Queer Horror Night with Zefyr Lisowski and Nicky Gonzalez

Join us for a reading and conversation with Zefyr Lisowski, author of Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival and Love (2026 Finalist for the Lambda Literary Prize in Transgender Nonfiction) and Nicky Gonzalez, author of Mayra: A Novel. We promise not to scare you too much as these two accomplished writers discuss all things spooky.

Zefyr Lisowski is the author of Uncanny Valley Girls (Harper Perennial 2025), shortlisted for a 2026 Lambda Literary Award in Nonfiction. She’s also the author of two poetry collections, Girl Work (Noemi Press 2024), winner of the 2025 Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Poetry, and Blood Box (Black Lawrence 2019). Raised in the Great Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, she lives in Brooklyn and at zefyrlisowski.com.

Nicky Gonzalez a writer from Hialeah, Florida. Her fiction has appeared in McSweeney’s, BOMB, Kenyon Review, Taco Bell Quarterly, and other publications. Her debut book, Mayra, was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

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  Wednesday, Jun 17, 2026 6:00p

  Boston Area Spanish Exchange (BASE)
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  Friday, Jun 19, 2026 10:50a

  New England Botanic Gardens at Tower Hill

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