DANNY RAMADAN - CROOKED TEETH: A QUEER SYRIAN REFUGEE MEMOIR (w/ Manuel Betancourt)

"Writing this memoir is a betrayal." So begins this electrifying personal account from Danny Ramadan, starting with his family's humble beginnings in Damascus and taking readers on an epic, border-crossing journey. A powerful refutation of the oversimplified refugee narrative. Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ+ refugee advocate, author of The Foghorn Echoes, The Clothesline Swing, and the Salma children's series (Lambda Literary Award winner). In conversation with LA-based writer and film critic Manuel Betancourt. Free admission, 7:00pm. Notes: RSVP via Humanitix (https://events.humanitix.com/rsvp-ramadan). Book publishes 8/18/2026, available for preorder.