Author’s Sala Special Series

Bringing readers and writers together,
July 06, 2007


Reading
With Leonard Brooks, Wayne Greenhaw and David Lyons
Fri, July 6, 5–7pm
Posada San Francisco
Plaza Principal 2
50 pesos, includes wine reception

Author’s Sala is honored to present what promises to be an outstanding program. Two of San Miguel’s most illustrious long time residents, will be reading and we also welcome David Lyons, a writer from Puerto Vallarta. The readings will be as varied as the presenters.

Leonard Brooks

Leonard Brooks, who recently celebrated his 95th birthday, will be reading from Sir Nobby: A Cat-ography A cat’s tale of his life in Mexico in an artist’s home. Anyone who has ever lived with a cat is sure to be enchanted by this whimsical tale of Sir Nobby and his famous master. Even people who don’t like cats are sure to be delighted by this reading. 

Wayne Greenhaw

Greenhaw will be reading from Ghosts on the Road: Poems of Alabama, Mexico and Beyond. It includes poems about his friend Leonard Brooks on his 95th birthday last November, about being with Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady at the old La Cucaracha cantina on the Jardín where Banamex is now located, about the artist David Alfaro Siqueiros who came to San Miguel in the late ’40s and worked on his unfinished mural in the dining room of the convent which is now the Bellas Artes, and a requiem for Frida Kahlo.

David Lyons

Puerto Vallarta-based writer David Lyons makes his first appearance in San Miguel. He will be reading from his book, Mexico’s Hidden Gold. Be sure to come and hear David. You’ll have an opportunity to ask him some questions after his presentation.