book club corner

So happy you found your way here, where I hope to create a special place for book clubs and book club readers.

Over the last few years, I've spoken to more than 50 book clubs from all over the world. Some by phone, some by email. I've Skyped with book clubs and, if I've been close by, I've visited several as well. It's been gratifying for me, as a writer, to be able to connect so intimately with such invested readers. If you'd like to schedule a visit with me, fill out the form at the bottom of this page and tell me about your book club.

In this blog, we'll feature the book clubs I visit. If you send me a picture of your bookclub reading my books, I'll put that up here for the world to see! I'll post exclusive book-club content and hold occasional contests just for you. I'll answer your questions and maybe ask a few of my own.

Check back frequently and thanks for reading!

Suggested Topics: 

Into the Beautiful North

Immigration
Choices faced by young people in Mexico
Life-changing road trips
Friendships between young women
How movies inspire our actions
The power of a postcard
Small town Mexico as mirrored in small town America
Does midwestern America seem "magic realist" to small town Mexico?
The growing power of women in Mexico
The Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven

The Hummingbird's Daughter

Father-daughter relationships
Native American/Mexican spirituality
Family and ethnic myths and legends
How our oral histories form us

The matrix of holiness, grace & sacredness in the everyday

Totem animals
The Mexican Joan of Arc
What is magic realism?
Cast the movie!

The Devil's Highway

What is illegal immigration?
U.S. Border Patrol
Current immigration issues
Surviving extreme heat
Understanding another viewpoint different from your own
Your immigrant story
Does manifest destiny run in all directions?
What has happened since?
 

 

upcoming events

Good Thunder Reading Series
Good Thunder Reading Series Nov 14th 7:30 p.m. Mankato, Minnesota

At Minnesota State University-Mankato. Reading and booksigning, visit with high school & college classes. More info to come.

Mankato, Minnesota
Nov 14th
2013
7:30 p.m.
Aquinas College
Aquinas College Apr 15th Grand Rapids, MI

Reading, discussion

Grand Rapids, MI
Apr 15th
2014
Pen Pals Author Lecture Series
Pen Pals Author Lecture Series Feb 6th to Feb 7th Hopkins, MN

With Friends of the Hennepin County Public Library. Two lectures and booksignings. Details to come.

Hopkins, MN
Feb 6th to Feb 7th
2015