John Nichols to discuss fishing tale set on the Rio Grande in northern NM
AT BOOKWORKS: John Nichols will discuss 3 today.“The Annual Big Arsenic Fishing Contest” at On the surface, this book spins a fisherman’s tall tale about a ribald angling contest between three middle-aged friends who love (and perhaps hate) each other: a preppy trilingual Machiavelli, an intellectual ghetto pool shark, and a brawny Texan who defies his own macho stereotype. Michael Ward will sign “Ghost Riders in the Sky” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26. At Death Valley National Monument in 1947, a handsome young park ranger idly plucks his guitar, writes a cowboy song and strikes gold. This is the true story of Stan Jones, now told in full for the first time. Sawnie Morris will discuss “Her, Infinite” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27. The poetry performs a metaphysical, yet-grounded-indaily-life ceremony in which the magical properties of language meet with political action. Margaret Randall will read from and sign “Only the Road/ Solo el Camino: Eight Decades of Cuban Poetry” at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. Featuring the work of more than 50 poets writing across the past eight decades, it is the most complete bilingual anthology of Cuban poetry available to an English readership. Bookworks is at 4022 Rio Grande NW. Call 344-8139. AT LOS POBLANOS: Jann Gilmore will sign “Olive Rush: Finding Her Place in the Santa Fe Art Colony” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25. This biography brings light to the life, art and extraordinary contributions of Olive Rush (1873-1966), artist, illustrator, muralist, Native American art educator, and social reformer. Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm is at 4803 Rio Grande NW in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. Call Bookworks at 344-8139. AT PAGE ONE: Lenton Malry will discuss”Let’s Roll This Train: My Life in New Mexico Education, Business, and Politics” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27. This memoir chronicles Malry’s journey from segregated Louisiana to a distinguished career in public service in New Mexico. Page One is at 5850 Eubank NE, Suite B-41, in the Mountain Run Center. Call 294-2026. AT TEATRO PARAGUAS: Lew Watts will read “Marcel Malone” at 5 today. This first novel intersperses prose and poetry in an odyssey of personal transformation. Teatro Paraguas is at 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe. Visit redmountainpress.us.