Reading & Signing with Mary Kay Zuravleff & Stephen Policoff

American Ending

 In an Appalachian coal mining town, Yelena is the first American born in her Russian immigrant family. Before the night’s bedtime story, Ma asks the children, “Russian ending or American ending?” This refrain haunts American Ending, a gritty, darkly humorous tale of immigration, a worldwide pandemic, and the fragility of American citizenship—100 years ago.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mary Kay Zuravleff is the award-winning author of American Ending, which was chosen for Oprah’s Spring Book List. The novel was inspired by her Russian Orthodox Old Believer grandparents, who lived in Marianna and Erie, PA. Her novel Man Alive! was a Washington Post Notable Book, and she is the winner of the American Academy’s Rosenthal Award. She lives in Washington, DC, and is a recipient of numerous DC Artist Fellowships.

Dangerous Blues 

The story of Paul Brickner and his 12-year-old daughter Spring, who must learn to live without Spring’s mother,…