Coffee with Friends

with

Scott Russell Sanders

Presented by the Friends of the Library

Come and meet Scott Russell Sanders. He will read from his new book Small Marvels: A Novel-in-Stories. There will be Q&A time for you to ask questions and discuss his work.

His books will also be for sale—cash or check only.

Scott Russell Sanders is the author of more than 20 books of fiction, essays, and personal narratives, including A Private History of Awe, Hunting for Hope, and The Way of Imagination.

He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Indiana University and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He and his wife, Ruth, a biochemist, have raised two children in Bloomington, where they have lived since 1971.

Part folktale, part tall tale, part comic romance, Small Marvels revels in the wonders of everyday life. So, welcome to Limestone, Indiana. You won’t find it on a map, but you may remember visiting the place in dreams, the rare, blissful ones in which puzzles are solved, kids flourish, hard work pays off, and love endures.

In Limestone, Indiana, a city tucked away among forested hills, peculiar things happen, often in the vicinity of a jack-of-all-trades named Gordon Mills. Centaurs and nymphs shelter in a local cave, alligators lurk in the sewers, warm snow falls on the Fourth of July, cornstalks rise higher than chimneys, and the northern lights shine down on the municipal dump.

Age 18 and up.