Award-winning author Minrose Gwin coming to Books on the Bosque

AT BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE

Award-winning Albuquerque author Minrose Gwin will be in conversation with Lynn Miller about Gwin’s new novel “Beautiful Dreamers” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, at Books on the Bosque.

The year is 1953 and the story is about Memory “Mem” Feather, a precocious teenager and her recently divorced mother Virginia, who have moved back to the Mississippi Gulf Coast community of Belle Cote. They’re welcomed by Virginia’s childhood friend Mac McFadden, whose energy boosts Virginia’s spirits. The three become a close, though unconventional, family.

Enter the unscrupulous though charismatic Tony Amato, who sets in motion events that shatter family bonds and change Mem’s life.

Award-winning author Minrose Gwin coming to Books on the Bosque

Gwin grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi.

She is also the author of the novels “The Queen of Palmyra,” a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick; “The Accidentals,” which received the 2020 Mississippi Institute for Arts and Letters Award in fiction; and “Promise,” which was shortlisted for the Willie Morris Award in Southern Literature.

Books on the Bosque is located at 6261 Riverside Plaza Lane NW.

AT ABQ MAIN LIBRARY

Dan Flores gives the 5th annual Leopold Lecture at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Albuquerque Main Library Auditorium. The title of his lecture is “Golden-Eyed Lightning Rod: A Wolf Story.”

The lecture draws inspiration from Flores’ award-winning book “Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in North America.” The lecture will be followed by a question and answer session and a book signing.

Tickets are $10, plus fees, and are available in advance at leopoldwritingprogram.org/annual-lecture.

Flores is a Santa Fe area resident.

The library is located at 501 Copper Ave. NW.

AUTHOR IN SANTA FE AND ALBUQUERQUE

Pam Houston will read from and sign copies of her new book “Without Exception: Reclaiming Abortion, Personhood, and Freedom” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, at Collected Works in Santa Fe, and at 6 pm. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Bookworks.

In the book, Houston shines a light on the linked histories of abortion in the United States and in her own life during the decades when Roe v. Wade was the law of the land.

Houston lives near the headwaters of the Rio Grande in southern Colorado.

Collected Works is located 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe. Bookworks is located at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque.

NEVADA AUTHOR’S EVENTS IN ABQ

Fiction writer Richard Becker will autograph copies of his books “Third Wheel” and “Fifty States” from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at Barnes & Noble in Coronado Center, 6600 Menaul Blvd. NE; and from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 7, at Page 1 Books, 5850 Eubank Blvd. NE.

“Third Wheel” is described as a coming-of-age literary thriller, and “Fifty States” is a collection of short stories that shows how perception shapes reality.

Becker is a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada.

AT TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS & GIFTS

Valerie Santillanes will read from and sign copies of her debut novel, “Little Flowers,” from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at Treasure House Books & Gifts. The historical novel is set in Old Town, where the author grew up.

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

— Compiled by David Steinberg/For the Journal