NM author’s memoir spans New and Old Mexico

AT PAGE ONE: New Mexican author and artist Anita Rodriguez will discuss her memoir, “Coyota in the Kitchen: A Memoir of New and Old Mexico” at 3 today. Page One is at 5850 Eubank Blvd., Suite B-41, in the Mountain Run Center. Call 294-2026.

AT BOOKWORKS: Charles Blanchard will discuss “Positive Piano” at 3 today.

The indispensables in any success are very much like mastering the art of playing the piano. The 19th century was a Golden Age of piano music when the likes of Beethoven, Chopin, and Liszt set a standard yet to be exceeded. The book is a collection of wisdom gleaned from hundreds of old books, articles, letters and diaries in which history’s most successful pianists and composers reveal how they did it.

Robert Kidera will sign “Get Lost” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 21.

All Gabe McKenna wanted was a new floor for his barn. What he got was seven corpses, all long dead. Seven rich men, missing from New York. One of his closest childhood friends is shot to death in an Albuquerque casino. After escaping two attempts on his own life and with time running out, McKenna must uncover the connection and prevent his loved ones from joining the growing ranks of the dead.

Margaret Randall will read from her poetry collection “She Becomes Time” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 22.

John Biscello will sign “Raking the Dust” at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 23.

In this rogue’s tale, full of sound, fury and erotic surrealism, we meet Alex Fillameno, a writer who has traded in the machine-grind of New York for a barebones existence in Taos.

Donald Levering will read from his poetry collection “Coltrane’s God” at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 25.

Bookworks is located at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW. Call 344-8139.