Wildfire Reading Series Featuring LaToya Watkins

Torch Literary Arts presents an evening with LaToya Watkins celebrating the launch of her debut novel, Perish. Named “A Most Anticipated Book of 2022” by Essence, Esquire, Bustle, Ms. Magazine, and others, Perish introduces us to a Black Texan family, exploring the effects of inherited trauma and intergenerational violence as the family comes together to say goodbye to their matriarch on her deathbed.

Praise for Perish

“Perish offers a moving look into Black communities, bringing complexity and nuance to this story of intergenerational trauma and the toll it takes on the human spirit. But for all the secrets, resentments, and bitterness here, Watkins has a generosity of spirit enough to entertain the possibility of forgiveness; miraculous and moving, light glimmers at the edges of this wise novel.”

—Esquire

“With Perish, Watkins joins a tradition of Southern writers who delve into the taboo and grotesque to expose a dark past and…