Author Visit: "Water Fire Steam" by Mitzi Zilka

Program Type:

Speaker or Forum

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

Author Mitzi Zilka will discuss and read from her book, Water Fire Steam. The book will be on sale and Mitzi will be available for book signing following the talk. 

From the author:

I was born in Portland, Oregon, into a family of nine children: six older brothers and two sisters. Cherished memories of reading Mother Goose are at my foundation. As a sixth-grader at St. Mary's Cathedral, a substitute teacher, Mrs. O'Leary, opened the world of storytelling by impersonating each character in the stories she read in class. My mother, a published writer and a profound lover of words, sat beside me with the Oxford Dictionary, illuminating word origins, and meanings. My first attempt at writing came in middle school after being inspired by the song lyrics to Carole King's Tapestry.

There came a man of fortune, a drifter passing by

He wore a torn and tattered cloth around his leathered hide

And a coat of many colors, yellow, green on either side

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