Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Skylight Books, Los Angeles
 CLICK HERE TO RSVP _**RSVP is recommended but not required. Entry and seating are first-come, first-served. RSVPs do not guarantee entry to a full event.**_ **_How To Get Into the Twin Palms_** is the story of Anya, a young woman living in a Russian neighborhood in Los Angeles, who struggles between retaining her parents' Polish culture and trying to assimilate into her adopted community. She lusts after Lev, a Russian man who frequents the Twin Palms nightclub down the block from Anya's apartment. It is Anya's wish to gain entrance to this seeminly exclusive club. _How To Get Into the Twin Palms_ is a really funny and often moving book that provides a unique twist on the immigrant story, and provides a credible portrait of the city of Los Angeles, its neighborhoods and character. **Karolina Waclawiak** is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, _How to Into the Twin Palms_, _The Invaders_, and _Life Events_. She lives in Los Angeles. **Grace Krilanovich** is the author of The Orange Eats Creeps, a finalist for the Believer Book Award and the Indie Booksellers' Choice Award in 2010, and reissued in 2025 for Two Dollar Radio’s New Classics series. Her work has appeared in Black Clock, The Rumpus, The Comics Journal, Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. She was a National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” honoree in 2010. She lives in Los Angeles. **Katya Apekina** is a novelist, screenwriter and translator. Her new novel, _Mother Doll_, is out now. Her debut, _The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish_, was named a _Best Book of 2018_ by Kirkus, Buzzfeed and others and was a finalist for the _LA Times Book Prize._ Katya translated poetry and prose from Russian for _Night Wraps the Sky: Writings by and about Mayakovsky_ (FSG, 2008), short-listed for the Best Translated Book Award. She lives in Los Angeles.