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BOOK NOTES

Nasario García will sign, discuss ‘Martíneztown, 1945’ at Corrales Community Library

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IN CORRALES

Author-educator Nasario García will discuss and sign his memoir “Martíneztown, 1945: Tales of Life and Loss in an Albuquerque Barrio” at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, at the Corrales Community Library, 84 W. La Entrada Road in Corrales.

AT BOOKWORKS

Taos author Christine Reed will talk about her new memoir, “Alone in Wonderland: Longing for Connection and Adventure in the Shadow of Mount Rainier,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.

AT BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE

Marty Eberhardt will talk about “On the Coast,” her third “Bea Rivers Mystery,” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at Books on the Bosque, 6261 Riverside Plaza Lane NW. The second in the series, “Bones in the Back Forty,” won Best Cozy Mystery 2025 by the New Mexico Book Awards.

AT COLLECTED WORKS

The Santa Fe bookstore is hosting two author events this week.

At 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, author Megan O’Grady will discuss her book “How It Feels to be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves.” The author writes about how art makes us who we are and offers new ways of seeing our world and our lives.

O’Grady will be in conversation with Galisteo feminist/activist/author Lucy Lippard.

At 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, Hafeez Lakhani will chat about “Abundance,” a book about two generations of a Muslim Indian family grappling with what parts of life we can control and what parts we must accept in pursuing the American Dream.

Lakhani will be in conversation with author Jamie Figueroa.

AT GARCIA STREET BOOKS

David Farmer will discuss his new biography “Jack Rittenhouse: A Western Literary Life” at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St. in Santa Fe. Rittenhouse was a multidimensional individual. He was a pioneering 20th century writer, printer, publisher, Western historian, antiquarian bookman, advertising executive and chronicler of the golden age of Route 66. Farmer will be in conversation with Tom Leech.

AT BEASTLY BOOKS

Lady Shug will host Indigenous Drag Story Hour at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at Beastly Books. All ages welcome. The event is free but those interested in attending are asked to RSVP at beastlybooks.com. The bookstore is located at 418 Montezuma Ave. in Santa Fe.

IN TAOS

SOMOS will host three literary events this week.

At 4 p.m. Sunday, April 26, poets Mary Morris and Mike Burwell read from their work.

At 6 p.m. Thursday, April 30, Susan Mihalic, curator of SOMOS Young Writers Program, will host students from Taos schools reading from their writings.

At 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2, each of Taos’ five poet laureates will read from their work. It is a SOMOS fundraiser. Tickets are $35 for SOMOS members and $40 for nonmembers at somostaos.org.

The events are at SOMOS Salon, 108 Civic Plaza Drive in Taos.

IN CARRIZOZO

Grace Spulak discusses her debut book of stories, “Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think” at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 2 at Doc Paden’s, 1200 E Ave. (Highway 54) in Carrizozo. The event is part of the Limina Arts Foundation Conversations with Writers.