Category: Books and Reading
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How Indigenous Storytellers Are Changing the Narrative of History
Bookworks is partnering with Native America Calling for a special reading and panel discussion. A conversation moderated by Native America Calling‘s own Shawn Spruce will follow readings from readings from three New Mexico authors:
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Deborah Taffa, author of Whiskey Tender and director of the MFA in Creative Writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts;
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Ramona Emerson, award-winning filmmaker and author of Shutter;
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and Brandon Hobson, National Book Award Finalist and author of The Removed, Where the Dead Sit Talking, and numerous other books.
Don’t miss these moving stories and conversations!
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Books and Brews at Boxing Bear (Adult Book Fair)
Remember going to those awesome kids’ book fairs? Bookworks is hosting one for grownups! Have a drink while browsing specially selected books and novelties. What could be better?
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Contemporary Rebel Woman Reading
Shirley Campbell Barr, Suzanne Barr, and Yashika Graham will share their poetry and prose.
Shirley Campbell Barr will read selections from her five poetry collections. She has written De Negro Vengo Ataviada, the seminal Rotundamente Negra y Otras Poemas, and Palabras Indelebles de Poetas Negras. Suzanne Barr is the author of My Ackee Tree: A Chef’s Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen. Yashika Graham is a Jamaican writer, visual artist, and author of the forthcoming poetry collection Some of Us Can Go Back Home.
Presented as part of the AfroMundo Festival.
Photo: Shirley Campbell Barr
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Reading & Signing with Deborah Taffa and Jamie Figueroa
Celebrate the new books by Deborah Taffa and Jamie Figueroa!
Whiskey Tender: A Memoir by Deborah Taffa follows the story of a mixed-tribe Native girl raised in New Mexico and is fully of Native history and family stories. Mother Island: A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico by Jamie Figueroa traces the path of a Puerto Rican woman as she looks to her ancestors to claim her heritage and herself.
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Stories from Africa to America
Come on out for Stories from Africa to America by Ms. Marley’s House of Colors (internationally acclaimed storyteller Brenda Hollingsworth-Marley). The event includes storytime & signup for Libro’s Imagination Library, a free monthly book program by mail for Black children (birth to age 5).
Black/African American Families, let’s create & build community through storytelling and create courageous spaces together! Bring your favorite blanket & snuggly pillow!
(Free parking available under Civic Plaza: Just bring your validation slip.)
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Blackdom, New Mexico Reading and Signing
Join Dr. Timothy E. Nelson for a reading and signing of his book, Blackdom, New Mexico: The Significance of the Afro-Frontier, 1900-1930.
“Blackdom’s civic presence was not lengthy, [but] its significance—and that of the Afro-Frontier—is an important window in the history of Afrotopias, Black Consciousness, and the notion of an American West.”
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Local Author Laurel Goodluck: Too Much
Join Bookworks for a reading and signing by local children’s author Laurel Goodluck to celebrate her new picture book, Too Much: My Great Big Native Family!
This “sweet story of friendship, family, and community” (Kirkus Review) celebrates Native identities, communities, and kids. Goodluck is the author of Forever Cousins, Rock Your Mocs, and She Persisted: Deb Haaland. Join Bookworks for this exciting relaunch of their events for children!
