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SUMMARY:Sidewalk Signing with author Dr. Aaron B. Christian at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Aaron B. Christian will be signing his books Stonescapes and Nemny and the Night Sky at Fact & Fiction in Downtown Missoula from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Wednesday\, June 10\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author: \n\n\n\nFrom a young age\, Dr. Aaron Christian was enchanted by the wonders of science\, the mysteries of the universe\, and the quiet magic that surrounds us in the natural world.  \n\n\n\nHis childhood curiosity blossomed into a lifelong passion.  \n\n\n\nWith a doctorate in physics\, he has dedicated years to exploring the secrets of everything—whether it’s the tiniest particles or the farthest stars.  \n\n\n\nAaron uses his logical and imaginative mind to explore science in every aspect of his life.  \n\n\n\nYou will find him traveling the world\, hiking through nature\, immersing himself in stories of myths and legends\, or sketching portraits.  \n\n\n\nBut the true magic lies in the way he shares this knowledge with others\, especially his niece and nephew\, igniting the spark of curiosity in them.  \n\n\n\nAaron brings a joyful\, refreshing approach to learning about the universe through his work.  \n\n\n\nHe is deeply passionate about inspiring young minds to discover the wonders of science and ask big questions.  \n\n\n\nHe hopes this will bring a new generation of scientists\, inventors\, thinkers\, explorers\, and storytellers\, just as his own journey was sparked all those years ago.About Stonescapes: \n\n\n\nExplore a world of ancient stone circles\, towering dolmens\, enigmatic standing stones\, and hidden cairns as you walk the rich landscape of Ireland\, Scotland\, and Brittany’s prehistoric and early medieval past.  \n\n\n\nThis book serves as a field guide to breathtaking megalithic sites across the Celtic countryside.  \n\n\n\nFrom the windswept Burren to the misty highlands\, uncover the stories etched in stone.  \n\n\n\nMarvel at the engineering genius of the farmers who raised portal tombs\, the spiritual artistry of Pictish standing stones\, and the cosmic alignments of the mysterious megaliths from Beaghmore to Carnac. \n\n\n\nAbout Nemny and the Night Sky:  \n\n\n\nNemny and the Night Sky is a heartwarming tale about an enormous caterpillar who is simply too big for the world around him. \n\n\n\nStruggling to fit in and searching for a sense of belonging\, Nemny embarks on a journey to change himself and discovers he was always meant to become something truly remarkable—the Aurora!  \n\n\n\nWith captivating storytelling and enchanting illustrations\, this uplifting story reminds readers that the things that make us different are often the things that make us shine.  \n\n\n\nPerfect for children who have ever felt out of place\, Nemny and the Night Sky is a celebration of self-acceptance\, transformation\, and the beauty of becoming who you were always meant to be. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Related
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LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Sidewalk signing of "I Camped with Bigfoot" with authors Sarah and Chad Zueck at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Join Sarah and Chad Zueck at Fact & Fiction in Downtown Missoula for a Sidewalk Signing debuting their first children’s book “I Camped with Bigfoot” 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Saturday\, June 6\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book: Kayden has always believed Bigfoot was real – and this camping trip with his sister Harper is his big chance to prove it! \n\n\n\nHe’s packed binoculars\, snacks\, and a wild imagination.  \n\n\n\nBut as night falls in the forest\, there’s no mysterious creature in sight . . . until something enormous\, hairy\, and definitely not from Earth shows up.  \n\n\n\nMeet Daryl – part tourist\, part alien\, and full-time Bigfoot. \n\n\n\nAfter a stressful season working with the other extraterrestrials\, he’s finally on vacation\, and Earth is his favorite getaway.  \n\n\n\nHe’s here for fresh air\, peace and quiet\, and maybe a few hot dogs.  \n\n\n\nBut when he crashes Kayden’s campsite\, the two strike up an unlikely friendship that’s out of this world. \n\n\n\nBrimming with humor\, heart\, and cosmic surprise\, “I Camped with Bigfoot” is a joyful celebration of curiosity and the kind of secret that’s too wild not to believe. \n\n\n\nAbout the Authors: Sarah and Chad Zueck are a husband-and-wife team who share a love of adventure\, storytelling\, and family life.  \n\n\n\nOriginally from Rock Springs\, Wyoming\, they now live in Missoula\, Montana\, with their daughter\, Maddie.  \n\n\n\nThey enjoy golfing\, mountain biking\, running\, hiking\, and reading together.  \n\n\n\nTheir debut children’s book “I Camped with Bigfoot” was inspired by the joy of reading together as a family—an experience they hope to share with others through their storytelling. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Related
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/sidewalk-signing-of-i-camped-with-bigfoot-with-authors-sarah-and-chad-zueck-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Kids
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SUMMARY:Sidewalk Signing with "The Longest Staircase" author Chet Rogenski at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Meet author Chet Rogenski at a Sidewalk Signing of his new Alzheimer’s Disease memoir “The Longest Staircase” 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Wednesday\, June 3 at Fact & Fiction in Downtown Missoula\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author:  \n\n\n\nHusband\, father\, and grandfather\, retired engineer\, educator\, and first-time author of the memoir\, “The Longest Staircase: An Alzheimer’s Journey”.  \n\n\n\nThe author has been his wife’s primary caregiver throughout her long illness.  \n\n\n\nHis knowledge of caregiving is attributed to the experiences of Pam’s doctors\, caregivers\, hospice nurses\, and friends.  \n\n\n\nThe author’s training as an engineer gives him an inherent ability to problem-solve and plan for the unexpected.  \n\n\n\nThroughout his professional background\, his focus was on continuous improvement.  \n\n\n\nThis has carried over into his private life\, specifically in his devoted and loving care for his wife.  \n\n\n\nThe author’s deep faith has been a major part of his ability to endure.  \n\n\n\nThe author gives us deep insights in preparation for each stage of the illness\, even while being thrown curve balls.  \n\n\n\nWhat unfolds is a journey of trial and error\, struggles\, pain and sorrow\, yet moments of sheer joy. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book:  \n\n\n\nCINCINNATI\, OH — Cincinnati Book Publishing is proud to announce the release of The Longest Staircase: An Alzheimer’s Journey by Chet Rogenski\, a powerful new title that sheds light on the deeply personal\, emotional\, and medical realities of living with and caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease.  \n\n\n\nThis essential work arrives at a critical moment. According to the Alzheimer’s Association: \n\n\n\n• An estimated 6.7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s. \n\n\n\n• About 1 in 9 people aged 65 and older are affected. \n\n\n\n• Nearly half of those over 65 will experience dementia-related symptoms. \n\n\n\n• Women make up two-thirds of those living with the disease. \n\n\n\n• Alzheimer’s-related deaths have surged 145% between 2000 and 2019. \n\n\n\n• 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. \n\n\n\nAs our population ages\, Alzheimer’s has become one of the most urgent public health issues of our time. \n\n\n\nThe Longest Staircase offers a rare blend of personal narrative and clinical insight\, making it an indispensable guide for families\, caregivers\, and healthcare professionals seeking to understand the complex emotional landscape of dementia care.  \n\n\n\nThis book is more than a memoir—it’s a mirror for countless families walking a similar path.  \n\n\n\nIt emphasizes the humanity behind the diagnosis and provides thoughtful guidance for those supporting loved ones through one of life’s most difficult journeys. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Related
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/sidewalk-signing-with-the-longest-staircase-author-chet-rogenski-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Signing,Literature
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SUMMARY:First Friday - Fact & Fiction's 40th Birthday Party
DESCRIPTION:Bust out your best 80’s look for Fact & Fiction’s 40th Birthday Party 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm First Friday\, April 3 in Downtown Missoula\n\n\n\n\n\nFact & Fiction is turning 40 this year and we are going to party like it’s 1986! Friday\, April 3 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm\, we’ll be celebrating with alumni booksellers\, prizes and giveaways\, cake\, snacks\, beverages\, and general levity. 80’s attire is encouraged! \n\n\n\nSo: get out the Aqua Net\, neon\, power suits\, leg warmers\, acid washed denim\, and spandex – whether you are metal\, new wave\, pop\, or preppy\, we hope to see you on First Friday! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Related
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/first-friday-fact-fictions-40th-birthday-party/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Woman House" author Lauren Westerfield in conversation with Brian Blanchfield at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Meet “Woman House” author Lauren Westerfield in conversation with Brian Blanchfield at Fact & Fiction in Downtown Missoula at 7:00 pm Thursday\, March 26\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book\, “Woman House”: The essays and assemblages in this book plumb the depths of two women’s experiences\, exploring the pain and pleasure they find in their bodies\, in culture\, and in their own art. Violence\, beauty\, and love reverberate and dissipate and shape the forms and psyches of these two profoundly connected family members. At once raw and refined\, narrative and lyrical\, nostalgic and blunt\, the stories and images presented here explore Westerfield’s life—from childhood to adulthood—passing through innocence\, self-discovery and familial tethers. In unpacking her mother’s history and the complexities of their relationship\, Westerfield finds herself confronted with her own story: one grounded in a yearning for agency and individuation\, of a body and mind groomed to be at odds with one another\, of a feminist politics examining deeply rooted patriarchal understandings of beauty\, control\, and power. \n\n\n\nLauren W. Westerfield is the author of Woman House and Depth Control. Her essays and poetry have been published in FENCE\, Seneca Review\, Willow Springs\, Denver Quarterly\, Indiana Review\, Ninth Letter\, and elsewhere. Westerfield is a 2022 Idaho Commission on the Arts Literary Fellow. She teaches at Washington State University\, where she serves as the editor-in-chief of Blood Orange Review. \n\n\n\nBrian Blanchfield is the author of three books of poetry and prose: Proxies: Essays Near Knowing (Nightboat Books\, Picador UK)\, A Several World (Nightboat)\, and Not Even Then (University of California Press). His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Atlantic\, Harper’s\, The Paris Review\, Oxford American\, BOMB\, Brick\, The Yale Review\, and in anthologies like Best American Essays and American Poets in the 21st Century\, among many other publications. The recipient of a Whiting Award in Nonfiction and the Academy of American Poets’ James Laughlin Award\, he is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Montana. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Related
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/woman-house-author-lauren-westerfield-in-conversation-with-brian-blanchfield-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Signing,Literature
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SUMMARY:Local Author Julie Petrou - Reading and Signing at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Meet local author Julie Petrou for a Reading and Signing at Fact & Fiction at 7:00 pm Wednesday\, March 18\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Books: \n\n\n\nShadows of Defiance: For Anna\, a teacher in 1952\, a simple errand becomes a journey into the past. Ripped from her own time and thrown into the brutal Second Seminole War of 1835\, she finds herself in a strange world\, with a purpose she doesn’t understand. Although drawn to Alligator\, a brave Muskogee leader\, Anna’s true mission is to save the life of a woman who will become her great-great-grandmother. Every step in the past is a fight for her family’s future\, yet a bond with Alligator forms\, leading to a connection more profound than she could have imagined. Anna soon learns that her visit to the past has created a link that can never be broken. Unwillingly returned to her own time\, she is heartbroken\, pregnant\, and alone. Having completed her mission by saving her ancestor\, she must accept the impossible truth: she is carrying Alligator’s child\, a legacy that will forever bind her to a century she was never meant to be a part of. \n\n\n\nGuardian: Origin of the Amulet: When the Spanish arrive on Incan soil\, Aniya’s fate is sealed – until her father\, a master of ancient mystical enchantments\, forges a powerful amulet to protect her. But\, protection comes at a price. Torn between duty and heart\, the young conquistador\, Mateo\, defies an empire to save her and rescue her family from an uncertain fate. Together the flee to the quiet shores of Guadeloupe\, hoping to build a life of peace. But the world they left behind refuses to forget them. With pirates on the horizon and old enemies closing in\, they must stand together. Aniya and Mateo rely on the amulet’s true power to protect them against impossible odds. They’re not only fighting for their lives\, they’re also fighting for their legacy. \n\n\n\nDream Keeper: Until now\, Andrea had never put stock in the mystic foretelling of a Tarot Reading. Her purchase of an enchanted amulet\, combined with a more than mysterious reading\, began a nightmare that whisked her away from all she knew and into a life of numerous dangers. Unwillingly thrust into a different century\, Andrea finds her purpose in 1798\, having been escorted to a place and a time that needs the amulet’s help. Fear\, friendship\, romance\, and history are played like instruments by the amulet’s divination\, as Andrea unravels the threads of its deeper story. Dream Keeper immerses the reader in life after war and the resettling of a diverse culture. This mesmerizing story will draw you into a mystery alongside a young woman who struggles with the turmoil of modern crimes against humanity and the trauma of being a victim. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author: Julie Petrou was born and raised in Idaho and now makes her home in western Montana. Having raised her children\, she now enjoys spending time with her grandchildren whenever she gets the chance. The author of three books\, she loves to see the results of her labors\, whether through gardening\, crafts\, reading\, or\, most of all\, writing. Always having a place in her heart for history\, she is currently focused on indigenous tribes. She applauds their continued reverence and respect for their traditions. Embracing the outdoors\, her family\, friends\, and her puppy companions\, Julie loves to create worlds through her writing that give life to her stories; both those of the present and those who came before us\, hoping they will be understood and appreciated for years to come. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Related
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/local-author-julie-petrou-reading-and-signing-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Readings,Book Signing,Literature,Storytelling
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SUMMARY:Book Event: Maya Jewell Zeller in conversation with Sharma Shields at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Raised by Ferns author Maya Jewell Zeller in conversation with Sharma Shields at Fact & Fiction in Downtown Missoula at 7:00 pm Monday\, March 16\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book: From award-winning poet\, essayist\, and highly-lauded educator Maya Jewell Zeller comes Raised by Ferns\, a memoir of growing up feral in rural America\, told in interconnected essays that move between a precariously settled adulthood and the narrator’s unconventional past. Praised by Jess Walter as “Lovely\, vital writing that challenges and makes personal the tired conceptions and biases we have about poverty” and by Jamie Ford as “A luminous meditation on growing up with empty pockets but a heart full of wildflowers\,” Raised by Ferns will appeal to readers interested in place-based writing\, class tensions\, the struggles and joys of parenthood and family\, and the trouble with systems that don’t serve most of us. \n\n\n\nAbout Maya: A 2024 Washington State Artist Trust Fellow\, Maya Jewell Zeller is most recently the author of The Wonder of Mushrooms (AdventureKEEN\, 2025); and out takes/ glove box (New American Press\, 2023)\, chosen by Eduardo Corral as winner of the 2022 New American Poetry Prize and praised by Diane Seuss as “ the kind of deft performance only a mermaid or a mother could pull off.” Jewell Zeller is also co-author\, with Kathryn Nuernberger\, of Advanced Poetry: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury\, 2024) as well as the interdisciplinary collaboration\, with visual artist Carrie DeBacker\, Alchemy for Cells & Other Beasts (Entre Rios Books\, 2017). Earlier collections include the chapbook Yesterday\, the Bees (Floating Bridge Press\, 2015) and Rust Fish (Lost Horse Press\, 2011). She also co-edited\, with Washington State Book Award winner Sharma Shields\, the multi-genre anthology Evergreen: Grim Tales & Verses From the Gloomy Northwest (Scablands Books\, 2021). Recipient of a Promise Award from the Sustainable Arts Foundation\, a Writing Fellowship from Oxford\, and two residencies in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest\, Jewell Zeller has presented her work in Madrid\, as part of the Unamuno Author Festival\, and at the University of Oxford. She serves as Professor for Central Washington University and as Affiliate Faculty in Poetry and Nature Writing for the low-residency MFA at Western Colorado University. She lives in the Inland Northwest with her teens. \n\n\n\nAbout Sharma: SHARMA SHIELDS is the author of a short story collection\, Favorite Monster (Autumn House Press 2012)\, and three novels\, The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac (Henry Holt 2015)\, The Cassandra (Henry Holt 2019)\, and Duckling (forthcoming from Henry Holt in 2027) . Sharma’s short stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times\, Electric Lit\, Catapult\, Slice\, Slate\, Kenyon Review\, Iowa Review\, Fugue\, and elsewhere and have garnered such prizes as the 2020 PNBA Award\, a 2020 Artist Trust Fellowship\, 2016 Washington State Book Award\, the Autumn House Fiction Prize\, the Tim McGinnis Award for Humor\, and the A.B. Guthrie Award for Outstanding Prose. She managed a small press\, Scablands Books (now dormant)\, and is a contributing editor for Moss. Sharma has worked in independent bookstores and public libraries throughout Washington State and is currently the Writing Education Specialist for Spokane Public Library. In autumn of 2025\, Sharma received a Humanities Washington Changemaker Award for her library service and contributions to the Inland Northwest literary community. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Related
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/book-event-maya-jewell-zeller-in-conversation-with-sharma-shields-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Kinship Medicine" author Wendy Johnson\, MD\, MPH in conversation with Robin McLean at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:“Kinship Medicine” author Wendy Johnson\, MD\, MPH will be in conversation with Robin McLean at Fact & Fiction in Downtown Missoula at 7:00 pm Thursday\, February 19\n\n\n\n\n\nKINSHIP MEDICINE: Cultivating Interdependence to Heal the Earth and Ourselves is based in the premise that our well-being is rooted in relationships and connection–with each other and the natural world. Western medicine sees our bodies as machines to be repaired\, but a more apt metaphor would be a garden\, we are a part of nature. Your body itself is an ecosystem\, existing inside progressively larger ecosystems until we consider the whole earth itself. We cannot be truly healthy when those ecosystems are sick and dying. Our modern way of living in most of the Western World is incompatible with maintaining the healthy ecosystems on which we depend. KINSHIP MEDICINE is aimed at raising awareness of the deep connection between our well being and the health of the natural world. \n\n\n\nDr. Wendy Johnson is a family physician\, public health professor\, activist and writer who has spent her life advocating for a world where everyone can live long lives in equitable communities. Her career includes stints scaling up HIV treatment in Mozambique\, overseeing and urban health department\, and most recently\, directing a community clinic in Santa Fe. She has a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins and hold faculty appointments at the University of Washington and the Universtiy of New Mexico. She currently practices family and addiction medicine in rural Northern New Mexico with El Centro Family Health. Dr. Johnson has been a vocal activist on many progressive issues locally and globally and is a two time TEDx speaker. \n\n\n\nRobin McLean worked as a lawyer and then a potter in the woods of Alaska before turning to writing. Her first story collection Reptile House won the BOA Editions Fiction Prize\, was twice a finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Prize\, and was noted as a best book of 2015 in Paris Review. Her debut novel Pity the Beast was published Nov. 2o21 by And Other Stories was noted as a best book of fiction of the year in such outlets as The Guardian\, Wall Street Journal\, White Review\, and long-listed for the Reading the West Prize. It was a recommended paperback in the NYTimes in Nov 2022. Her second story collection\, Get’em Young\, Treat’em Tough\, Tell’em Nothing was published by And Other Stories in Oct. 2022\, was an Editors’ Choice in the NY Times\, and was longlisted for the 2022 Republic of Consciousness Prize. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Related
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/kinship-medicine-author-wendy-johnson-md-mph-in-conversation-with-robin-mclean-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Into This Radiance" Missoula author Gary Hawk at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Missoula author of “Into This Radiance” Gary Hawk appears at Face & Fiction Books in Downtown Missoula 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Thursday\, December 18\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book: In “Into This Radiance”\, author Gary Hawk shares his complex relationship with an immense place—Flathead Lake\, Montana – the largest US body of freshwater west of the Great Lakes. Hawk has paddled a sea kayak for over nineteen years\, and he takes the reader along with him as he explores the lake’s bays\, islands\, and the distances between them. In the process\, he shares his reverence for this inland sea\, his keen naturalist’s eye for detail\, and his observations\, questions\, and insights from various wisdom traditions. \n\n\n\nYear after year\, in many kinds of weather\, he encounters\, grows to understand\, and attends to the lake as though it were a sentient being. But even as he turns his attention outward toward the lake and all who depend on it\, he delves into an interior landscape. Here\, he invites the reader to stay open to what at first seems strange or threatening. \n\n\n\nThe book’s short\, lyric essays and poetic passages offer encouragement to live wisely and thoughtfully in a fragile and changing world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Related
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/into-this-radiance-missoula-author-gary-hawk-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Readings,Book Signing,Literature,Storytelling
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SUMMARY:"Lake Crescent and Other Spirits" Author Pam Gullard Reading and Signing at Fact & Fiction Books
DESCRIPTION:“Lake Crescent and Other Spirits” author Pam Gullard will be at Fact & Fiction Books in Downtown Missoula for a live reading and signing 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Thursday\, October 30\n\n\n\n\n\nPam Gullard: Reading and Signing \n\n\n\nAbout the Book: These eleven stories\, set in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle\, look into the hearts of characters who want desperately to find love and talk intimately about their fears\, their desires. But things go wrong. Conversations break off. People leave or make an outrageous demand or start an affair that flames out of control. In the title story\, a writer discovers that the afternoon his careless mother dove from a cliff into Lake Crescent has sunk into his bones. Closed his soul. The secret grip of that day is lost to him until a new lover sees that his biggest obstacle is his own heart. \n\n\n\nLake Crescent is a huge\, deep lake in the Olympic National Forest four hours west of Seattle. Jumping into the water is like speeding through burning liquid ice. I am not brave\, but when I was twenty\, I lived alone through the summer in a one-room cabin near the edge of the lake. This astonishes me still. There was no phone\, no heat\, not a soul around. My family in Seattle was on a slow roll of breaking up\, my boyfriend was in California\, and at night\, I asked myself how big a window had to be for a cougar to climb in. Or an axe murderer. In the evening\, we college kids with jobs at the national park gathered at the small pebbled beach. Cold trees like giant\, indifferent gods towered over us as we lay on our backs\, our heads on a log\, and scanned the Pleiades for shooting stars. At the edge of that glacial lake\, I started to write and to piece together the spirit that would become myself. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author: Pamela Gullard is an author and teacher living in Menlo Park\, California. Her latest collection of short stories\, Lake Crescent and Other Spirits\, was published by Galileo Press 9 July 2025! Her stories have appeared in the North American Review\, Arts and Letters\, The Iowa Review\, TriQuarterly\, and elsewhere. Her short story collection\, Breathe at Every Other Stroke\, published by Henry Holt\, appeared in Kindle format in 2014. She has also written\, with Nancy Lund\, three city histories\, showing in microcosm how the booming economy of the 19th century led to Silicon Valley. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Related
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/lake-crescent-and-other-spirits-author-pam-gullard-reading-and-signing-at-fact-fiction-books/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Literature
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SUMMARY:Book Event with Claire Jia and Willa Zhang at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Attend a Reading & Signing with “Wanting” author Clair Jia in conversation with writer Willa Zhang at Fact & Fiction in Downtown Missoula 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Thursday\, August 14\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book: A searing debut novel of envy\, longing\, and regret across three lives and two countries that asks how far we’ll go for a friendship\, a romance\, a dream. \n\n\n\nYe Lian is thriving in Beijing. She has a well-paid job\, a nice boyfriend\, and plans to marry and move into a luxury high-rise apartment. She’s wanting for nothing–until her childhood best friend\, Luo Wenyu\, comes whirling back into her life after a decade in California with seemingly everything–a successful career as an influencer\, a millionaire American fiancé\, and a bespoke mansion in the Beijing suburbs–throwing Lian’s own reliable choices into high relief. As the two women rekindle their friendship\, Wenyu reveals a shocking secret about a past love that pushes Lian to question her own relationship. A few neighborhoods away\, aging architect Song Chen is forced to confront his own past and the dissolution of his marriage as he’s tasked with building Wenyu’s dream home. And when the dark side of Wenyu’s enviable life emerges and threatens everything Lian and Wenyu have built for themselves\, they must make a choice between the stable known and the frightening unknown that may have devastating and unexpected consequences. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author: Claire Jia is a writer from the Chicago suburbs. She has written on TV shows such as Zombies: The Reanimated Series\, Awkwafina is Nora from Queens\, Fresh Off the Boat\, and Gangsters of Shanghai. She co-wrote the 2024 Peabody Award-winning video game We Are OFK. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Reductress\, The Establishment\, The Rumpus\, and more. Her parents are from Beijing\, and there’s nothing she loves more than haggling for stationary in a chaotic Beijing marketplace. She peaked at age sixteen\, when she became the All-State Illinois Shotokan Karate Club Kihon Green Belt Champion. Today she lives in Los Angeles with her friends. \n\n\n\nAbout the Writer in Conversation: Willa Zhang is a writer from the suburbs of Los Angeles. Her essays have appeared in The Southern Review\, The Hopkins Review\, The Rumpus\, and elsewhere. She completed her MFA in nonfiction at the University of Montana\, where she was the recipient of a Truman Capote Scholarship. She lives in Missoula\, Montana and misses her best friend Claire. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Related
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/book-event-with-claire-jia-and-willa-zhang-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Readings,Book Signing,Literature
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