Sun, Oct 13
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Day
Featured reader Robyn Hunt will launch her newly released book, “The Fiction of Stillness”, a poetic dialogue with cancer; Dr. Melina Martinez will read from her works in the Jimmy Santiago Baca Workshop Anthology, "Write Until You Cry" reflecting her journey with cancer.
Date, Time & Location
Oct 13, 2024, 4:30 PM MDT
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
This will be an in-store event and live streamed to Zoom, please register for Zoom here.
Order The Fiction of Stillness (paperback, $18) online from CW here and Write Until You Cry (paperback, $15) online from CW here, or call the store to order (505) 988-4226.
We will be honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Day and Month by donating a portion of sales to local cancer treatment organizations of Robyn and Melina's choice.
About The Fiction of Stillness
The Fiction of Stillness evokes the author's focus on finding respite during breast cancer treatment and recovery - the physical touchstones carried into the chemo ward, the calming touch of her daughter, cherry juice to offset the loss of taste, and an ongoing retreat to a nearby porch. This poetic dialogue with cancer seeks to dispel fear and offer remedy, including the promise of milagros (miracles), the body's visible and invisible medical tattoos,…