Poet to read and sign prize-winning collection

AT BOOKWORKS: Erin Adair

Hodges will read and sign “Let’s All Die Happy,” winner of the 2016 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, at 3 p.m. today.

Adair-Hodges is visiting assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Toledo and is the co-creator and curator of the Bad Mouth Reading Series.

Laura Gomez will talk about “Manifest Destinies, Second Edition: The Making of the Mexican American Race” at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 10.

A resource for understanding the complex history of MexicanAmericans and racial classification in the U.S., the book tells the story of the original Mexican-Americans –– the people living in northern Mexico in 1846 during the onset of the Mexican-American War. The war abruptly came to an end two years later, and 115,000 Mexicans became American citizens overnight. Yet their status as full-fledged Americans was tenuous at best.

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

AT TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS

& GIFTS: J.L. Greger will discuss “She Didn’t Know Her Place” from noon to 3 p.m. today.

Would you rather be fired or face criminal charges? Dana Richardson faces that dilemma in her new job at a university in New England. A research center that reports to her is falsifying data to help industrial clients meet federal pollution standards, and the last woman who tried to investigate the problem died under suspicious circumstances.

Treasure House Books & Gifts is at 2012 South Plaza NW in Old Town. Call 242-7204.

AT COLLECTED WORKS: New

Mexico House Speaker Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, will discuss what the Legislature accomplished in its recent session at 11 a.m. today. With Journey Santa Fe hosts Alan Webber and Bill Dupuy.

Collected Works Bookstore is at 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe. Call 505-988-4226.