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Meet the Author – Michael Perry – Marshalltown

Michael Perry | Forty Acres Deep

@Marshalltown Public Library

Marshalltown Public Library

Join in the fun of an evening with Michael Perry who is an accidental New York Times bestselling author, corporate speaker, humorist, singer/songwriter, amateur snow plow driver, and playwright from New Auburn, Wisconsin.

Poetry Open Mic Night

Kelsey Bigelow & Caleb “The Negro Artist” Rainey | Emcees

@ Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Do you love to write poetry?  Or read poetry?  If so, grab a friend and head to Beaverdale Books for a free, fun, and informal evening of open mic poetry, emceed by Iowa poet Kelsey Bigelow.  

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B. John Burns | One Dollar (American) Tutor 

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

This is a book about growing up Irish American in Worcester, Massachusetts during the Depression, and then coming of age in the looming shadow of the war.

Special Event

Beaverdale Holiday Happenings  

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Celebrate the Season with your Beaverdale friends and neighbors!

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Melissa Rose Harris | Where Our Humanity Meets Our Divinity

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Author Melissa Rose Harris creates an open dialogue around what it means to be human and holy, and guides readers through ways to embrace it. Follow her journey, her struggles and triumphs, some of which may mirror your own, in Where Our Humanity Meets Our Divinity.

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Jamie Seitz | Weight of Water

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Author Jamie Seitz will introduce her debut novel, Weight of Water, in which teenager Quinn Keaton, who has been held back by her mother's grief her entire life, breaks out of her cocoon, develops the resolve to pave her path to a brighter future.

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Elodie Opstad | This Is The Place: Glimpses of Warren County, Iowa

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

The history of Iowa’s Warren County follows the same path as most Midwest places, making the people the only difference between this homeplace and another.

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Edward N. McConnell | Sisterhood of the Pines 

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Edward N. McConnell's is the author of three short story anthologies including Sisterhood of the Pines with stories running the gamut from horror and magical realism to fantasy, satire and tributes to family and friends.

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Lyle Simpson | Fully Human/Fully Alive 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Fully Human / Fully Alive is written to help the 70 percent of all Americans living today who are stuck on Maslow’s social level of living.

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Local Author Fair | Lauren Joiner, Tiffany Killoren, Robbie Orr, Lacy Rose, Angela Youngers

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Here's your chance to meet and greet five local writers all in one afternoon, as Beaverdale Books presents its bi-annual...

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Basi Affia | Aaru En Duat

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Aaru En Duat is an Afro Futuristic Space odyssey that follows a warrior princess from Earth as she and her AI counterpart lead humanities settlement efforts on the planet Panthera. When they arrive they learn the planet is already inhabited by a feline species known as the K'nyau. As they build a relationship with the natives, a demon empire that's conquering the galaxy arrives and turns the settlement mission into a galactic war.

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Charles R. Kniker & Dianne Prichard | Raising America: Building A More Perfect Union

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

This book focuses on WHAT YOU and WE CAN DO for the common good. When natural disasters hit, communities work together; in the old days, when a barn burned down, the neighbors worked together to raise a new one. It's your turn. This is your handbook to help RAISE AMERICA.