{"id":1453,"date":"2026-08-30T04:46:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T04:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2026-08-30T04:46:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T04:46:55","slug":"reading-of-the-pearl-at-trash-cat-lits-what-comes-to-light-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/30\/reading-of-the-pearl-at-trash-cat-lits-what-comes-to-light-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading of &#8220;The Pearl&#8221; at Trash Cat Lit&#8217;s What Comes to Light Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikepiero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7425.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1454\" style=\"width:424px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikepiero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7425.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikepiero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7425.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikepiero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7425.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikepiero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7425.jpg?resize=768%2C767&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikepiero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7425.jpg?w=1206&amp;ssl=1 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thoroughly enjoyed reading &#8220;The Pearl&#8221; and especially hearing all the other contributors&#8217; share their brilliant stories in their own voices at <a href=\"https:\/\/trashcatlit.com\/\">Trash Cat Lit<\/a>&#8216;s celebration of its first charity-fundraiser story collection, <a href=\"https:\/\/trashcatlit.com\/anthologies\/\">What Comes to Light<\/a>. This event was held over Zoom on August 29, 2026. &#8220;The Pearl&#8221; is particularly special to me, as I wrote it following my grandma&#8217;s death a few years back, her passing and our mourning complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. I&#8217;m honored to be part of the Trash Cat Family! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While you can read <em>What Comes to Light <\/em>for free online, I&#8217;d encourage you to buy a paperback copy through the link above if you can afford to and support a great cause!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thoroughly enjoyed reading &#8220;The Pearl&#8221; and especially hearing all the other contributors&#8217; share their brilliant stories in their own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[54,52,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-chapter","category-publication-fiction","category-speaking-engagement"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikepiero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7425.jpg?fit=1206%2C1205&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1455,"href":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions\/1455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}