The legendary novelist, poet and community healer Deena Metzger will read from her latest novel,  LA VIEJA: A JOURNAL OF FIRE  and  WHAT DINAH THOUGHT - two seminal books addressing environmental justice and peace.

La Vieja -- An old woman living in a fire lookout in the Sierra Mountains bears witness to ongoing environmental devastation & the interlocking lives of humans, trees and animals.

What Dinah Thought -- A Palestinian activist & Jewish American woman confront the ancient biblical story of Dinah and Shechem, and the story of crimes committed in the name of faith, and wounds that echo to this day.

The reading will be Sunday, March 16, 2025, 3:00-4:30 pm PST, at the Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060. It will be followed by book signing and refreshments.

Tickets for the reading are $15.00, available at the link above or at the door. Event information HERE.

The event will be emceed by Santa Cruz author and teacher Carolyn Brigit Flynn.

Deena Metzger’s magical new novel LA VIEJA: A JOURNAL OF FIRE blurs the boundaries between human consciousness and animal consciousness, of imagination and reality, to create a “Journal of Fire,” a recording of the process of living with the constant threat of the destruction of the natural world. And yet, it finds hope by making new connections that lead us toward a liberation from human domination, toward renewal and a vision of the future where humans and the natural world are integral parts of a whole, intermingling and interdependent, where human nature and animal nature are inclusive of each other.

WHAT DINAH THOUGHT is Deena Metzger's brilliant 1989 novel, which was re-issued in November, 2023. Dina Z, a Jewish-American filmmaker, visits the Palestinian West Bank to document the lives people who dwell in that ancient land. She falls in love with a Palestinian activist -- and sees him and his people in ways that were not available to her until the ancient Biblical story of Dinah and Shechem is revived through their meeting. A rich exploration of women's consciousness, ancestral patterns, and a current-day violence and displacement of people and the land.