Lake County Friends of Mendocino College and the Friends of the Mendocino College Library are co-sponsoring a reading event featuring guest readers Armando Garcia-Dávila and Waights Taylor Jr. on Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 2:00 PM in room 7050 at the Mendocino College Lake Center. The center is located at 2565 Parallel Drive in Lakeport. Admission to this event is free.
Garcia-Dávila, the Healdsburg Literary Laureate in 2002-2003, describes himself as a "blue-collar poet," as he expresses his wide-ranging thoughts rooted in his Mexican-American/Catholic upbringing. His latest book, Profile: Poems and Stories, is a mix of humor, love, family and pathos.
Taylor, born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, is the author of the award-winning Our Southern Home, an examination of the Civil Rights movement. His latest book and first novel, Kiss of Salvation, is set in Alabama of the late 1940s, pairing a white homicide detective with a black private eye in a mystery sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. New York Times best-selling author Sheldon Siegel said this about Kiss, “The Kiss of Salvation takes us back to the dawn of the Civil rights movement in 1947 Birmingham. It’s a murder mystery, a history, and an in-depth study of evolving times in the American South. Deftly written and immensely readable, Taylor paints a picture of a complex era in American culture. Highly recommended.”
Be certain to mark your calendars for this free event that is sponsored by two affiliate organizations of the . For more information about the event, call (707) 468-3051.