Oral historian Garrett M. Graff will discuss ‘The Devil Reached Toward the Sky’ at Collected Works

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Collected Works is hosting three author events this week.

The first one features oral historian Garrett M. Graff presenting his book “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24.

It’s billed as an epic narrative about. The creation and deployment of the atom bomb with the voices of hundreds of scientists, generals, soldiers and civilians.

At 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, Santa Fe’s Craig Varjabedian will discuss his award-winning book of photographs “Into the Great White Sands.” He will be in conversation with James Ayers, assistant director of University of New Mexico Press. Images from the book will be on exhibit at the bookstore through mid-April.

At 6 p.m. Friday, March 27, Dorothy Denetclaw and Matt Fitzsimons will talk about their new book “The Sons of Gunshooter: A Navajo Resistance Story.” The book is part history and part true crime. It shows how the paths of two families intertwine in the 1919 killing of Charles Hubbell, a trader among the Navajo people.

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

AT JEAN COCTEAU CINEMA

Authors Felicia Day and George R.R. Martin will chat about Day’s new feminist graphic novel “The Lost Daughter of Sparta” at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at the Santa Fe theater.

The novel is about the lost mythical character of Philonoe, Helen of Troy’s sister.

Day is also an actress, singer, producer and web series creator. She is known for her roles in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Supernatural.” General admission tickets are $45 and include a copy of Day’s book.

Tickets are available at beastlybooks.com. Jean Cocteau Cinema is located at 418 Montezuma Ave.

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Books on the Bosque is hosting three events this week.

At 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, Flint Del Sol will host a Trans Magic Poetry Workshop.

Rosalie Rayburn will talk about her book “Windswept” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25. It’s the third in her “Digger Doyle Mystery” series.

Rayburn’s 18 years as a journalist with the Albuquerque Journal inspired the series.

At 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 27, T. Kingfisher will talk about her new book, “Wolf Worm.”

It’s described as a gothic horror novel blending historical fiction with body horror and focusing on the parasitic botfly larva — the wolf worm of the title — and its implications for the local community and the protagonist. The novel is set in late 19th century North Carolina.

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

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Poet Logan Phillips will be in conversation about his new book, “Reckon,” with former Albuquerque poet laureate Hakim Bellamy at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26. The book is described as a hybrid, blending poetry with memoir, history, myth and personal narrative.

The bookstore is located at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.

NEW RELEASE

March 17 is the announced publication date of Kelly Krumrie’s third novel, “Concentric Macroscope.”

Krumrie, an assistant professor of creative writing at New Mexico State University, said in a news release that the novel is “a lot about language, communication, transmissions and sound.”

The story follows a linguist hired for a project cloaked in secrecy. The linguist is stationed at a remote radio station at the top of a hill and must transmit messages in a language she has invented.