A young man's dream of being the best cowboy at the best ranch is tested by something he never expected: his love for a married woman. In 1917, 19-year-old Charlie Kelly lives with his family working a large ranch outside Fort Sumner, New Mexico. But Charlie is tired of fixing everyone's problems, especially the ones […]
Join us for a poetry night featuring local talent during Banned Books Week! HOSTED BY SU AND LEWIS Su will be reading new poems written for her State Arts Board project called Place Your Unprotected Hands Over Your Eyes (to protect them). These are poems incited by her father witnessing 12 atomic detonations when he […]
For the the first time, Banned Books Week, a campaign launched in 1982 in response to increased numbers of challenges to books in schools, libraries and bookstores, will include Alexandria-area writers and readers at a new local event titled “Let Freedom Read: A Celebration of Banned Books.” The celebration will include short readings from books […]
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Join us for this MN author event and signing! About the author: Deb lives in greater Minnesota with her husband, dogs and outdoor critter friends. She is an award-winning journalist, author of 11 books for young readers, and a former newspaper editor and technical writer. Her newest Choose Your Path titles […]
About the author: Allen Eskens is the bestselling author of The Life We Bury, The Guise of Another, The Heavens May Fall, The Deep Dark Descending, The Shadows We Hide, Nothing More Dangerous, The Stolen Hours, and Forsaken Country. He is the recipient of the Barry Award, Minnesota Book Award, Rosebud Award (Left Coast Crime), […]
