A Book & Its Author

Nick Neely discusses and reads from Alta California: From San Diego To San Francisco, A Journey On Foot To Rediscover The Golden State (Counterpoint, 2019), in which the author walks in the footsteps of the 1769 Gaspar de Portola expedition. http://www.nickneely.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com

Suzanne Roberts discusses and reads from her memoir/travel essay collection, Bad Tourist: Misadventures In Love And Travel, an "anti-guidebook" on learning about the world and one's own cultural (& emotional) blind spots. www.suzanneroberts.net abookanditsauthor@gmail.com

Shaun T. Griffin discusses and reads from his latest collection of poetry, The Monastery Of Stars, which explores social justice, the natural world, and personal loss & what remains. https://kelsaybooks.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com    

Kendra Atleework discusses and reads from her memoir, Miracle Country, which describes growing up in the Owens Valley (California), and coming to terms with its harsh landscape, as well as with her own sense of place and family. https://www.atleework.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com

Cheryll Glotfelty (editor, with Eve Quesnel) discusses and reads from The Biosphere And The Bioregion: Essential Writings Of Peter Berg, which compiles keys texts by and about this founding figure of contemporary environmental thought. abookanditsauthor@gmail.com

Christopher Coake discusses and reads from his new collection of stories, You Would Have Told Me Not To, which explores fraught relationships in the era of toxic masculinity and the #MeToo movement. https://www.christophercoake.info/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com

Nikki Reimer discusses and reads from her poetry collection My Heart Is A Rose Manhattan, which examines themes ranging from grief, to social media, to Canadian identity, to horse statues. https://reimerwrites.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com      

Chris Bucholtz discusses and reads from his book Thunderbolts Triumphant: The 362nd Fighter Group vs Germany's Wehmacht, which documents the World War II missions of these young pilots, using both contemporary records and personal accounts from the men who flew the missions.

Michael P. Branch discusses and reads from his essay collection How to Cuss in Western, which humorously examines life, family, nature and other subjects from the perspective of a self-proclaimed desert rat of Nevada's high desert.