Brenda Iijima, author of SHELTER IS NECESSARY FOR EXISTENCE

A Boswell event, featuring Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece as the conversation partner Come visit Boswell Book Company for our event featuring author Brenda Ijima as she discussed her latest novel Shelter is Necessary for Existence. It's a haunted novel that's equal parts psychological thriller and social satire and explores the disquieting qualities of a privileged family’s mundane cultural assumptions. She'll be in conversation with fellow author an UWM professor, Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece. Click here to order your copy. Signed copies are available on most event preorders. If you have a personalization request, enter it in "order comments" at checkout. Please note: signed copies will ship after the event. Remember to select "In Store Pickup" at check out to avoid unnecessary shipping fees on books you intend to pick up at the event. Brenda Iijima is the author of Presence published by Georgia Review Books in 2024. She is also the author of numerous volumes of poetry. She lives in Brooklyn, New York and runs a small poetry press.