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SUMMARY:An Evening with Amanda Peters - The Berry Pickers** at Lincoln Highschool
DESCRIPTION:  \nAn Evening with Amanda Peters\nA One Book One Lincoln Program\nLincoln City Libraries is excited to welcome Amanda Peters\, the award-winning author of “The Berry Pickers\,” this year’s One Book One Lincoln selection\, for an unforgettable evening of celebration and conversation. \nWhile this event is free\, registration is encouraged. Use the link or contact your local library for assistance: 402-441-8500. \nEvent Highlights:\nIn-person interview with Amanda Peters\nAudience Q&A session\nBook signing opportunity\nMayor Leirion Gaylor Baird expressed the significance of this year’s selection. “The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters is a poignant exploration of resilience\, identity\, and the enduring ties that bind families together. This year’s selection invites our community to reflect on the stories that connect us all\, fostering empathy and unity through shared experiences.” \nEvent Details:\nDate: Monday\, October 14\, 2024\, at 7 p.m.\nLocation: Lincoln High School Auditorium | 2229 J Street\n(Enter through Door #1. Parking is available in the North lot.) \nThis debut novel\, has captivated readers with its powerful themes of family\, resilience\, and identity. \nAMANDA PETERS is a writer of Mi’kmaq and settler ancestry. Her debut novel\, The Berry Pickers is the Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Fiction\, the 2023 Barnes & Noble Discovery Prize Winner\, and was shortlisted for the Barnes & Noble Book of the Year and the Atwood Gibson Fiction Award from the Writers Trust of Canada. Her work has also appeared in the Antigonish Review\, Grain Magazine\, the Alaska Quarterly Review\, the Dalhousie Review and Filling Station Magazine. She is the winner of the 2021 Indigenous Voices Award for Unpublished Prose and a participant in the 2021 Writers’ Trust Rising Stars program. Amanda is a graduate of the Master of Fine Arts Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe\, New Mexico\, and has a Certificate in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto. \nWe will have books available for purchase on-site\, but pre-orders are encouraged. \n 
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LOCATION:Lincoln High School\, 2229 J Street\, Lincoln\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Stephanie Saldaña - What We Remember Will Be Saved
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, October 18th at 5:30 as we welcome author Stephanie Saldaña! She will be presenting her book What We Remember Will Be Saved\, a portrait of Syrian and Iraqi refugees and the belongings they carry. We’ll see you there!\nOrder a copy of What We Remember Will Be Saved HERE!\nAbout the Book:\n2023 Christopher Award Winner\n2024 Excellence in Religion Reporting Award Winner for Nonfiction \nEggplant seeds\, a lullaby in a vanishing language\, an embroidered dress. When people flee their homes\, the things they save speak of beauty and suffering and the indomitable human spirit. In an era of mass migration in which more than 100 million people are displaced comes this lyrical portrait of Syrian and Iraqi refugees and the belongings they carry. What We Remember Will Be Saved is a book of hope\, home\, and the stories we hold within us when everything else has been lost. Journalist and scholar Stephanie Saldaña\, who lived in Syria before the war\, sets out on a journey across nine countries to meet refugees and learn what they salvaged from the ruins when they escaped. Now\, in the narratives of six extraordinary women and men\, from Mt. Sinjar to Aleppo to Lesvos to Amsterdam\, we discover that the little things matter a great deal. Saldaña introduces us to a woman who saved her city in a dress\, a musician who saved his stories in songs\, and a couple who rebuilt their destroyed pharmacy even as the city around them fell apart. Together they provide a window into a religiously diverse corner of the Middle East on the edge of unraveling\, and the people keeping it alive with their stories. Born of years of friendship and reporting\, What We Remember Will Be Saved is a breathtaking\, elegiac odyssey into the heart of the largest refugee crisis in modern history. It reminds us that refugees are storytellers and speakers of vanishing languages\, and of how much history can be distilled into a piece of fabric\, or eggplant seeds. What we salvage tells our story. What we remember will be saved. \nAbout the Author:\nStephanie Saldaña is a journalist and religion scholar from San Antonio\, Texas\, who has spent most of the last twenty years living in the Middle East. Saldaña studied religion at Harvard Divinity School and is the author of A Country Between and The Bread of Angels\, hailed by Geraldine Brooks as “a remarkable\, wise\, and lovely book.” Her work has been published in The New York Times\, Washington Post\, Wall Street Journal\, America Magazine\, and Plough\, and she has been featured on National Public Radio. Saldaña and her family split their time between Bethlehem and France. \nPraise:\n“This outstanding book from essayist and author Saldana puts names and faces on several emigrants from Iraq and Syria\, emphasizing their distinctiveness….Readers won’t soon forget the compelling stories of these brave individuals\, revealed so poignantly by Saldana’s beautiful writing.” —Booklist\, starred review \n“Throughout this compassionate book\, the author demonstrates the resilience of refugees\, who carry with them their precious languages\, cultures\, and memories. Memorable personal stories that give much-needed depth and humanity to what are otherwise merely numbers.” —Kirkus Reviews \n“Stephanie Saldaña long ago proved herself a poetic and perceptive essayist. In this book\, she also proves herself a courageous one. Following refugees into the darkest and most dangerous spaces of recent history\, she documents journeys that are about much more than bare survival\, at once wrenching and radiant.” —Geraldine Brooks\, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction \n“Amid the ashes of war and unimaginable losses in Iraq and Syria\, there is beauty\, to which Stephanie Saldaña bears witness in this indelible work that should be read widely and deeply.” —Rubén Degollado\, author of The Family Izquierdo
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-author-stephanie-saldana-what-we-remember-will-be-saved/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Artist Edgar Jerins - Edgar Jerins Life in Charcoal
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 25th at 5:30 Edgar will be joining us to celebrate his book of art Edgar Jerins Life in Charcoal! This beautiful book exhibits Edgar’s talent for portraiture and capturing the human spirit in the hardest of times. See below for more about Edgar\, his book\, and praise for his work.\nOrder your copy of Edgar Jerins Life in Charcoal from Francie & Finch HERE!\nThank you for supporting local!\nAbout the Book:\nForged in the crucible of family tragedy\, Edgar Jerins’ monumental charcoal drawings are a towering achievement of contemporary American art. Arthur Miller commanded “Attention must be paid” and in these meticulously observed images\, the artist does exactly that. His middle American subjects have been buffeted by a sea of troubles\, sometimes of their own causing. Jerins brilliantly and movingly captures friends and family members at a moment when all denial has been stripped away. There is no irony here\, no flippant art world in-jokes\, no smug condescension and certainly no sentimentality. Jerins shows us the redemptive power of suffering\, the quiet heroism of the American spirit\, and our refusal to give up no matter the odds against us. The difficulties his subjects have with relationships\, money\, health\, aging\, substance abuse\, violence\, and death are part of the human condition that we Americans all know too well. With unflinching honesty and the kind of empathy only known by fellow travelers\, Edgar Jerins brings a new realism to American art. His art is not just about life\, it is life. \nAbout the Author:\nEdgar Jerins was born in Lincoln\, Nebraska in 1958. He graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1980. His primary focus was always portraiture\, whether the subject was clothed or nude. In 2001 he began a series of large-scale narrative drawings of his family and friends in crisis. The drawings received considerable attention in the form of grants\, reviews\, and museum exhibitions and purchases. \nArtist Statement:\n“I consider myself a storyteller. Capturing the times we are living through is one of my primary goals as an artist. My drawings depict real people—primarily my friends and family–in their natural environments. These are people who never expected to find themselves subjects for narrative art\, but whose stories need to be told. Many are struggling with addiction and mental illness. Mental illness\, in particular\, is rarely discussed in our public discourse\, and I want to add my voice to help create a realistic view of those suffering from it. My aim is to express the hardships of my subjects’ lives in a way that isn’t hopeless or sentimental and which shows compassion for human frailty. When possible I work from direct observation\, photographing my subjects in their home environments. But my drawings merely start with images captured on film. I then heighten their reality in almost a theatrical way. My drawings\, for example\, are physically commanding—a scale I believe is critical to their impact on viewers. Similarly\, I take great pains to position my subjects within their environment in ways that reveal and accentuate emotional resonance.” \nBook Review Excerpts: \n“The people haunt the places they inhabit\, being in the landscape but not necessarily of it. Many of the models seem to stare at some distant\, unreachable thing. They don’t engage with each other in group compositions\, often but not always eschewing the viewer’s gaze as well. Even when the models do meet the viewer’s gaze\, their eyes seem to look past the viewer\, almost to something looming over the shoulder. Maybe this looming thing is the knowledge that we will all eventually face the empty chair\, the vacant room\, the street unpopulated. Life is a delicate\, ephemeral thing.”\n–Janet Kozachek\, Visual Artist \n“Jerins brilliantly and movingly captures friends and family members at a moment when all denial has been stripped away. There is no irony here\, no flippant art world in-jokes\, no smug condescension and certainly no sentimentality. Jerins shows us the redemptive power of suffering\, the quiet heroism of the American spirit\, and our refusal to give up no matter the odds against us.” –John Thornton \n“I see unique things in his drawings especially\, of life growing up in the Midwest.  A mindset\, a beauty\, a bleakness\, a poignancy….both despair and comfort.  That is what makes them so compelling to me.  It’s easy to examine the joys in life\, but much braver to examine it’s imperfections.” – Ronda Klein
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-author-artist-edgar-jerins-edgar-jerins-life-in-charcoal/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Visiting Author Storytime - Heather Dawn Torres - The Tractor Squad
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed – we’ll share the new date as soon as it is confirmed. \n\nJoin us on Saturday\, October 26th as we welcome author Heather Dawn Torres! She will be reading from her new storybook The Tractor Squad. This new book is described as a “bright and bouncy read-aloud”. We can’t wait to see you there to have some fun!\nOrder a copy HERE!\nAbout the Book:\nIllustrated by Gary Laib\n“Where do tractors go when it turns cold and snows? Do they make cozy beds in their giant red sheds?”\nIn this bright and bouncy read-aloud\, tractors dig and scoop\, round up the sheep and feed the chickens . . . all before they chug and stomp\, zig and zag — dancing with their farmyard friends. Then\, in a second story inspired by “Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed\,” count down from ten with Field Mouse\, Farmer\, and a colorful cast of hard-working tractors. \nOversized trim with bright candy-colored art and a full 40 pages long\, The Tractor Squad will have vehicle-obsessed kids bouncing along to the playful rhythms and rhymes. For kids who love Goodnight\, Goodnight\, Construction Site and Little Blue Truck.  \nAbout the Author:\nHeather Dawn Torres grew up on an Iowa farm\, where she spent hours reading books to get out of doing farm chores. She now spends her days in the city dreaming of farm life and creating stories for children. When not rhyming words\, Heather can be found back at the family farm enjoying long walks\, homemade pies\, and tractor rides. Heather currently lives in Nebraska with her husband and their two sons. Visit her online at www.heatherdawntorres.com.   \nPraise:\n“Laugh\, dance\, and sing along with the Tractor Squad! An ideal storytime selection to help little ones get their wiggles out . . . Rich traditional and digital watercolor illustrations are worth lingering over\, while the verse will have readers dancing and singing along.” —Kirkus Reviews
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LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Launch Event with Katie Anania - Print/Draw: An Experiment on Paper
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the release of Out of Paper: Drawing\, Environment\, and the Body in 1960s America\, as art historian Katie Anania and artist Sophie Isaak present a durational performance that combines drawing\, printmaking\, and ecological thinking. Visitors are welcome to participate!\nOrder a copy of Out of Paper: Drawing\, Environment\, and the Body in 1960s America HERE.\n\nAbout the Book:\nA dynamic look at how artists used paper to radically redefine the relationship between the body and its surroundings\, and to propose new conceptions of ecology\n \nAbout the Author:\nKatie Anania is an art historian who specializes in contemporary queer feminisms and ecology. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln\, where she direct Art\, Data\, and Environment/s\, a consortium on the history and politics of data visualization. 
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/book-launch-event-with-katie-anania-print-draw-an-experiment-on-paper/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Meet the (Flatwater Free) Press with Matthew Hansen
DESCRIPTION:Matthew Hansen\, editor of the Flatwater Free Press will be back in Lincoln\, at  Francie & Finch\, to talk journalism\, hear story ideas\, and also to hand out an actual physical newspaper\, their annual FFP Commemorative Edition.  It’s very cool. Matthew has selected a couple of his favorite Nebraska books\, by FFP correspondents and FFP-connected authors like Carson Vaughan\, Joe Starita\, Ted Genoways\, and more. We’ll also have a few copies of “The Better Half\,” by Sarah Baker Hansen and Matthew Hansen about their epic Nebraska road trip.\n10% of the proceeds go to Flatwater Free Press!  (Including pre-orders of Ted Genoways upcoming book\, Tequila Wars: José Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico.\nAbout Flatwater Free Press:\n***Flatwater echoes the origins of our state’s name\, a translation of the Oto or Omaha words for the Platte River. The Platte of course spans the state\, providing sustenance and a travel route for this land’s first human inhabitants. Today it connects Scottsbluff to Omaha and hundreds of communities between. The word is all about Nebraska\, all of Nebraska\, and all of our state’s history. \nFree references the First Amendment. Freedom of speech\, freedom of the press\, and the right to participate in democracy — we hold these values dear. Through journalism\, we aim to hold power accountable and amplify diverse voices. Free also describes our free and open nature – anyone will be able to read our work or republish it\, with no barriers. \nPress is the word that the Constitution uses to assign journalists an important role in democracy. It defines our mission as one of public service. We’re here to tell stories with a purpose: Helping Nebraska realize the best version of itself. \nAbout Matthew Hansen:\n***Matthew Hansen is the editor of the Flatwater Free Press\, Nebraska’s first statewide nonprofit news source. Hansen\, a 16-year veteran of Nebraska newspapers\, has previously worked as a reporter at the Lincoln Journal Star and then a reporter and metro columnist at the Omaha World-Herald. During his time in newspapers\, he travelled to Cuba and Afghanistan and won multiple state\, regional and national awards for investigative stories\, feature stories and columns. He was the 2015 Great Plains Writer of the Year. Most recently Hansen has served as the managing editor at the Buffett Early Childhood Institute\, creating a new website focusing on early childhood education. The native of Red Cloud and one-time intern at the Red Cloud Chief and the Hastings Tribune now lives in Omaha and is married to Sarah Baker-Hansen\, a longtime Nebraska food writer and restaurant critic. Their book together\, “The Better Half” is an examination of the Nebraska’s finest road trips\, restaurants and hidden stories. \n***(Information obtained from flatwaterfreepress.org)
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SUMMARY:Annual $100 Shopping Spree!
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SUMMARY:Visiting Contributors - Patricia Miller\, Michael M. Bartels\, and James J. Reisdorff - Train Photos from Nebraska: The Vernacular Rail Images of Fred Ritter Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we welcome contributors\, Patricia Miller\, Michael Bartels\, and James Reisdorff\, of the book Train Photos from Nebraska!\nAbout the Artist:\nFred Ritter Jr. was a Swiss immigrant farmer living near Tilden\, Neb.\, in the early 20th century. He was also a railroad enthusiast who took snapshot-quality images of steam and diesel locomotives\, passenger trains and small-town depots during the era when trains were still essential to the way of life in small towns across both Nebraska and the U.S.  As a result\, these rare images serve as examples of one man’s perspective on railroading during those years. This story tells of time and place as interpreted by Fred Ritter\, Jr. through photography. It also tells of Fred’s love for both trains and family\, and how the two intertwined. \nAbout the Contributors:\nPatricia Miller was raised on a farm near Tilden\, Neb.\, where she lived across the road from her paternal grandparents\, Fred and Ella Ritter.  Much of her childhood was spent with Fred\, a Swiss immigrant whose varied hobbies included photography\, railroads and travel. Although he passed away in 1975\, she has sought to memorialize her multi-talented ancestor.  A 1975 graduate of Doane College in Crete\, Patricia spent her career teaching music in schools in Elgin and Neligh\, Neb.\, and as a private piano teacher. Four years following the death of her first husband\, Jim\, she married David Shipley and they moved to Lincoln. They sing in the Plymouth Choir and Patricia still teaches piano to several students at Neligh via Zoom. \nMichael M. Bartels has lived in Lincoln for most of his life\, except for a short period of time in Grand Island\, Neb. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and worked as a copy editor for the Lincoln-Journal. As the author or co-author of more than 20 books on railroad history\, he also contributes to various newsletters and other publications of rail enthusiasts and historical groups. \nJames J. Reisdorff is a native and resident of David City\, Neb. He is a 1978 graduate of Creighton University\, with a degree in journalism. In addition to doing freelance newspaper work\, he established South Platte Press in 1982 as an outlet for publishing railroad history of the Great Plains region. To date\, his publishing concern has produced more than 100 titles related to railroad topics\, including Train Photos From Nebraska. \nCall the shop – 402 781 0459 – to order a copy!
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-contributors-patricia-miller-michael-m-bartels-and-james-j-reisdorff-train-photos-from-nebraska-the-vernacular-rail-images-of-fred-ritter-jr/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Author: Josha Sietsma - Think. Define. Choose. How 21 Stories Shaped Life in Nebraska
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, November 12th please join us at Francie & Finch Bookshop as we welcome Josha Sietsma to Lincoln! Philosopher\, educator\, and writer\, Josha created a stunning new book Think. Define. Choose. How 21 Stories Shaped Life in Nebraska\, a book of true stories that all Nebraskan’s\, and beyond\, should hear.\nTo pre-order you copy\, please call the bookshop at 402-781-0459 \nAbout the Book:\nWhen you build\, you hire an architect and a contractor. They will design the structure and install all the necessary components to make it function. But when you are building would you also ask a philosopher to help? That is exactly what the wise people of Nebraska did. It paid off.  Not only is the Capitol a functioning structure with all the necessary components it also tells a story and guides Nebraskans and all the people who encounter it. \nThe design team behind the Capitol put in deep thought into the building. They thought about the values and chose what best represented Nebraskans. Then they defined what we now know as The Good Life. \nThis is a book about the Nebraska State Capitol and how a philosopher designed what the Nebraskans call The Good Life. \nAbout the Author:\nJosha Sietsma\, author of Think. Define. Choose. How 21 Stories Shaped Life in Nebraska\, wrote this book after a moment of serendipity with a building that changed the course of his life: the Nebraska State Capitol. He holds degrees in Philosophy and Education\, and also completed post-academical courses on the Philosophy of Public Law. He has published poetry chapbooks\, educational readers on art and philosophy\, and his latest publication is a book for children young and old. Josha Sietsma lives in Bennekom\, The Netherlands. He is a creative teacher\, an independent researcher\, and an active consultant. He teaches Political Science and Classic Japanese literature across three continents. Besides teaching he loves traveling\, playing a round of golf\, and playing the harmonica. \nDuring his first visit to Nebraska he fell in love with Nebraska. The prairies. The Sandhills. Captivated by the beauty of the Nebraska State Capitol this book is an unique showcase on the state of Nebraska and the power of art and architecture: \n“We do not have the past for its own sake\, but for its light upon the future.” –H.B. Alexander\, Philosopher of the Nebraska State Capitol \nBook Details:\n120 pages\, full colour\n5×8 inches\nISBN 9789082399752\nDesigned\, printed and bound in the Netherlands\nDesign by COPPER DESIGN\nFolding carton by Studio Danckmer
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-author-josha-sietsma-think-define-choose-how-21-stories-shaped-life-in-nebraska/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading with Greg Kosmicki and Twyla Hansen
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a delightful poetry reading with treasured poets Greg Kosmicki and Twyla Hansen on Saturday\, November 16th. Refreshments will be served\, reading starts at 4:30 PM\, and copies of their work will be available for purchase and signing. We’ll see you there!\nAbout the Poets:\nGREG KOSMICKI is a poet and retired social worker who lives in Omaha\, Nebraska. He founded The Backwaters Press in 1997\, which he now serves as Editor Emeritus. Greg’s poetry has been published in numerous magazines since 1975\, both print and online\, Some of his earliest publications were in Poetry NOW in 1975 and Paris Review\, in 1977. Greg has continued to publish poems in literary journals including Briar Cliff Review\, Chiron Review\, Cimarron Review\, Connecticut Review\, Cortland Review\, Dacotah Territory\, Green Hills Literary Lantern\, New Letters\, Nimrod\, Paris Review\, Poetry East\, Poetry NOW\, Rattle\, Smoking Poet\, SolsticeLitMag\, Paddlefish\, and Windless Orchard. He received artist’s fellowships for his poetry from the Nebraska Arts Council 2000 and 2006. He is the author of four books and 8 chapbooks of poems. Two of the poems from his book from Word Press\, Some Hero of the Past\, and one poem from his chapbook from Pudding House Publications\, New Route in the Dream\, have been selected by Garrison Keillor and read by him on The Writer’s Almanac on Minnesota Public Radio. \nTWYLA HANSEN was born and raised in northeast Nebraska. She was raised on the farm her grandparents had purchased as immigrants from Denmark in the late 1880s. Hansen earned her BS in horticulture and MA in agroecology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the author of numerous books of poetry\, including How to Live in the Heartland (1992)\, Sanctuary Near Salt Creek (2001)\, and Potato Soup (2003)\, which won the Nebraska Book Award for poetry. Hansen collaborated with rancher and writer Linda Hasselstrom on the collection Dirt Songs: A Plains Duet (2011); the book won the Nebraska Book Award in poetry and was a finalist for the Willa Literary Award and the High Plains Book Award. Hansen’s writing has appeared widely in periodicals and anthologies. She is a creative writing presenter through the Speakers Bureau of the Nebraska Humanities Council. In 2013\, Hansen was appointed Nebraska State Poet. She lives and works in Lincoln\, Nebraska.
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/poetry-reading-with-greg-kosmicki-with-twyla-hansen/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Downtown Lincoln's 17th Annual Shop the Blocks 2024
DESCRIPTION:The holiday season is quickly approaching and your favorite shopping event is back! Downtown Lincoln’s boutiques\, book stores\, art galleries\, specialty shops\, and stores are open late just for you. On November 21st\, take your opportunity to get access to the VIP Passport to enjoy special discounts\, giveaways\, and more. \nPick up your VIP Shop the Blocks bag & passport at our check-in location at the Rococo Theatre (140 N 13th St) by showing your e-ticket on your phone. Shop from 4:30-9pm and then attend the after party at the Rococo. \nThere are so many prize opportunities! For every $20 you spend at a participating business\, you will be entered to win 100s of dollars in gift cards. If you purchase a gold tier ticket\, you can party at the Rococo\, enter to win raffle prizes\, and enjoy appetizers and a cash bar. If you want to enter to win the grand prize at one of our amazing downtown hotels\, take a photo of yourself (or your group) in front of or inside all of the shops listed on your passport\, and send that to shoplocal@downtownlincoln.org. Thank you to The Kindler Hotel and Boitano’s Lounge for sponsoring this year’s grand prize. Questions about this event? Contact maggie@downtownlincoln.org \nCheck out our tiered ticketing prices this year: \nSILVER TICKET: $5\nAccess to in-store discounts at select downtown stores\, VIP shopping bag\, chance to win an overnight stay at an amazing downtown hotel\, chance to win shopping points prizes\, free rides on pedicabs throughout the night \nGOLD TICKET: $10\nAccess to in-store discounts at select downtown stores\, VIP shopping bag\, chance to win an overnight stay at an amazing downtown hotel\, chance to win shopping points prizes\, free rides on pedicabs throughout the night\, entry to after party at the Rococo Theatre\, opportunity to enter for gift card prizes\, complimentary appetizers\, cash bar \nTicket sales will end the day before the event\, November 20th\, at midnight. They will be available again day-of at the door at a higher price – Silver $7 and Gold for $12 \nBuy your tickets here! \nPARTICIPATING BUSINESSES\nFly Fitness | Francie & Finch | Gomez Art Supply | Kiechel Fine Art | Lied Center for Performing Arts | Lincoln Running Company | Madida | A Novel Idea Bookstore | Raygun | Ruby Begonias | Threads | Tsuru | UBT Makers Market | Underground Printing
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/downtown-lincolns-17th-annual-shop-the-blocks-2024/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:SHOP SMALL HOLIDAY REPORT CARD
DESCRIPTION:We are lucky to be in the company of these amazing shops!  Shop Small this holiday season and be sure to get stickers on your Holiday Report Card!\nFrancie & Finch Bookshop \nTsuru \nGomez Art Supply \nPaper Kite \nButterfly Bakery \nThreads \nRuby Begonias \nOf The Earth \nPattino \nCurio \n  \nSpend $25 or more at any shop and get a sticker for your Report Card.  Collect 8 stickers and drop your card off at Tsuru for a chance to win the Grand Prize – $600 value or Second Prize – $300 value!  The first 12 lucky people to collect 8 stickers and return them to Tsuru will win a $25 gift certificate from a participating business. Turn cards in by 12/14.  Winners announced 12/15. \nWe say\,\nShop Early\nShop Often\nShop Small\nTis the Season!\n  \n 
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/shop-small-holiday-report-card/
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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Inside Nebraska Courthouses - Dean Settle
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we welcome local art collector\, historian\, and former gallery owner\, Dean Settle to Francie & Finch Bookshop on Saturday\, December 14th at 4:30! His new book “Inside Nebraska Courthouses” explores the cultural and architectural legacy of Nebraska’s 93 courthouses.\nABOUT THE BOOK:\nThis book is more than just a history—it’s a celebration of Nebraska’s cultural and architectural legacy. Through short narratives\, photographs\, and illustrations specific to the state’s 93 counties\, it offers a unique window into the landmarks that define the state. A must-have for anyone who appreciates regional history\, architecture\, or the stories that shape a place. \nEach of Nebraska’s 93 courthouses tells a unique story\, embodying the values\, challenges and triumphs of the communities they serve. This book honors those stories and illustrates why preserving these historic structures is essential for future generations. This collection also celebrates the remarkable journey of Dean B. Settle and his late wife\, Harriet R. Grossbart\, who traveled Nebraska to visit each courthouse. Their adventure reflects a deep passion for history\, community and the enduring significance of these civic spaces. May these pages inspire a renewed appreciation for the architectural and historical treasures found in every corner of Nebraska. – Candace Meredith\, deputy director\, Nebraska Association of County Officials. \nABOUT THE AUTHORS:\nDean B. Settle – Dean and his late wife\, Harriet\, were devoted partners in both life and work. Originally from Iowa\, Dean earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Northern Iowa and pursued postgraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin and DePaul University. Over a distinguished 51-year career in behavioral health\, Dean worked across Iowa\, Kansas and California before moving to Lincoln\, Nebraska\, in 1989. He managed extensive systems of care\, including hospitals and clinics at state and county levels\, and was actively involved in state and national rehabilitation associations. For 37 years\, he served as a surveyor for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). A passionate art collector and former gallery owner\, Dean continues to reside in Lincoln\, where he is actively involved in Rotary Club #14 and other nonprofit organizations. His research for this book gave him the opportunity to reconnect with Nebraska’s county officials and delve into the state’s rich architectural heritage. \nHarriet R. Grossbart – Born in New York and raised in South Miami\, Harriet graduated from the University of Florida before relocating to Nebraska in 1972 to work for Lancaster County. Her career was dedicated to supporting individuals with developmental disabilities\, serving as a teacher\, administrator and advocate. After retiring\, Harriet co-founded a significant payee service company and played a key role in developing a foundation that manages special needs trusts. She also wrote legislation and manuals and contributed to professional journals. Harriet was an avid domestic and international traveler who delighted in exploring small towns and unwinding in the Sand Hills in her adopted home state. She lost a long battle with cancer in November 2023\, leaving a legacy of advocacy and a final wish for her husband of 35 years to complete their passion project. \nBook details:\n192 pages\, hardcover\n$39.95 + shipping and handling*\nEdited by Chris Christen\nDesigned by Christine Zueck-Watkins
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-author-inside-nebraska-courthouses-dean-settle/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Launch - Dennis P. Crawford & Dr. Laura J. Crawford - Robert F. Kennedy: The Road Not Taken From Nebraska to the White House
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, December 18th at 5:30 as we welcome authors\, Dennis P. Crawford and Dr. Laura J. Crawford.  Their new book “Robert F. Kennedy: The Road Not Taken From Nebraska to the White House” reflects on the campaign trail that brought Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy to Nebraska.\nTo Order a Copy of the Book call Francie & Finch Bookshop at 402-781-0459\nAbout the Book:\nThe Nebraska Democratic primary mattered in 1968. Because only fifteen states held primaries\, Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy made the state a high priority. Before the reforms of the 1970s\, most delegates to the national convention were selected in conventions and caucuses in which party leaders controlled the outcome. The candidates campaigned extensively in Nebraska to prove to the party bosses that they could carry farm states in the general election. The Kennedy and McCarthy campaigns began to organize in Nebraska in early 1968. Both candidates campaigned hard in Nebraska. McCarthy literally worked himself into a state of exhaustion. Nebraska brought out the best in Kennedy\, and he brought out the best in Nebraska voters. He gave a hydrocephalic baby love at the Beatrice State Home and scolded draft-dodging students at Creighton University. Kennedy was genuinely concerned about the future of a school-age Black girl he met in north Omaha. Kennedy defeated McCarthy by a decisive 52 percent to 31 percent margin. This big win put Kennedy on the path to the Democratic nomination and the White House. Read the book to learn more this history. \nAbout the Authors:\nDennis P. Crawford was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representative in 2014. A lifelong resident of Lincoln\, Nebraska\, Dennis earned his undergraduate degree in political science at Creighton University in 1982 and his law degree at the Catholic University of America in 1985. He returned to his hometown after he graduated from law school and practiced law in the Nebraska courts between 1986–2023. Dennis was a trial lawyer who represented people who were injured in accidents. Crawford’s run for Congress was emblematic of his lifetime of interest in government and politics. Ever since returning from law college in Washington\, D.C.\, Dennis has been politically active in Nebraska politics. He served as Second Associate Chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party between 2012 and 2016. Dennis is married to Diane\, and they have three adult children and one grandson.  He enjoys spending his free time following the Nebraska Cornhusker football team. \nDr. Laura J. Crawford is the Assistant State Archaeologist at the Nebraska Historical Society in Lincoln. Dr. Crawford earned her undergraduate degree in anthropology at Creighton University\, her Master’s degree in archaeology from the University of Alaska\, and her doctorate in archaeology from The Ohio State University in 2020. In addition to working as an archaeologist in Nebraska\, Dr. Crawford has performed extensive fieldwork in Alaska. She has also worked as an archaeologist in New Mexico\, Iowa\, Ohio\, Hawaii\, and Guam. When she is not doing archaeology or writing\, Dr. Crawford enjoys spending time with her husband Ben and son Harlan.They like to visit the museums in town just like she did when she was growing up in Lincoln!
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/book-launch-dennis-p-crawford-robert-f-kennedy-the-road-not-taken-from-nebraska-to-the-white-house/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Kevin Shinn - A Different Metaphor: Faith That Imagines The Impossible
DESCRIPTION:Join us once again in welcoming Kevin Shinn to Francie & Finch Bookshop. He will be signing copies of his new book A Different Metaphor: Faith That Imagines The Impossible and will share his story about the circumstances around which this book was conceived.\nThis title releases on January 21st.\nPre-order is available by contacting Francie & Finch Bookshop at 402.781.0459.\nCopies will also be available for purchase at the event.\nAbout the Book: \nSome of us don’t need a new faith. We need a different metaphor.\n\nIf our faith seems irrelevant and lifeless\, it may have nothing to do with our faith but the inadequate language we use to define it.\n\nWe do not comprehend the Divine apart from metaphor. Creative language helps us grasp an idea of what God might be like\, so we use terms like my Maker\, my Creator\, my Father. An immature\, inadequate\, or incomplete metaphor can limit my faith. Therefore\, it is vital to examine the way we look at the divine. We may call God Father\, but what type of father do we believe him to be?\nAbout the Author:\n \nKevin Shinn is a chef and writer living in Lincoln\, NE. He currently owns and operates The Portico\, a unique micro restaurant hidden away amid the garden in his backyard. Before becoming a professional chef\, he was a collegiate pastor for 18 years on campuses in California and Nebraska. It was the combination of these two careers that have influenced the writing of his current book\, A Different Metaphor. \nKevin’s voice in his writing is best described as kind. He writes as if he was having a conversation with you\, not presenting a lecture. He describes his core interests in these three ways: \nHaving important conversations. \nKevin has learned the simplest way to a good conversation is to ask questions and listen. If I do those two things regularly\, I find my way into many discussions that matter. \nSetting the table. \nTo Kevin\, his work as a chef is more than just cooking. It involves planning the entire meal with the guest directly in mind. It means preparing the environment and considering what will bring you delight. This is where his chef skills and his pastoral gifting intersect in a unique way. \nSeeing ideas become reality. \nKevin has been a gardener much longer than he’s been a pastor or chef. He recalls the fascination as a child in watching a seed grow into a fruitful cherry tomato plant. He draws on this foundational experience over and over again\, as it helped forge in him the patience to allow the process to unfold in seeing any idea or dream come to fulfillment. \n  \n 
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LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Authors - Poetry Reading with Carolina Hotchandani and Maria Zoccola
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, February 22nd at 4:30 as we welcome poets\nCarolina Hotchandani and Maria Zoccola!\nMaria will be reading from her debut poetry collection Helen of Troy\, 1993: Poems\, and Carolina will be pulling from her award-winning anthology of poetry from the last few years. We can’t wait to see you there!\nTo order a copy of Carolina’s latest publication The Book Eaters\, follow the link HERE.\nTo order a copy of Maria’s debut poetry collection Helen of Troy\, 1993: Poems\, follow the link HERE. \nCopies will be available for purchase at the event. \nAbout the Authors:\nCarolina Hotchandani is the author of The Book Eaters\, the 2023 Perugia Press Prize winner and one of ten debut poetry books featured in Poets & Writers Magazine’s 2024 debut poets issue. She was awarded a 2024 Nebraska Arts Council Individual Fellowship\, a 2024 Nebraska Book Award\, and her poetry has appeared in The Atlantic\, AGNI\, Prairie Schooner\, and other magazines. She is a Goodrich Assistant Professor of English in Omaha\, Nebraska. \nMaria Zoccola is a poet and educator from Memphis\, Tennessee. She has writing degrees from Emory University and Falmouth University\, and has spent many years leading creative writing workshops for middle and high school youth. Maria’s work has previously appeared in The Atlantic\, Ploughshares\, Kenyon Review\, The Sewanee Review\, ZYZZYVA\, and elsewhere\, and has received a special mention for the Pushcart Prize. Helen of Troy\, 1993 (Scribner\, 2025) is her debut poetry collection. \nAdvance Praise for Helen of Troy\, 1993:\n“There is a gracious plenty of grittiness and threat in Maria Zoccola’s poems\, but the poetry’s verbal vitality\, coupled with the novelistic satisfaction of the narrator’s epic-worthy story\, achieves the heightened pain and pleasure of the sublime. I cannot foresee a better book of American poetry published this year.” —Ron Rash\, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Serena and Poems: New and Selected \n“Sinking into Helen of Troy\, 1993 felt like the magic of finding a kindred spirit on the stool next to me in a dive bar. Zoccola’s poems kept me saying\, ‘Yes\, yes exactly.’ In her rendering of the rural South\, she takes things I have felt only indistinctly and delivers them to me with sharp and beautiful and brutal clarity.” —Stacey Swann\, author of Olympus\, Texas\, a GMA Book Club Pick
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-author-readings-with-carolina-hotchandani-and-maria-zoccola/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:First Friday Art Walk - Featured Artist - Jude Martindale
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Downtown Lincoln’s First Friday Art Walk on March 7th!\nThis month Francie & Finch Bookshop will be featuring artist Jude Martindale!\nAbout the Artist:\nTo read more visit the link HERE.\nJude grew up in rural Nebraska and currently lives and paints in Lincoln. She studied biology and art for a BS from UNL before studying portraiture at the Art Students League of New York. Jude then earned a Masters in Scientific Illustration at the University of Arizona\, illustrating a book on extinct mammals for her thesis. After moving back to Lincoln\, she freelanced as a illustrator and developed her skills with watercolor and abstraction. The recent book “Flying Free” (2020) showcases some of her widely acclaimed crane art. Her artistic journey has been reported in Nebraska Life magazine and other media. \nJude is a signature member of the International Society of Experimental Artists. She has won many awards\, and her work has been shown nationally and internationally. Her solo show\, The Great Migration: A Celebration of Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska is at the Great Plains Art Museum in Lincoln from January through June 19\, 2021. It includes 36 paintings and collages\, including some uniquely colorful and fanciful birds. While her background includes artistic realism\, Jude has been working primarily in abstract expressionism for the last several years. \n 
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/first-friday-art-walk-featured-artist-jude-martindale/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Stacey Waite -  A Real Man Would Have a Gun: Poems
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, March 11th at 6:00 as author Stacey Waite presents her new work of poetry A Real Man Would Have a Gun. Follow the link HERE to pre-order your copy today.\nAbout the Book:\nStacey Waite’s newest collection of poems interrogates gender\, sexuality\, and parenthood. From a genderqueer perspective\, the poems set their unflinching gaze on the habits and impacts of masculinity. Poignant\, angry\, heartfelt\, and at times funny\, this collection asks us\, again and again: What kind of world do we make with gender? \nAbout the Author:\nStacey Waite is Associate Professor of English and Graduate Chair at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln and is the author of five collections of poetry: Choke (winner of the Frank O’Hara Prize for Poetry)\, Love Poem to Androgyny\, the lake has no saint (Winner of the Snowbound Prize for Poetry)\, Butch Geography (2013)\, and just released A Real Man Would Have A Gun (University of New Mexico Press\, 2025). Waite is also the author of Teaching Queer: Radical Possibilities for Writing and Knowing (University of Pittsburgh Press\, 2017). Working in both creative writing and composition studies\, Waite is also co-editor of Inventing the Discipline: Student Work in Composition Studies and the textbook\, Ways of Reading. Waite’s poetry and essays have appeared in such journals as Writing on the Edge\, Assay\, New Territory\, Literacy in Composition Studies\, and Black Warrior Review. Waite’s poems have been anthologized in a range of collections including Best American Poetry and The Norton Introduction to Literature. Visit Waite’s website at www.staceywaite.com.  \nPraise for the Book:\n“A Real Man Would Have a Gun believes in poetry’s ability to salve and save. In it\, Stacey Waite walks a tight rope of language in these well-wrought poems that celebrate and question gender as much as they serve to cherish family. And these poems know no bounds. They chat and scream and whisper—and they even dance if you count the Cupid Shuffle. This is a brilliant beauty of a book.”—Jericho Brown\, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Tradition \n“This book isn’t only bold\, it’s tender and broken and more complex than the tired trope of ‘queer triumph.’ This book is about family and memory and fuckups through the eyes of a poet who understands that sometimes you can’t extinguish rage; it just ‘turn(s) into / a fire of a different kind.’ We all can see ourselves in this book’s magnificent glow.”—Aaron Smith\, author of Stop Lying: Poems \n“I will never get over the poems of Stacey Waite—and I don’t want to. A Real Man Would Have a Gun is both slow burn and bright flame\, lyric compression and narrative expansion\, a book that breaks childhood and parenthood\, gender and sexuality—embodiment itself—freshly and sharply open.”—Julie Marie Wade\, author of Skirted
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-author-stacey-waite-a-real-man-would-have-a-gun-poems/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Launch and Poetry Reading - Frizabel Waki - One Voice: Original Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of poetry as we welcome Frizabel Waki in celebration of her new book of poetry One Voice!\nBooks available at F&F and there will be a book-signing after the reading.\nAbout the Author:\nFrizabel Waki is a multifaceted creative whose work spans poetry\, life writing\, and fiction. As the author of One Voice\, she weaves poignant narratives that resonate with authenticity and emotional depth. A Certified Nursing Aid with over six years of experience\, Frizabel brings a unique perspective to her writing\, blending compassion and insight from her professional life. Beyond her literary pursuits\, she is a skilled makeup artist\, hair stylist\, and entrepreneur\, showcasing her versatility and passion for self expression. A devoted Christian\, Frizabel finds inspiration in gospel music\, dance\, and the joy of travel\, which fuels her love for exploring new places and cultures. when she’s not writing\, she enjoys binge-watching comedies\, indulgin gin fashion\, and embracing the simple pleasures of life. Frizabel’s work reflects her vibrant spirit\, unwavering faith\, and commitment to storytelling that connects and uplifts. 
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/book-launch-and-poetry-reading-frizabel-waki-one-voice-original-poetry/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Karen Russell in conversation with Judi M. gaiashkibos - The Antidote
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, April 1st at 5:30 as we welcome Pulitzer finalist Karen Russell! She will be presenting her new novel The Antidote\, “a gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town.” You don’t want to miss this exciting opportunity to meet with the author of the bestseller Swamplandia!\, and hear what went into the making of her exciting new novel. We’ll see you there!\nPre-Order a copy of The Antidote HERE\nAbout the Book:\nFrom Pulitzer finalist\, MacArthur Fellowship recipient\, and bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove Karen Russell: a gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town.\n\nThe Antidote opens on Black Sunday\, as a historic dust storm ravages the fictional town of Uz\, Nebraska. But Uz is already collapsing—not just under the weight of the Great Depression and the dust bowl drought but beneath its own violent histories. The Antidote follows a “Prairie Witch\,” whose body serves as a bank vault for peoples’ memories and secrets; a Polish wheat farmer who learns how quickly a hoarded blessing can become a curse; his orphan niece\, a basketball star and witch’s apprentice in furious flight from her grief; a voluble scarecrow; and a New Deal photographer whose time-traveling camera threatens to reveal both the town’s secrets and its fate. \nRussell’s novel is above all a reckoning with a nation’s forgetting—enacting the settler amnesia and willful omissions passed down from generation to generation\, and unearthing not only horrors but shimmering possibilities. The Antidote echoes with urgent warnings for our own climate emergency\, challenging readers with a vision of what might have been—and what still could be. \nAbout the Author:\nKAREN RUSSELL is the author of five books of fiction\, including the New York Times bestsellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. She is a MacArthur Fellow\, was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has received two National Magazine Awards for Fiction\, the Shirley Jackson Award\, the 2023 Bottari Lattes Grinzane prize\, the 2024 Mary McCarthy Award\, and was selected for the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” prize and The New Yorker‘s “20 under 40” list (She is now decisively over 40). She has taught literature and creative writing at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, the University of California-Irvine\, Williams College\, Columbia University\, and Bryn Mawr College\, and was the Endowed Chair of Texas State’s MFA program. She serves on the board of Street Books\, a mobile-library for people living outdoors. Born and raised in Miami\, Florida\, she now lives in Portland\, Oregon with her husband\, son\, and daughter. \nPraise for The Antidote:\n“In The Antidote\, Karen Russell writes indelible characters who keep choosing messy community over silo’d righteousness\, motion over despair. She presents for inspection America’s most persistent chorus of moral self-defense\, “Better them than us\,” and shows how it rots the minds\, hearts\, and land of all who sing it. Only Karen Russell could write a dust bowl opus with such raucous brio—The Antidote soars with exigent joy and laugh-out-loud scenes\, with memory witches and enchanted cameras and the world’s most lovable sentient scarecrow. It’s magic\, a book doing this big work and also making it propulsive\, eminently readable. Russell has rendered with soul and urgency the vast inexpressible ache at the heart of American gratitude.” —Kaveh Akbar\, author of Martyr! \n“The Antidote is an achingly gorgeous book about dust\, memory\, basketball\, murder\, yearning\, photography\, and the way the land holds both the memory of what went before and the dreams of what may come. Karen Russell is one of our most humane and generous writers; this book is as profound as it is wonderfully strange.” — Lauren Groff\, author of The Vaster Wilds\n\n“This novel swept me up and carried me away\, even while somehow burying me\, and digging up something about the story of this country I didn’t know I needed to know. As with all of Russell’s work\, heaviness and levity are always kept in balance\, and so I was lifted even while being devastated by the book’s many brutal truths and stark beauty. I’d already considered Russell’s vivid and inventive imagination to be endless\, but here exploring a history of Nebraska we get an unearthing of this country’s still relatively untold origin story\, the part about its original people\, and the cost paid in order that this country might be formed. Finishing the book I felt completely covered in the forgotten dust of what too few look back on\, with rare clarity\, not to mention the intricate braid of narratives masterfully woven here. The Antidote is one\, for an all too poisoned American narrative about land and family and belonging.” — Tommy Orange\, author of Wandering Stars
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LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:First Friday Art Walk - Featured Artist - Kinzee Hillis
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, April 4th for Downtown Lincoln’s First Friday Art Walk! Our featured artist this month is Kinzee Hillis.\nArtist’s Bio\nI have lived in Lincoln\, Nebraska my whole life but I love to travel and see new things. I graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2020 with a major in studio art. I have focused on using acrylic paint as my medium while emphasizing texture/color. After graduating\, I completed an internship at the Bemis Center for art. I continue to volunteer at The LUX Center for the arts and show my work in local stores\, antique businesses\, and other spaces around the Lincoln area. If I am not working on art I work for Oak Creek Plants and Flowers. My job title is Plant Maintenance which means I water\, replace\, and clean plants. The more I learn about plants the more they have become a part of my life and art.\nArtist Statement\nMy artwork is whimsical and bold but has a depth that rewards close looking. Sometimes it is overwhelming to think about what is going to happen next when we do not have a lot of answers to our questions. Different emotions and anxiety can overwhelm our lives. I make the art I do to create a glimpse of joy. It is important to me that people have something to turn to and get lost in. Something that is not telling them about a diagnosis or receiving bad news. Letting a person just be able to reflect and meditate. Something that is not asking us to do anything but look\, and let our mind wander. \nArtist information obtained from: kinzeehillisart.weebly.com \n  \n 
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/first-friday-art-walk-kinsee-hillis/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Ken Meter - Building Community Food Webs
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, April 16th at 5:30 as we welcome Ken Meter to Francie & Finch Bookshop! Ken studies food systems and economies and is looking forward to signing books and talking with us. We can’t wait to see you there!\nAbout the Book:\nIn Building Community Food Webs\, Ken Meter shows how grassroots leaders across the U.S. are constructing civic networks to create healthier and more equitable food systems. Overturning extractive economic structures\, these inspired food leaders are engaging low-income residents\, farmers\, and local organizations in their quest to build stronger communities. \nNetwork-building takes a variety of forms and arises out of multiple activities. Farmers and researchers may convene to improve farming practices collaboratively. Food banks engage their clients to challenge the root causes of poverty. Municipalities invest large sums to protect farmland from development. \nBuilding Community Food Webs captures the essence of these efforts\, and offers pragmatic insights for community food leaders anywhere. \nAbout the Author:\nKen Meter is one of the most experienced food system analysts in the U.S.\, integrating market analysis\, business development\, systems thinking\, and social concerns. Meter holds more than 50 years of experience in inner-city and rural community capacity building. His local economic analyses have promoted local food networks in 145 regions in 42 states\, 2 provinces\, and 4 tribal nations. He developed strategic regional food plans for 22 regions across the U.S. Meter consulted with the USDA  Agricultural Marketing Service and Colorado State University as one of 14 co-authors of a toolkit for measuring economic impacts of local food development. He is author of Building Community Food Webs\, published by Island Press in 2021. Meter served as co-editor of Sustainable Food System Assessment: Lessons from Global Practice\, published by Routledge (UK) in 2019. He is also a member of the International Economic Development Council and the American Evaluation Association\, invited to speak to leadership groups of both organizations.
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-author-ken-meter-building-community-food-webs/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Deborah Jackson Taffa - Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, April 17th at 5:30 as we welcome Deborah Jackson Taffa\, author of the widely praised and anticipated memoir Whiskey Tender. This work has been regarded as an Oprah Daily “Best New Book”\, a New York Times “New Book to Read\, a Parade “Best New Work By Indigenous Writers”\, and an NPR “Book We Love”!\nOrder your copy of Whiskey Tender HERE\nAbout the Book:\nFinalist for the National Book Award\nLonglisted for a Carnegie Medal for Excellence\nWinner of the Southwest Book Award\nA Best Book of the Year: Washington Post\, Esquire\, Time\, The Atlantic\, NPR\, and Publishers Weekly \nReminiscent of the works of Mary Karr and Terese Marie Mailhot\, a memoir of family and survival\, coming-of-age on and off the reservation\, and of the frictions between mainstream American culture and Native inheritance; assimilation and reverence for tradition. \nDeborah Jackson Taffa was raised to believe that some sacrifices were necessary to achieve a better life. Her grandparents—citizens of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo tribe—were sent to Indian boarding schools run by white missionaries\, while her parents were encouraged to take part in governmental job training off the reservation. Assimilation meant relocation\, but as Taffa matured into adulthood\, she began to question the promise handed down by her elders and by American society: that if she gave up her culture\, her land\, and her traditions\, she would not only be accepted\, but would be able to achieve the “American Dream.” \n\nWhiskey Tender traces how a mixed tribe native girl—born on the California Yuma reservation and raised in Navajo territory in New Mexico—comes to her own interpretation of identity\, despite her parent’s desires for her to transcend the class and “Indian” status of her birth through education\, and despite the Quechan tribe’s particular traditions and beliefs regarding oral and recorded histories. Taffa’s childhood memories unspool into meditations on tribal identity\, the rampant criminalization of Native men\, governmental assimilation policies\, the Red Power movement\, and the negotiation between belonging and resisting systemic oppression. Pan-Indian\, as well as specific tribal histories and myths\, blend with stories of a 1970s and 1980s childhood spent on and off the reservation. \nTaffa offers a sharp and thought-provoking historical analysis laced with humor and heart. As she reflects on her past and present—the promise of assimilation and the many betrayals her family has suffered\, both personal and historical; trauma passed down through generations—she reminds us of how the cultural narratives of her ancestors have been excluded from the central mythologies and structures of the “melting pot” of America\, revealing all that is sacrificed for the promise of acceptance. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author:\nDeborah Jackson Taffa is a citizen of the Quechan (Yuma) Nation and Laguna Pueblo. She earned her MFA at the Nonfiction Writing Program (NWP) in Iowa City and is the director of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe\, New Mexico. Her writing has appeared in The Rumpus\, the Boston Review\, the Los Angeles Review of Books\, A Public Space\, Salon\, the Huffington Post\, Prairie Schooner\, The Best American Nonrequired Reading\, and other outlets. \n\n\nPraise for Whiskey Tender:\n“We have more Native stories now\, but we have not heard one like this. Whiskey Tender is unexpected and propulsive\, indeed tender\, but also bold\, and beautifully told\, like a drink you didn’t know you were thirsty for. This book\, never anything less than mesmerizing\, is full of family stories and vital Native history. It pulses and it aches\, and it lifts\, consistently. It threads together so much truth by the time we are done\, what has been woven together equals a kind of completeness from brokenness\, and a hope from knowing love and loss and love again by naming it so.”  — Tommy Orange\, National Bestselling Author of There There \n“In a memoir populated by dreams but legislated by family and culture and reality\, Deborah Taffa suggests that if we are going to heal\, we need to be able to remember our wounds. In a style that is by turns measured\, then biting\, then humorous\, then humble\, then soaring\, Taffa has a personal and moral conversation with an untold history. This story—which centers around being both Native and American at the same time—is a great lesson for how we can hold\, and even embrace\, our divisions and our tensions to create a new mosaic for the future.” – Colum McCann\, National Book Award winner and author of Apeirogon  \nIn this finely drawn memoir\, Deborah Jackson Taffa has written an essential story of America. A meticulously researched and critical look at self and country\, Whiskey Tender breaks your heart and then makes it soar.  –Kelli Jo Ford\, author of Crooked Hallelujah \n“Screaming from the heart\, Taffa’s confiding memoir pierces generations of colonial harm. A mature\, illuminating text that will also appeal to coming-of-age readers. –Cynthia Leitich Smith\, American Indian Youth Literature Award winner for Hearts Unbroken
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-author-deborah-jackson-taffa-whiskey-tender-a-memior/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:April Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday\, April 21st at 5:30 as we welcome four esteemed poets to Francie & Finch Bookshop! MC Hyland\, Elizabeth Clark Wessel\, Luis Othoniel Rosa\, and Katie Marya will be reading from their collections. Bring a friend\, enjoy refreshments\, and listen to poetry!\nMC Hyland (she/they) is the founding editor of DoubleCross Press\, a poetry micropress. She is the author of over a dozen poetry chapbooks/artist books and two previous full-length books of poems\, THE END (Sidebrow 2019) and Neveragainland (Lowbrow Press 2010). Her book of short essays\, The Dead and the Living and the Bridge\, is out with Meekling Press this April\, and a book collecting poems from two long-running art practices\, Walks & Weathers\, will be published by Beauty School Editions later this year. Holding MFAs in book arts and creative writing from the University of Alabama and a PhD in English literature from NYU\, MC is a teacher\, scholar\, artist\, and freelance editor/fundraiser\, and lives in St. Paul\, MN with her partner\, Jeff\, and cat\, Dakota. \nElizabeth Clark Wessel lives in Stockholm\, Sweden and works as a translator of Swedish literature. She was born in rural Nebraska and lived for many years in New York\, where she pursued a BA at Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA at Columbia University. In 2010\, she co-founded Argos Books\, which has been publishing innovative poetry books ever since. She’s the author of four chapbooks of poetry\, and her poems have appeared in Fence\, Boston Review\, and the American Poetry Review. None of It Belongs to Me (Game Over Books\, 2024) is her first full-length collection. \nLuis Othoniel Rosa (Bayamón\, Puerto Rico\, in 1985) studied at the University of Puerto Rico and earned his Ph.D. at Princeton. He is the author of the short novels Otra vez me alejo (2012) and Caja de fractales (2017). The last one was translated into English as Down with Gargamel! (2020). He is also the author of the bilingual collection of poems\, Triste la furia / Sadness\, the Fury (2025)\, of the bilingual artisanal book\, Calima (2023)\, and of the scholarly book\, Comienzos para una estética anarquista: Borges con Macedonio (2016; 2020). He is the founding and current head editor  of El Roommate: Colectivo de Lectores and a founding member of The LOUDREADERS Trade School. He is the Associate Director of the Institute for Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska. To find more\, visit luisothonielrosa.com \nKatie Marya is a writer from Atlanta\, Georgia. Her work has appeared in literary magazines such as Southern Indiana Review\, North American Review\, Guernica\, Waxwing\, AGNI\, Fence\, and on the national poetry podcast The Slowdown Show. Her debut poetry collection Sugar Work was the Editor’s Choice for the 2020 Alice James Book Award. Marya lives in Nebraska where she teaches writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Nebraska Author - Mike Theiler - Nikon Road
DESCRIPTION:Congratulations to Arch.Hall.Group Reunion 2025!\nOne of your classmates can’t be there but we know you wish he were!\nCopies can be ordered at 402 781 0459 or info@francieandfinch.com\n \nMike takes us on a photographic journey around the world from the frontlines\, the sidelines\, the VIP sections and inside the ropes…..a Forest Gump experience\, witnessing history\, rubbing elbows with the most famous names and datelines in the world.  His new book\, Nikon Road takes us on a photographic journey around the world from 1971-2021. Magical places visited include the Forbidden City\, Tibet and the Yangtze River.  China was negotiating the future of British Hong Kong.  Indira Ghandi was assassinated in Delhi\,  Vietnam celebrated the 10th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.  President Reagan\, the Love Boat and Mickey Mouse came calling to China.  Mike experienced and photographed the Moscow Olympics\, Pope John Paul II and the Charles and Diana’s wedding in London\, and their honeymoon in Egypt.\nOn January 6th\, 2021\, Mike was at our country’s capitol –  “All my professionalism from 50 years of photography kind of takes over. I started shooting\, knowing deep down that you can’t make a bad picture in a situation like that. There were maybe 20 of the rioters in the hallway and only a handful of police trying to restrain them. That’s when I saw that the guy with a Confederate flag had kind of moved off by himself. I’m thinking in the context of — we’re in this hallowed hallway\, with the gilded framed paintings on the wall\, the bust\, the kind of thing that speaks to anyone who has ever been to the Capitol\, and I kind of isolated him with that in the background.”\nJ\nSigned copies can be ordered at 402 781 0459 or info@francieandfinch.com\nFrancie & Finch Bookshop\n130 S. 13th St\nLincoln\, NE 68508\n  \n  \n\n 
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SUMMARY:Visiting Poet - John Brehm - The Poetry of Grief\, Gratitude and Reverence
DESCRIPTION:Poet and editor of the new anthology The Poetry of Grief\, Gratitude and Reverence\, John Brehm\, will be visiting Francie & Finch on Friday\, April 25th!\nBuy your copy of the book HERE! \nAbout the Book:\nA new anthology from the editor of the bestselling Poetry of Impermanence\, Mindfulness\, and Joy. Explorations on a journey through the darkest and brightest moments of our lives\, the poems gathered here are explorations of loss\, of thanksgiving\, of transformation. Some show a path forward and others simply acknowledge and empathize with where we are\, but all are celebrations of poetry’s ability to express what seemed otherwise inexpressible\, to touch deep inside our hearts—and also pull ourselves out of our selves and into greater connection with the world around us. \nIncludes poems by\nRainer Maria Rilke\, Robert Frost\, Elizabeth Bishop\, Czeslaw Milosz\, Seamus Heaney\, Billy Collins\, Joy Harjo\, Danusha Lameris\, Ada Limon\, Kevin Young\, Arthur Sze\, Ellen Bass\, Li Young-Lee\, Natasha Tretheway\, and many more. \nThe editor also includes an essay on appreciative attention and links to guided meditations for select poems\, offering us a chance to have an even deeper experience of reflection. \nAbout the Author:\nJohn Brehm was born and raised in Lincoln\, Nebraska and educated at the University of Nebraska and Cornell University. He is the author of four books of poetry\, Sea of Faith\, Help Is on the Way\, No Day at the Beach\, and Dharma Talk. He has also published a collection of essays\, The Dharma of Poetry\, which is a companion to his acclaimed anthology\, The Poetry of Impermanence\, Mindfulness\, and Joy. His poems have appeared in Poetry\, Ploughshares\, The Gettysburg Review\, The Sun\, The Southern Review\, Plume\, New Ohio Review\, The Writer’s Almanac\, The Best American Poetry\, The Norton Introduction to Literature\, and many other journals and anthologies. His most recent book is a new anthology\, The Poetry of Grief\, Gratitude\, and Reverence (Wisdom Publications\, 2023). \nTo learn more about John visit his website HERE! \nPraise for the Anthology:\n“John Brehm weaves together timeless wisdom and a deep poetic sensibility.”—Joseph Goldstein\, author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening \n“This beautiful and poignant poetry will reach places in your mind and heart that you didn’t know existed. Your life will be enriched once you’ve cracked open its pages and drunk from its words of beauty and anguish.”— Joanne Cacciatore\, PhD\, author of Bearing the Unbearable\, Grieving Is Loving\, and Bearing the Unbearable: A Guided Journal for Grieving \n“It has been said that of all gateways to the deep mystery that is our true home\, none is so immediate and potent as grief. Grief itself is wisdom\, calling us back to who we really are. The braiding of fine\, moving\, and readable poems gathered in this beautiful new anthology on grief and its sisters—gratitude and reverence—shows us clearly why. Let this wonderful collection\, wisely conceived and beautifully executed\, open up whatever needs to be opened\, and lead us all back to the true home we’ve long been seeking. This is a book to treasure.”— Henry Shukman\, author of Original Love and One Blade of Grass
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-author-john-brehm-the-poetry-of-grief-gratitude-and-reverence/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:National Independent Bookstore Day
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate Independent Bookstore Day! This national party celebrates independent bookstores across the country online and in-store. It’s a day you don’t want to miss!\nWe will have author signings\, tasty treats\, and 2 free ARCs with a purchase of $30 or more!\nWe will be open extended hours:\nSaturday 4/26\, 10:00-6:00\nSunday 4/27\, 12:00-4:00\n\nGUEST LINE-UP\n4/26\, 10:00-11:30 – J.M. Fleming\nAuthor of “Meet Andy the Goose”\, a picture book about a very special goose! \n4/26\, 2:00 – 4:00 – Heather Dawn Torres\nHeather Dawn Torres grew up on an Iowa farm\, where she spent hours reading books to get out of doing farm chores. She now spends her days in the city dreaming of farm life and creating stories for children. When not rhyming words\, Heather can be found back at the family farm enjoying long walks\, homemade pies\, and tractor rides. Heather currently lives in Nebraska with her husband and their two sons. Visit her online at www.heatherdawntorres.com. \n\nDon’t forget about Lincoln and Seward’s Bookstore Crawl!\nPick up your card at any location and mark them off as you go. Each store has a different deal! April 27th is the last day to turn in your completed card.\nSee below for participating stores:\nChapters Books & Gifts\nA Novel Idea Bookstore\nFrancie & Finch Bookshop\nBadgers Bookshop\nElleinad Books\nSower Books
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LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Author Visit - Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis - Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World
DESCRIPTION:Author\, activist\, preacher\, and Senior Minister of Middle Collegiate Church in New York City\, Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis\, has a full day lined up in Lincoln. If you can’t catch her at Francie & Finch Bookshop\, you can join any of the events below.\nPurchase Fierce Love HERE\nMAY 1ST EVENTS:\nMayor’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast – “Just Love” – 7:30 a.m. – The Cornhusker Marriott Hotel\, featuring greetings from Mayor Leirion Gaylor-Baird\, readings and prayers by representatives of many of the faiths represented in Lincoln\, a keynote from Dr. Lewis along with special music. Reservations include a full vegetarian breakfast and can be made through Eventbrite (or by sending $30 per person to “Mayor’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast” c/o First Christian Church\, 430 S. 16th Street\, Lincoln 68508 by April 21st. Dr. Lewis will be available to sign copies of her book after the breakfast. \n“Just Love’ in Our City – 11:30 a.m. – First Christian Church\, 430 S. 16th Street – special 30 minute presentation by Dr. Lewis followed by a sack luncheon and conversation. Box lunches (options: Maple Pecan Chicken Salad on Seeded Bread\, Roast Beef and Blue on Croissant\, or Vegetarian Cobb Salad\, all accompanied by fruit salad and cookie) may be ordered by April 24 – $15.00 per person – contact D’Arcy Blosser – 402-429-6902 to place your order. Box lunches catered by Relish. Or you may bring your own sack lunch to enjoy. A free will offering will be taken at this event. \nSpecial Book Talk and Signing at Francie & Finch Bookshop – 2 p.m. – 130 S. 13th Street – Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World can be reserved by calling the shop – 402 781 0459 – or purchased by following the link above. \nABOUT THE BOOK:\n“Fierce Love” –  A healing antidote to our divisive culture\, full of evocative storytelling\, spiritual wisdom\, and nine essential daily practices—by the first female\, Black senior minister at the historic Collegiate Churches of New York. \nWe are living in a world divided. Race and ethnicity\, caste and color\, gender and sexuality\, class and education\, religion and political party have all become demographic labels that reduce our differences to simplistic categories in which “we” are vehemently against “them.” But Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis’s own experience—of being the first female and first Black minister in her church’s history\, of being in an interracial marriage\, and of making peace with childhood abuse—illustrates that our human capacity for empathy and forgiveness is the key to reversing these ugly trends. \n\n\n\n\n\nInspired by the tenets of ubuntu—the Zulu philosophy that we are each impacted by the circumstances that impact those around us\, and that the world won’t get better until we all get better—Fierce Love lays out the nine daily practices for breaking through tribalism and engineering the change we seek. From downsizing our emotional baggage to speaking truth to power to fueling our activism with joy\, it demonstrates the power of small\, morally courageous steps to heal our own lives\, our posse\, and our larger communities. Sharing stories that trace her personal reckoning with racism as well as the arc of her journey to an inclusive and service-driven faith\, Dr. Lewis shows that kindness\, compassion\, and inclusive thinking are muscles that can be exercised and strengthened. With the goal of mending our inextricable human connection\, Fierce Love is a manifesto for all generations: a bighearted\, healing antidote to our rancorous culture. \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR:\nThe Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis uses her gifts as author\, activist\, preacher\, and public theologian toward creating an antiracist\, just\, gun violence free\, fully welcoming\, gender affirming society in which everyone has enough. Jacqui is the Senior Minister and Public Theologian at Middle Collegiate Church. She earned her M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary and a M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Drew University in Psychology and Religion. A womanist theologian\, Jacqui has preached at the Festival of Homiletics\, the Wild Goose Festival\, The Children’s Defense Fund’s Haley Farm\, The American Church in Paris and was a featured speaker on the Together national tour with best-selling author\, Glennon Doyle. Dr. Lewis’ work has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, The Washington Times\, the front page of The New York Times\, New York Times Video\, The\nNew York Post\, CNN i-report\, Essence\, Ebony.com\, the New York Daily News\, the New York Post\, The Associated Press\, The San Francisco Chronicle\, U.S. News\, The Public’s Radio\, The Houston Chronicle\, The Seattle Times\, The San Diego Union Tribune\, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, and The Yakima Herald. She has blogged for The Huffington Post\, GLAAD\, Patheos\, and Believe Out Loud. Her books include The Power of Stories; Ten Essential Strategies (with John Janka); Becoming Like Creoles (with Curtiss de Young\, et al)\, and the children’s book\, You Are So Wonderful! Harmony/Penguin Random House published her book\, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World in 2021. Her next book is the Just Love Story Bible for Children (Beaming Books\, 2025). Jacqui’s done television on CBS\, ABC\, PBS Jacqui shares her life with her best friend and spouse\, John Janka. Together\, they founded the Middle Church annual national justice conference\, currently called Freedom Rising; now in its 19th year. Together they also spoil their two grandchildren\, just a little bit.
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LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Latin American Literature\, stories and poems with Luis Othoniel Rosa\, Sarah Banderas & Iliana Rosabal Perez
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, May 2nd as we welcome three talented writers Luis Othoniel Rosa\, Sarah Banderas & Iliana Rosabal Perez to Francie & Finch Bookshop for a night of poetry and storytelling!\nAbout the Authors:\nLuis Othoniel Rosa (Bayamón\, Puerto Rico\, in 1985) studied at the University of Puerto Rico and earned his Ph.D. at Princeton. He is the author of the short novels Otra vez me alejo (2012) and Caja de fractales (2017). The last one was translated into English as Down with Gargamel! (2020). He is also the author of the bilingual collection of poems\, Triste la furia / Sadness\, the Fury (2025)\, of the bilingual artisanal book\, Calima (2023)\, and of the scholarly book\, Comienzos para una estética anarquista: Borges con Macedonio (2016; 2020). He is the founding and current head editor  of El Roommate: Colectivo de Lectores and a founding member of The LOUDREADERS Trade School. He is the Associate Director of the Institute for Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska. To find more\, visit luisothonielrosa.com \nSarah Banderas is Mexican. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Political Science and a Master in Ibero-American Literature. She is currently studying a PhD in Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. For the past 15 years she has worked as a scholar\, teacher and writer of speeches in her home country. Her research interests are laughter and its stylistic resources in different narrative genres\, representations of motherhood in literature and empty spaces. Relatos caseros de una vida ordinaria is her first publication\, which won the Seventh International Award of the Mexican publishing house Bitácora de Vuelos. \nIliana Rosabal-Pérez is a poet\, essayist\, and researcher born in Santiago de Cuba in 1970. She earned a degree in Hispanic Philology from the Universidad de Oriente in 1993\, followed by a master’s degree in Cuban and Caribbean Studies in 2004. For twenty-two years\, she served as a professor of Art\, Literature\, Spanish Language\, and Tourism Communication at the Universidad de Oriente. Additionally\, she has been a jury member for literary and audiovisual contests\, an organizer of film and literature events\, a publisher\, scriptwriter\, and host of radio shows. Iliana double majored in Spanish and Digital Film Production\, minoring in Communication Studies at Wayne State College. She is a member of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society and has received several mentions and awards in literary competitions\, including the Grand Prize for Poetry at the “Palma Real” Contest in Torino\, Italy (2001)\, and the Second Prize of the Jury in the XIV Floral Games in Santiago de Cuba (2009). Her essays and research have been published in various Cuban cultural and academic journals. Iliana has published two poetry collections: Escrituras del límite (Scriptures of the Limit\, Santiago de Cuba\, 2007) and Lluvia en las dunas (Rain on the Dunes\, Houston\, TX\, 2019)\, along with the artistic essay “Seven Sculptors of Santiago de Cuba” (Trinidad and Tobago\, 2010). She is currently a Spanish Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her academic interests include cultural studies\, women’s and gender approaches\, film and literature\, critical discourse analysis in the media\, and Caribbean and Cuban studies.
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/latin-american-literature-stories-and-poems-with-luis-othoniel-rosa-sarah-banderas-iliana-rosabal-perez/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - R.F. McEwen - Old Rags and Iron: New and Selected Poems
DESCRIPTION:NOTE:  This event starts at 4:30 p.m!  (It was inadvertently posted in some places as 5:30)\nRecently published by the University of Nebraska Press as part of the Ted Kooser Contemporary Poetry Series\, Old Rags and Iron: New and Selected Poems is R.F. McEwen’s latest work.\nOrder a copy of Old Rags and Iron HERE!\nAbout the Book:\nOld Rags and Iron is a collection of narrative poems about the life experiences of working-class people with whom the author\, R. F. McEwen\, is not only acquainted but whose lives he has shared. McEwen supplemented his income as a teacher while working as a professional logger and tree trimmer\, and he writes with great love and respect for blue-collar families. \nSet primarily in the back-of-the-yard neighborhood of South Side Chicago\, where McEwen grew up\, as well as Pine Ridge\, South Dakota\, western Nebraska\, Ireland\, and elsewhere\, the poems celebrate many voices and stories. Utilizing tree-trimming as a central metaphor\, these poems of blank verse fictions reverberate like truth.\n \nAbout the Author:\nPoet R. F. McEwen was born in Chicago\, Illinois. Since 1962 he has been a professional logger and tree trimmer\, and he has taught English in Chadron\, Nebraska\, since 1972. McEwen is the author of several books\, most recently The Big Sandy\, Bill’s Boys and Other Poems\, and And There’s Been Talk . . . \nPraise:\n“R. F. McEwen’s collection presents a compelling chorus of voices in different tones and registers\, and widely dispersed across time\, place\, and human experience. McEwen masterfully revives here the noble tradition of the extended poetic narrative\, adding richly and intensively to that enduring poetic tradition that his poems at once amplify and enrich. Meticulously conducted and finely detailed in language\, image\, and emotional intensity\, these are brawny poems that we shall not easily forget. They set root in the mind\, reminding us\, through the moving voices and histories of the characters we meet in them\, of the terrible and terrifying adventure of human community\, of the triumph and torment that\, in all its extraordinary diversity\, unites us all\, branches upon a deep-rooted tree that reach ever toward the sky.”—Stephen Behrendt\, George Holmes Distinguished Professor of English emeritus at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln \n\n“We enter the world of these narrative poems like Robert Frost’s rider of birches—a whiplash to the eye as you make your way into the tangled twigs\, then a fantasy taking flight on bent branches up through the traumas of childhood through the arc of adulthood\, from winds having their say\, stops along the road outside Kadokah\, the rising White River or Fast Horse Creek\, up the tree trimmer’s hold\, down the streets of vagrants and rolling bottles\, from Chicago to reservation towns\, past the complications of families mixed and otherwise\, across the waters to the Emerald Island itself. These poems thrust us up and out of the page a while\, then bring us back down firmly on Earth\, good both going and coming\, unsettling and exhilarating in the same sweep. No discussion of Great Plains literature is complete without at least one trip into the understory with R. F. McEwen as your guide.”—Matt Evertson\, professor of English at Western Colorado University\n\n“R. F. McEwen’s Old Rags and Iron is a generous and joyful gathering of work written across a lifetime. In finely crafted narrative poems\, McEwen gives eloquent and tender voice to the human and the nonhuman worlds that harbor his subjects. He reminds us that wherever there are people\, there are animals and trees\, all contending with or enjoying the seasons in Nebraska\, Illinois\, Iowa\, and Ireland. Both mythic figures like Lonesome Frank in ‘Hammer Ring’ and an old aunt in ‘A Strong Wind Clear and Keen’—‘I see her still\, my mother’s aunt\, her feet like freezing soldiers doddering along’—come vibrantly alive in the distinctive\, sparkling\, and wonderful poems that compose this collection.”—Eamonn Wall\, author of “My Aunts at Twilight Poker”
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-author-r-f-mcewen-old-rags-and-iron-new-and-selected-poems/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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