{"id":20183582,"date":"2025-08-19T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrosiliconvalley.com\/?p=20183582"},"modified":"2025-08-17T17:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T00:26:54","slug":"pamela-gullard-in-menlo-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrosiliconvalley.com\/pamela-gullard-in-menlo-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Pamela Gullard in Menlo Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kepler\u2019s Literary Foundation hosts a book discussion, followed by a wine reception, with Menlo Park author Pamela Gullard. The writer reads from her latest collection of 11 short stories, <em>Lake Crescent and Other Spirits, <\/em>which is set in the Bay Area and Gullard\u2019s hometown of Seattle, especially Lake Crescent in Washington\u2019s Olympic National Park. 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