Summer Reads: Luis Alberto Urrea

Luis Alberto Urrea is the author of numerous works of nonfiction, poetry, and fiction, including the national bestsellers The Devil’s Highway (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), The Hummingbird’s Daughter, and The House of Broken Angels (a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist). His latest work, Good Night, Irene, takes inspiration from his mother's own Red Cross service highlighting women's heroism in World War II. A recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, among many other honors, he lives outside Chicago and teaches at the University of Illinois Chicago. Books will be available for purchase and signing. 

Presented by A Likely Story Bookstore and Carroll County Public Library.

Moderated by Bethanne Patrick

Bethanne Patrick maintains a storied place in the publishing industry as a critic and as @TheBookMaven on Twitter, where she created the popular #FridayReads and regularly comments on books and literary ideas to over 200,000 followers. Her work appears frequently in the Los Angeles Times as well as in The Washington Post, NPR Books, and Literary Hub. She sits on the board of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. She is the host of the Missing Pages podcast.