Join Michael Jarmer and Mimi Herman as we celebrate the release of Mimi's new novel, The Kudzu Queen, at the Corkscrew Wine Bar in Sellwood on March 6, 6 pm.

Michael Jarmer will read from his fiction, and then Mimi will read from her new novel, followed by an author Q&A.

The readings and Q&A will be followed by the Jonathan Smith Trio at 8 pm.

About Mimi Herman: In addition to The Kudzu Queen, Mimi Herman is the author of A Field Guide to Human Emotions, Logophilia and The Art of Learning. Her writing has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, The Carolina Quarterly, Shenandoah, Crab Orchard Review, Prime Number Magazine and other journals. She has performed her poetry and fiction at Why There Are Words, Symphony Space in New York City and other venues. She is a Kennedy Center teaching artist and co-director of Writeaways writing workshops in France, Italy, Ireland, New Mexico and online. She is an alumna of the MFA program at Warren Wilson.

Praise for The Kudzu Queen:

“Funny, sad, and tender… Mimi Herman has written a novel that possesses a true and hard won understanding of the South.” —David Sedaris

“What a wonderful novel! Mimi Herman brings us a charming charlatan, a farming community at a major turning point, and the most appealing young heroine since Scout…. This book demands to be a movie!” —Lee Smith

“In Mimi Herman’s lush historical novel The Kudzu Queen, a clever Southern teenager’s sense of justice inspires her to expose the truth about a magnetic newcomer… Fascinating.” –Foreword Reviews

About Michael Jarmer: A longtime Portland resident musician, writer, and teacher, Michael earned an MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. His novel Monster Talk received the editor's choice award from iUniverse. He is currently working on a new novel and a book of micro essays about teaching.