Virtual Reading with Sy Hoahwah
National Endowment for the Arts literature fellow Sy Hoahwah will present a virtual discussion of his new collection of poetry, Ancestral Demon of a Grieving Bride, on Tuesday, May 11, at 7 p.m. The free event will stream live on Elk River Books’ Facebook page. Ancestral Demon of a Grieving Bride has been described as […]
Book Launch for Life List: Poems by Marc Beaudin
Poet and Elk River Books co-owner Marc Beaudin will present a book launch celebration for his latest collection, Life List: Poems, on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m. The free event will stream live on Elk River Books’ Facebook page, and will include special guests, giveaways and more. The book is a true Livingston collaboration: […]
Holiday Stroll poetry signings with Dunsmore, Haaland & La Tray
Elk River Books will present a free book signing with poets Roger Dunsmore, Tami Haaland and Chris LaTray, during the downtown Livingston Holiday Stroll, on Friday, Dec. 7, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Roger Dunsmore is a professor emeritus at the University of Montana, having taught from 1963 to 2013. His latest book, On the […]
Lowell Jaeger and Isabel Sobral Campos
Montana Poet Laureate Lowell Jaeger and poet, professor and publisher Isabel Sobral Campos will read from their new works at Livingston’s Elk River Books on Tuesday, July 10, at 7 p.m. Jaeger is the founding editor of Many Voices Press, the author of eight collections of poems, the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment […]
Missoula poets Mark Gibbons and David E. Thomas
Two of Missoula’s best-known poets, Mark Gibbons and David E. Thomas, will read from new and collected works on Tuesday, June 19, at Livingston’s Elk River Books. Gibbons grew up in a small railroad town in western Montana where he listened to records, played sports, and married his high school sweetheart. He began reading Brautigan, […]
Greg Keeler’s The Bluebird Run Launch Party
Montana poet, songwriter and artist Greg Keeler will read from his latest book, The Bluebird Run, at Elk River Books’ seventh anniversary party on Thursday, May 24, at 7 p.m. The latest publication of Elk River Books, The Bluebird Run is a collection of 180 new sonnets that range from humorous flights to poignant meditations […]
The Bluebird Run by Greg Keeler
The Bluebird Run is a monumental collection of 180 new sonnets that range from humorous flights to poignant meditations on loss, love, aging and the fate of humanity in the face of looming environmental and social crises. Ricardo Sternberg, author of Some Dance, writes, “These wonderful sonnets are alive in their language and in the […]
