Program Type:
Author VisitsAge Group:
AdultsProgram Description
Event Details
Join the Des Moines Public Library and Beaverdale Books for an evening with Margaret Renkl at the Franklin Avenue Library.
Margaret Renkl is the author of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, which will be published on October 24, 2023. Her earlier books are Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss and Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South. She is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, where her essays appear weekly. The founding editor of Chapter 16, a daily literary publication of Humanities Tennessee, and a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Carolina, she lives in Nashville.
Masks will be required for the book signing portion of the event. Beaverdale Books will have copies available for sale and signing. Margaret will also sign copies of Late Migrations and Graceland, At Last (now out in paperback!).