Dallas poet to read from his latest collection
AT BOOKWORKS: Dallas poet
Joaquin Zihuatenejo will read from his new poetry collection, “Arsonist,” with Albuquerque poet-authors Damien Flores and Mercedes Holtry at 1 p.m. today.
Amy Wallen will read “When We Were Ghouls” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1.
When Wallen’s Southern, blue-collar, peripatetic family was transferred from Ely, Nev., to Lagos, Nigeria, she had just turned 7. From Nevada to Nigeria and on to Peru, Bolivia and Oklahoma, the family wandered the world, living in a state of constant upheaval. “When We Were Ghouls” follows Wallen’s recollections of her family who, like ghosts, came and went and slipped through her fingers, rendering her memories unclear. Were they a family of grave robbers, as her memory of the pillaging of a pre-Incan grave site indicates?
Join leaders from Albuquerque’s Kadampa Meditation Center for a special book club event at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2. The reading selection will be “Transform Your Life or Mirror of Dharma.” Peter Malmgren will discuss “Los Alamos Revisited: A Worker’s History” at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. Bookworks is at 4022 Rio Grande NW. Call 344-8139.
AT PAGE ONE: Robert D. Kidera
will sign his fourth mystery novel, “Midnight Blues: Gabe McKenna Book 4” at 3 p.m. today.
What kind of person would harm a child? Neophyte P.I. Gabe McKenna and his buddy The Onion find out the hard way, when their plan to ransom a kidnapped boy goes terribly wrong. Finding themselves in a battle against international human traffickers, they rely on the help of unlikely friends in a race against time to rescue dozens of enslaved young victims.
Page One Books is at 5850 Eubank NE, Suite B-41, in the Mountain Run Shopping Center. Call 294-2026.
AT COLLECTED WORKS: The
Young Adult Book Club will read “All American Boys” by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely at 4 p.m. today.
The store invites teens ages 14-18 to join us on the last Sunday of each month from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Collected Works is at 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe. Call 505-988-4226.