Art Presence Art Center is delighted to announce that we now carry the works of Jacksonville authors! We celebrate them with an ongoing exhibit of their books in the gallery; most are available for purchase. Author readings are a new element of our monthly receptions, and three of these talented writers will appear each month to read excerpts from their fiction, nonfiction and creative works of poetry and prose.
During our March 7 artist reception, head upstairs to enjoy these author readings:
1:00-1:30pm: Steve Carlson reads from his book, Almost Graceland.
2:00-2:30pm: Diana Coogle reads from her book, Living With All My Senses.
3:00-3:30pm: Poetry readings by Anna Elkins from her book, The Space Between.
Steve Carlson has four books in the gallery. Featured is Almost Graceland, a creative exploration of what could have happened if Elvis’ stillborn brother had lived.
Diana Coogle shares three books, including Living With All My Senses: Twenty Five Years of Life on the Mountain, a collection of selected JPR commentaries on living in a hand-built house without electricity on a remote mountainside.
Anna Elkins brings three books: a novel, a children’s book for grownups, and a collection of her poetry, The Space Between.
Terry Erdmann and Paula Block’s collection of ten nonfiction books includes companion guides to the TV series Star Trek and more. Due to contract obligations these books are for exhibit only.
David Gordon’s book Carmel Impresarios is a cultural biography of Dene Denny and Hazel Watrous—visionary California women who brought music and harmony to their community and the world.
Ginna Gordon has cooked in unusual situations including tall ships, mountain lodges, movie set trailers, spa kitchens and more. Her collection of five cookbooks includes Honey Baby Darlin’-—a serial memoir about cooking, love, and the love of cooking.
Julia Helm Hoskins brings She Caves to Conquer—a novel set in the American Midwest and southern Turkey.
Kate Ingram, a familiar name to Jacksonville Review readers, offers Washing the Bones: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Transformation.
Patrick Leahy’s novel The Old Night of Your Name is about an ambitious young peace officer in bush Alaska taking on her first important case.
Ed McBee brings Volume I of his series Road Guide Through Southern Oregon’s High Country, with lodging and outdoor activity information, historical and botanical information, and hand drawn maps from California to Willamette Pass.
Kirsten Shockey brings Fermented Vegetables, with 140 recipes, in-depth and step-by-step instructions for fermenting 64 different vegetables and herbs, and 84 recipes that include these fermented foods.
William Miller offers Silent City on the Hill, the first history book written and published about Jacksonville’s Pioneer Cemetery. Proceeds from this book benefit Friends of Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery.
John Sack’s The Franciscan Conspiracy explores a historical mystery—Why was St. Francis of Assisi’s body hidden after his death?
Christin Lore Weber’s The Far Near Journals, a novel tells about a community of Catholic nuns struggling to survive on the shores of Lake Superior, asking, “Can keeping the faith mean letting it go?”