Join us along with LCW author Marianna Marlowe for a conversation on her new memoir, Portrait of a Mestiza, with writer and sexual ethics educator Natasha Singh at an event hosted by Book Passage and organized by Left Coast Writers®
Saturday June 13th, 2026 — 2 PM
Book Passage-Corte Madera|| 51 Tamal Vista Dr. Corte Madera ||
Following her acclaimed 2025 memoir Portrait of a Feminist, Marlowe’s latest book is a powerful exploration of hybrid identity, belonging, and life between cultures. Born to a Peruvian mother and American father, she traces a journey across continents—and through the intersecting forces of race, class, and gender, religion, migration, and family.
In a series of intimate essays, Marlowe reflects on marriage, motherhood, faith, and the search for identity in the “in-between” spaces Gloria Anzaldúa called the borderlands. Portrait of a Mestiza is ultimately a meditation on contradiction, cultural inheritance, and forging a new consciousness beyond categories.
“Marlowe’s voice cuts clean…the collection’s achievement lies in her willingness to dwell in contradictions, and the uncomfortable space of feeling perpetually in between.” — Kirkus Reviews
Marianna Marlowe is a Latina writer exploring issues surrounding gender identity and cultural hybridity. She holds a Ph.D. in Literary Studies as well as a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Washington, and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Author of two memoirs published by She Writes Press, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where she is at work on a third book.