Mon, Nov 18
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Joan Tewkesbury, Julio Robalo Opens the Door To His Mouth
Written with Tewkesbury's characteristic wit and humor, this novel is a kind of fable for our times, both humorous and tragic, with stories of people who live under the horrors of fascism and yet persist to find love and meaning in a chaotic world.
Date, Time & Location
Nov 18, 2024, 6:00 PM MST
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
Joan will be in conversation with Gary Dontzig, award-winning television writer/executive producer (Murphy Brown.)
This will be an in-store event and live streamed to Zoom, please register for Zoom here.
Order Julio Robalo by calling the store to order (505) 988-4226. Signed copies will be available after the event.
Joan Tewkesbury is one of Hollywood's most celebrated screenplay writers. In her latest novel, Julio Robalo is a teacher and a poet, or rather a poet who has yet to begin to express himself. He lives in a district somewhere South of the border that is ruled by a dictator known only as “The Person in Charge,” who has outlawed teaching, turned the local school into a beauty parlor, regularly “disappears” people, and has turned the local town into a village of informants. Set in a time of pandemic, this is also a love story: Julio is in love with Fatima…