Monday, April 27, 2026 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.**_ **New York Times** **bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a captivating story about a young woman whose life becomes ensnared in her glamorous neighbor’s secret past** SPRING, 2007 At twenty-six, Alicia Canales Forten feels smothered by her future. She’s in a long-distance relationship, living at home with her mother’s beliefs, saving up for her wedding to a future doctor. But after Alicia ventures out one night in the neighborhood of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, she finds herself lured by the siren song of youth and possibility that the striving crowd of creatives holds, and moves in. No one embodies this milieu more than La Garza, a larger-than-life, up-and-coming fashion designer whose epic house parties fuel neighborhood lore. La Garza’s life, observed by Alicia from her apartment across the street, seems to hold the allure and fearlessness Alicia has never dared to imagine for herself. But when Alicia’s wealthy banker cousin moves to the neighborhood, she finds herself increasingly drawn into both his and La Garza’s precarious lives. Against the backdrop of a potentially life-changing presidential election and a looming once-in-a-generation fiscal crisis, _Last Night in Brooklyn_ explores the dark compromise of the American Dream for people of color living, unknowingly, in the twilight of a cultural moment. It is a story about everything money can buy—and the destruction of what it can’t. **Xochitl Gonzalez** is the _New York Times_ bestselling author of the award-winning novel _Olga Dies Dreaming_ and the Reese’s Book Club Pick _Anita de Monte Laughs Last_. She is a contributor to _The Atlantic_, where she was recognized as a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Commentary. A native Brooklynite and proud public school graduate, Gonzalez holds a BA from Brown University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. **Justina Machado** was nominated for a Tony for her performance of ‘Carmen Garcia’ in REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES on Broadway. She is currently recurring as EVA on MATLOCK on CBS and will feature in the upcoming mockumentary THE MAKING OF JESUS DIABETES, story by Michael Naughton, Andrew Friedman and Bob Odenkirk. She starred in the Netflix series PULSE from Zoe Robyn and Carlton Cuse and the Amazon/Blumhouse series THE HORROR OF DOLORES ROACH. Machado starred in the hit comedy ONE DAY AT A TIME opposite Rita Moreno and produced by the late great Norman Lear. Machado is well-known for her role as ‘Vanessa Diaz’ in HBO’s SIX FEET UNDER. Machado recurred on JANE THE VIRGIN and was a series regular on QUEEN OF THE SOUTH as fan favorite ‘Brenda Parra.’ In film, Machado starred in THE THROWBACK directed by Mario Garcia opposite Will Sasso, Lifetime’s SWITCHED BEFORE BIRTH, and in Netflix’s ALL TOGETHER NOW. Additional television credits include SUPERSTORE, GREY’S ANATOMY, UGLY BETTY, ER, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, PRIVATE PRACTICE, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, DEVIOUS MAIDS, SWITCHED AT BIRTH, THE FOSTERS, MURDER POLICE, and Max’s TUCA & BERTIE.