Author Robert J. Tórrez to read from 'New Mexico’s Wicked City and Other True Stories of New Mexico History'

AT TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS & GIFTS

Robert J. Tórrez will read from and sign copies of his recent book “New Mexico’s Wicked City and Other True Stories of New Mexico History” from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 6. This is Tórrez’s third volume of true stories and articles on New Mexico history that were originally published under his “Voices from the Past” columns. Tórrez, an Albuquerque resident, served as New Mexico state historian from 1987 to 2000.

Author Robert J. Tórrez to read from 'New Mexico’s Wicked City and Other True Stories of New Mexico History'

From 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7, Jonathan Feinn will read and sign copies of his book “Secrets of a Gay Man Growing Up in the 1950s.”

Treasure House Books & Gifts is located at 2012 South Plaza St. NW, Old Town.

AT COLLECTED WORKS IN SANTA FE

Matt Gatton of Santa Fe will discuss and autograph copies of his new book “The Shadows of Socrates: The Heresy, War and Treachery Behind the Trial of Socrates” at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 4. This narrative purports to solve the murder of Socrates, revealing how he was set up, who did it and why. It is billed as a real-life whodunit.

The book reveals Socrates’ impact on two youths — the half-brothers Alcibiades, who was psychopathic, and Callias, who was manipulative. Alcibiades becomes an Athenian general, while Callias becomes an official of the Mysteries of Eleusis, the personification of religion.

The author will be in conversation with Chris “Kit” Slover, a tutor at St. John’s College.

Collected Works is located at 202 Galisteo St., downtown Santa Fe. It is an in-store event that will be streamed to Zoom.

AT GARCIA STREET BOOKS IN SANTA FE

Santa Fe author Sallie Bingham will offer a three-day writing workshop on the subject of “Living Your Memoir.” The workshop will be held at the bookstore 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, April 7, Monday, April 8, and Tuesday, April 9. Registration is $35 plus tax. RSVP at garciastreetbooks.com.

The store is located at 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe.

— By David Steinberg/For the Journal