
Unearthing Paradise: Montana Writers in Defense of Greater Yellowstone
Thirty-two Montana authors, one very special place. “The most important book you’ll buy this year, or maybe any other. … Get it, pass it around, spread the word, let Unearthing Paradise be an awakening, not a swan song.” –Pete Fromm, author of If Not for This and Indian Creek Chronicles “A treasure trove of courage […]

Terry Tempest Williams returns to Livingston with National Parks Book
In honor of the National Park Service centennial, bestselling author, activist and environmentalist Terry Tempest Williams will read from and discuss her latest book, The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks, on Tuesday, July 19, at 7 p.m. The event is free and will be held at the Shane Lalani Center […]

Wrenched: The Legacy of the Monkey Wrench Gang
Elk River Arts & Lectures is now selling tickets to a special screening of the feature-length documentary film, Wrenched: The Legacy of the Monkey Wrench Gang, at the Dulcie Theatre on Thursday, November 20, at 7 pm. Doug Peacock will make a guest appearance to introduce the film; Peacock was a close friend of Edward […]

Book of the Month – Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
This month’s feature is perhaps the greatest anti-war novel yet written, Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His Gun. We have a very good hardcover copy of the 10th printing from 1970 that includes an addendum to the author’s introduction concerning the Vietnam War. The Saturday Review said this book “can never be forgotten by anyone who […]
Book Review of Mike Palecek’s JOHNNY MOON
Mike Palecek is an independent journalist, radical novelist and political activist who I met years ago at a reading event at The 303 back in Saginaw, Michigan. His website and podcast is http://newamericandream.net/ and you can read more about his latest novel, Johnny Moon here. Below is my review of Johnny Moon. ~Marc Mixing absurdist […]

Jeffrey St. Clair to Read at Elk River Books
Elk River Books is excited to announce a reading by author and activist Jeffrey St. Clair on Thursday, September 1 at 7:00 pm. St. Clair is an investigative journalist, writer and editor. He is the co-editor, with Alexander Cockburn, of the political newsletter CounterPunch, and a contributing editor to the monthly magazine In These Times. […]