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If you would like to donate your book (or books)
to the library's collection, please sign it and bring
it to the library with a note requesting it be added
to the Local Authors Section.
The library is located at the corner of Little Lake
and William Streets.
Member Publications
All Available for Purchase at
Gallery Bookshop - 319 Kasten St, Mendocino, CA 95460 - (707) 937-2665
(rā′vən)Whispering in the Air
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios' new book of poetry sparks rave reviews
( By the way: "Yes," she says "that is Raven spelled phonetically!")
Joshua Davis, author of Authentic Embellishments - Fragments of a Life Saved by Poetry, says "[This book] is as much about the poet's uncountable selves as it is about the birds that lend the collection its name. Not even the death of a son diminishes the gratitude that glances like light off an angled wing."
Cindy Hochman, editor of First Literary Review-East, adds, "Kirkpatrick-Vrenios covers a lot of ground—and sky.The title is styled as the dictionary’s pronunciation of the word, somehow portraying a sense of being suspended in midair."
Nominated numerous times for a Pushcart Prize, and twice for Best of Net, Elizabeth has had poems published in numerous anthologies and journals.
(She also served three years as editor of the WMC Anthology.)
A professor Emeritus from American University, she has been a solo artist, singing all over the world.
(rā′vən) Whispering in the Air is available for purchase online through CATHEXIS Publishing. The discounted price of $12 is through November 30th. https://www.cathexisnorthwestpress.com/product-page/r%C4%81-v%C9%99n-whispering-in-the-air
Join Catherine Marshall at Gallery Bookshop on Thursday, November 5th,
6:00-7:00pm, to learn more about her life-changing experience.
A Remarkable Memoir from Catherine Marshall
For a young, ambitious feminist, the 1970s were not the good old days. Recently graduated from college and newly divorced, Catherine moves from the Midwest to the San Francisco Bay Area hoping to launch a new life, but finds herself stuck in a boring, dead-end job as a bank teller.
When she meets a charming man at a disco, she quits her job and takes off with him.
No Longer Needed explores gender roles in a patriarchal marriage, the challenges of a husband and wife building a business together, and the devastating impact of domestic violence.
Catherine Marshall’s creative nonfiction short stories have been featured in anthologies and magazines including the Noyo River Review, Tales of Our Lies, Fostering Families Today, and the Writers of the Mendocino Coast Anthology.
No Longer Needed can be pre-ordered now in paperback or as an ebook.
Release date: November 2
New from Award Winning Author Ericka Lutz
Ginny Rorby's ninth book is
Time After Time,
set at the Point Cabrillo Light Station in 1934 and the village of Mendocino in 2012.
"A heart‑warming, adventurous
read that balances friendship, environmental stewardship, and
a time‑slip mystery." - Goodreads
What Kirkus Reviews says about Dot Brovarney's Mendocino Refuge:
" … prose dotted with flights of vivid lyricism."
Fran Schwartz'
novel, Mila Eclipsed,
is the riveting story of a woman just beginning to learn the shocking truth about her family and herself.
Karin Uphoff's Wild Heart "moves through the reader like the seasons ... [With] poems of the author’s communion with nature as a child, which nurtured a sense of belonging that carried into adulthood where she explores loss and grief, resilience and gratitude with a sprinkle of whimsy and humor." [www.Finishing Line Press.com]
Maria Ashford of Book-Shelfie.com says Marianne Villanueva's book is "A gripping yet at times unsettling collection of short fiction that moves fluidly between myth and history..."
Find Residents of the Deep at Gallery Bookshop.
