The following readings will take place at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva:
- Jim Haughey will share his debut novel, “The Broken Season,” at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Set on the eve of the Civil War in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the novel follows Irish immigrant laborers carving a tunnel through granite while facing death from accidents, disease, violence, and drink. When a laborer is condemned for murder, a priest arrives to hear his final confession but uncovers a secret more dangerous than the crime itself.
- Mark Leidner will share his new poetry collection, “Elegy for Pangea,” with Timothy Willis Sanders, Megan Boyle, Blake Butler, and Ellie Goins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23. The collection explores faith, grief, money, myth, parenting, and poetry through poems that are mystical, satirical, personal, and often disconcerting.
The readings are free and open to the public. For more information, visit citylightsnc.com or call 828.586.9499.