Michael Earl Craig & Anna Elkins
Former Montana poet laureate Michael Earl Craig, and poet and painter Anna Elkins will read from and discuss new collections of their work on Thursday, July 25, at Elk River Books, 120 N. Main St. in Livingston. Craig is from originally from Dayton, Ohio, and received degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University, the University of Montana […]
Marc Johnson on Burton K. Wheeler
Oregon journalist and political operative Marc Johnson will read from his new book, Political Hell-Raiser: The Life and Times of Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, a biography of Montana’s independent and controversial four-term Democratic senator, on Thursday, July 11. Wheeler, a New Deal Democrat and lifelong opponent of concentrated power, came of political age […]
John Taliaferro on George Bird Grinnell
Biographer and historian John Taliaferro returns to Livingston’s Elk River Books to read from and discuss his biography of conservation legend George Bird Grinnell on Thursday, June 20, at 7 p.m. Grinnell: America’s Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West digs into the life and times of one of the most important […]
Double Book Debut with Shann Ray
Award-winning author Shann Ray returns to his hometown to read from his two latest works, a short story collection and book of poetry, on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. The short story collection, Blood Fire Vapor Smoke, “considers the human myth of regeneration through violence, and the aftermath of loneliness, love, and yearning found in a […]
An Evening with Maira and Alex Kalman
Elk River Arts & Lectures will kick off its inaugural Visiting Writers program by hosting internationally acclaimed artists and authors Maira and Alex Kalman for a week-long visit that will include a public lecture at the Livingston Elks Club on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. Maira Kalman, who was born in Tel Aviv and lives in […]
Joe Wilkins’ Fall Back Down When I Die
Poet and memoirist Joe Wilkins returns to Livingston’s Elk River Books to read from and discuss his debut novel, Fall Back Down When I Die, on Thursday, June 6, at 7 p.m. Set in rural Montana, Fall Back Down When I Die tells the story of an orphaned and destitute ranch hand, Wendell Newman, who […]
CMarie Fuhrman, Elk River Arts & Lectures
Elk River Arts and Lectures will host a reading by CMarie Fuhrman, co-editor of the anthology Native Voices: Indigenous American Poetry, Craft and Conversations on Thursday, May 16, at 7 p.m. The free event will be held upstairs at Livingston’s Elk River Books, 120 N. Main St. The anthology includes poetry, short fiction and essays […]
