
5:00 PM
6:30 PM
Event website: https://luma.com/w5nm7ehi
Event type:
Workshops and Education
Originally posted to:
Rockridge District Association Events Calendar
Local Economy is a small, flexible community space on the College Avenue stretch of Rockridge, a few doors from East Bay Booksellers. It looks and feels like a bright neighborhood storefront set up for people to gather rather than a traditional venue. Inside, most things are organized around a long central table where talks, workshops, book clubs and game sessions all happen in close quarters. more...
