Mia Kirshner at Books Inc. in the Castro October 29, 2008

Actress, philanthropist and author Mia Kirshner will be visiting us here at Books Inc. in the Castro to read from her documentary book "I Live Here"

"I Live Here" is a paper documentary-an intimate journey to humanitarian crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi, told through journals, stories, images, and graphic novellas.

The voices we encounter are those of displaced women and children, in their own words or in stories told in text and images by noted writers and artists. The stories unfold in an avalanche: An orphan goes to jail for stealing leftovers. A teenage girl falls in love in a city of disappeared women. A child soldier escapes his army only to be saved by the people he was taught to kill.

Mia Kirshner's journals guide us through a unique paper documentary brought vividly to life in collaboration with J.B. MacKinnon, Paul Shoebridge, and Michael Simons, with featured works by Joe Sacco, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Phoebe Gloeckner, Chris Abani, Karen Connelly, Kamel Khelif, and many others.

About the author:
Mia Kirshner is the star of the hit television drama "The L Word". She's starred in the movie "The Black Dahlia" as well as other hit films. "I Live Here" is her first book.

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