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SUMMARY:Six Bridges Book Festival
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DESCRIPTION:<b>PRESENTERS:</b> Jared Lemus & Dr. Samantha Edmonds<br>\n<b>
 BOOKS:</b> <i>Guatemalan Rhapsody</i> & <i>A Preponderance of Starry Being
 s</i><br>\n<b>MODERATOR:</b> Daniel Ford.\nhttps://centralarkansaslibrarys
 ystemcals.libnet.info/event/14459111
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2>About the authors:</h2>\n<p><a href="http
 s://cals.org/six-bridges-book-festival/6b25-jared-lemus/">Jared Lemus</a> 
 is the author of two works of fiction published with Ecco-HarperCollins: t
 he short-story collection <i>Guatemalan Rhapsody</i> and a forthcoming nov
 el. His work has appeared in the <i>Atlantic</i>\, <i>Story</i>\, the <i>P
 inch</i>\, and the <i>Kenyon Review</i>\, among others. He holds an MFA fr
 om the University of Pittsburgh and is the Kenan Visiting Writer at UNC-Ch
 apel Hill.</p>\n<p><a href="https://cals.org/six-bridges-book-festival/6b2
 5-samantha-edmonds/">Samantha Edmonds</a> is the author of the chapbooks <
 i>The Space Poet</i> and <i>Pretty to Think So</i>. Her work appears in th
 e <i>New York Times</i>\, <i>Fourth Genre</i>\, <i>Ninth Letter</i>\, <i>M
 ississippi Review</i>\, and the Rumpus\, among others. She is an assistant
  professor in the creative writing program at Berry College and lives in R
 ome\, Georgia.</p>\n<h2>About the books:</h2>\n<p>A vibrant debut story co
 llection&mdash\;poignant\, unflinching\, and immersive&mdash\;masterfully 
 moving between sharp wit and profound tenderness\, the short-story collect
 ion <i>Guatemalan Rhapsody</i> offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of an ever-
 changing country\, the people who claim it as home\, and those who no long
 er do. It explores how we journey from the circumstances that we are forge
 d by\, and whether the ability to change our fortunes lies in our own hand
 s or in those of another.</p>\n<p>Blending fairy tale and science fiction 
 with the otherworldliness of adolescence\, <i>A Preponderance of Starry Be
 ings</i> is a short-story collection for anyone prone to gazing skyward. I
 n seventeen genre-bending stories of the cosmos\, Edmonds probes the exper
 ience of coming of age on the outskirts of the universe\, whether that be 
 a small Midwestern town or a distant galaxy\, and of weighing earthly obli
 gations against the vast promises of space. These stories invite us into a
  mundane and whimsical world of night islands\, alien planets\, small town
 s\, and faith lost and found\, where a safe landing matters less than taki
 ng the leap.</p>\n<p><em><strong>Sponsored by&nbsp\;the&nbsp\;University o
 f Arkansas&nbsp\;at&nbsp\;Little Rock School of Literary and Performing Ar
 ts</strong></em></p>\nhttps://centralarkansaslibrarysystemcals.libnet.info
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