Wed November 2, 2022
(Online!) Meet Mallory O’Meara, Author of Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol! Co-hosted with Historian Alex Brown
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San Mateo County Libraries welcomes Mallory O'Meara to discuss her newest book, Girl Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol! Co-hosted with historian and librarian Alex Brown.
Did you know that the first recorded depiction of someone drinking--in a cave painting--is of a woman? Learn all that and more in Mallory O'Meara's award-winning book!
Mallory O'Meara's Girly Drinks unveils an entire untold world history of the female distillers, drinkers, and brewers who have played a vital role in the creation and consumption of alcohol, from ancient Sumerian beer makers and Russian bootlegging grandmothers to iconic bartenders and bar owners. O'Meara fills a crucial gap in culinary history, dismantling the long-standing patriarchal traditions at the heart of these very drinking cultures, in the hope that readers everywhere can look to each woman celebrated in this book--and proudly have what she's having.
Join us and virtually meet Mallory O'Meara! Register here to attend and to receive your Zoom invitation: https://smcl.org/authortalks
Mallory O'Meara is the award-winning and bestselling historian and writer of The Lady From the Black Lagoon and Girly Drinks. Every week, she co-hosts the literary podcast Reading Glasses. She lives in the mountains near Los Angeles with her two cats, where she is working on her next nonfiction book for younger readers, Girls Make Movies.
Co-hosted with Historian Alex Brown
Alex Brown is a queer Black librarian, local historian, writer and author of two books about marginalized history in Napa Valley. They are an Ignyte Award-winning and Hugo Award-nominated writer and critic who covers speculative fiction and young adult literature for Tor.com, Locus Magazine, NPR Books and elsewhere. They also write on topics such as queerness, Black history, librarianship and pop culture.
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Did you know that the first recorded depiction of someone drinking--in a cave painting--is of a woman? Learn all that and more in Mallory O'Meara's award-winning book!
Mallory O'Meara's Girly Drinks unveils an entire untold world history of the female distillers, drinkers, and brewers who have played a vital role in the creation and consumption of alcohol, from ancient Sumerian beer makers and Russian bootlegging grandmothers to iconic bartenders and bar owners. O'Meara fills a crucial gap in culinary history, dismantling the long-standing patriarchal traditions at the heart of these very drinking cultures, in the hope that readers everywhere can look to each woman celebrated in this book--and proudly have what she's having.
Join us and virtually meet Mallory O'Meara! Register here to attend and to receive your Zoom invitation: https://smcl.org/authortalks
Mallory O'Meara is the award-winning and bestselling historian and writer of The Lady From the Black Lagoon and Girly Drinks. Every week, she co-hosts the literary podcast Reading Glasses. She lives in the mountains near Los Angeles with her two cats, where she is working on her next nonfiction book for younger readers, Girls Make Movies.
Co-hosted with Historian Alex Brown
Alex Brown is a queer Black librarian, local historian, writer and author of two books about marginalized history in Napa Valley. They are an Ignyte Award-winning and Hugo Award-nominated writer and critic who covers speculative fiction and young adult literature for Tor.com, Locus Magazine, NPR Books and elsewhere. They also write on topics such as queerness, Black history, librarianship and pop culture.
San Mateo County Libraries welcomes Mallory O'Meara to discuss her newest book, Girl Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol! Co-hosted with historian and librarian Alex Brown.
Did you know that the first recorded depiction of someone drinking--in a cave painting--is of a woman? Learn all that and more in Mallory O'Meara's award-winning book!
Mallory O'Meara's Girly Drinks unveils an entire untold world history of the female distillers, drinkers, and brewers who have played a vital role in the creation and consumption of alcohol, from ancient Sumerian beer makers and Russian bootlegging grandmothers to iconic bartenders and bar owners. O'Meara fills a crucial gap in culinary history, dismantling the long-standing patriarchal traditions at the heart of these very drinking cultures, in the hope that readers everywhere can look to each woman celebrated in this book--and proudly have what she's having.
Join us and virtually meet Mallory O'Meara! Register here to attend and to receive your Zoom invitation: https://smcl.org/authortalks
Mallory O'Meara is the award-winning and bestselling historian and writer of The Lady From the Black Lagoon and Girly Drinks. Every week, she co-hosts the literary podcast Reading Glasses. She lives in the mountains near Los Angeles with her two cats, where she is working on her next nonfiction book for younger readers, Girls Make Movies.
Co-hosted with Historian Alex Brown
Alex Brown is a queer Black librarian, local historian, writer and author of two books about marginalized history in Napa Valley. They are an Ignyte Award-winning and Hugo Award-nominated writer and critic who covers speculative fiction and young adult literature for Tor.com, Locus Magazine, NPR Books and elsewhere. They also write on topics such as queerness, Black history, librarianship and pop culture.
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Did you know that the first recorded depiction of someone drinking--in a cave painting--is of a woman? Learn all that and more in Mallory O'Meara's award-winning book!
Mallory O'Meara's Girly Drinks unveils an entire untold world history of the female distillers, drinkers, and brewers who have played a vital role in the creation and consumption of alcohol, from ancient Sumerian beer makers and Russian bootlegging grandmothers to iconic bartenders and bar owners. O'Meara fills a crucial gap in culinary history, dismantling the long-standing patriarchal traditions at the heart of these very drinking cultures, in the hope that readers everywhere can look to each woman celebrated in this book--and proudly have what she's having.
Join us and virtually meet Mallory O'Meara! Register here to attend and to receive your Zoom invitation: https://smcl.org/authortalks
Mallory O'Meara is the award-winning and bestselling historian and writer of The Lady From the Black Lagoon and Girly Drinks. Every week, she co-hosts the literary podcast Reading Glasses. She lives in the mountains near Los Angeles with her two cats, where she is working on her next nonfiction book for younger readers, Girls Make Movies.
Co-hosted with Historian Alex Brown
Alex Brown is a queer Black librarian, local historian, writer and author of two books about marginalized history in Napa Valley. They are an Ignyte Award-winning and Hugo Award-nominated writer and critic who covers speculative fiction and young adult literature for Tor.com, Locus Magazine, NPR Books and elsewhere. They also write on topics such as queerness, Black history, librarianship and pop culture.
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