Mickey Bergman to discuss 'In the Shadows' at Collected Works

AT COLLECTED WORKS IN SANTA FE

At 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, Mickey Bergman will discuss the new book he co-authored, “In the Shadows: True Stories of High-Stakes Negotiations to Free Americans Captured Abroad.” Bergman directs the Richardson Center for Global Engagement. The center was created by former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, who died last year.

Bergman also directs Global Reach, a new private foundation that plans to take on individual cases and design and implement strategies to bring Americans home.

He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 and 2023 alongside Richardson.

Bergman co-wrote “In the Shadows” with Ellis Henican.

Collected Works is located at 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe.

Mickey Bergman to discuss 'In the Shadows' at Collected Works

AT TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS & GIFTS

Treasure House Books & Gifts will host two author events this week.

Zelda Leah Gatuskin of Albuquerque will read from and sign copies of her latest collection, “Falling Is Easy: A Novella in 2 Parts & 3 Poems,” from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 23, In it, two estranged friends, Lynn and Nancy ask — and answer — questions of authenticity, sexuality and art. Gatuskin is a visual artist and an award-winning author and editor.

Amy M. Bennett will sign her latest “Black Horse Inn Mystery,” “First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder,” from 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 29.

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

SONG SHEET COVER COLLECTION PUBLISHED

Sunstone Press of Santa Fe has published “American Indians as Depicted on Song Sheet Covers Since 1833.” The person who collected most of the covers is Frank Tinari, a retired professor of economics at Seton Hall University and the author of the book.

There are more than 700 song sheet covers in the book, which includes a comprehensive annotated bibliography of sheet music books and a listing of illustrators of American Indian song sheets.

The song sheet depictions bridge “the genres of music, art illustration, collectible song sheets, Native American history and American popular culture,” according to the book’s back cover.

POETRY READING, POETRY WORKSHOP

Nationally-known poet Sandra Yannone will visit New Mexico this week as part of a cross-country tour. She will read from her new poetry collection “The Glass Studio” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, at The Source, 1111 Carlisle Blvd. SE. David Meischen and Scott Wiggerman are guest readers.

Then from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 29, Yannone will be an instructor of a Sestina Playbook Workshop at Jules’ Poetry Playhouse, 11 Homestead Lane, Placitas. Jules Nyquist is the other instructor. Sestina is a poem of six stanzas of six lines each. To register, go to poetryplayhouse.com. Workshop cost is $45, which includes materials and snacks.

— Compiled by David Steinberg / For the Journal