Author Talks and Meet & Greets

AUTHOR TALKS and MEET & GREETS at Drury Lane Books

The North Shore of Lake Superior and our region are home to many great authors and stories. Local history, murder mysteries, poetry, historical fiction, Native Ojibwe stories, and more! At our events, the author reads from her/his book, discuss the writing process, and takes questions from the audience. Meet your favorite authors and get a signed book.

*Author Talks are at 6:00-7:30pm.

*Meet & Greets are at 11:00am-1:00pm unless otherwise noted.

2023 SCHEDULE

June 2 Lynette Reini-Grandell – Wild Things: A Trans-Glam-Punk-Rock Love Story

June 17 Rudi Hargesheimer – The Superior Hiking Trail Story: The Trek Continues

July 15 Cary Griffith – Killing Monarchs: A Sam Rivers Mystery

August 12 Larry Weber - 365 Days of Northern Nature: Backyard Almanac

August 19 David Mura – The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives

September 2 Nancy Carlson Meet & Greet at *11:00am-1:00pm

September 2 Pamela Carter Joern – Toby's Last Resort

September 16 Bart Sutter – So Surprised to Find You Here: Poems

September 30 Peter Kero – Minescapes: Reclaiming Minnesota's Mined Lands

October 7 Jean E. Pendziwol and Todd Stewart – Skating Wild on an Inland Sea at *11:00am-1:00pm Meet & Greet

October 14 Jeremy Norton – Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response

October 20 Molly Beth Griffin and Meleck Davis – The Big Leaf Leap at *11:00am-1:00pm Meet and Greet

October 21 Polly Carlson Voiles and Consie Powell – Star Party at *11:00am-1:00pm Meet and Greet

December 2 Craig Blacklock – Lightwaves: Abstract Photographs of Reflections from Lake Superior at *11:00a - 1:00pm Meet & Greet

December 9 Paul Bogard – The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light (TBA)

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Author Talk with Lynette Reini-Grandell – Wild Things: A Trans-Glam-Punk-Rock Love Story

(Left to right: Venus de Mars and Lynette Reini-Grandell. Photo by Anthony Ceballos.)

Friday, June 2

Cook County Pride Month Special Event

Lynette Reini-Grandel - Author of Wild Things: A Trans-Glam-Punk-Rock Love Story

6:00-7:30pm author Talk at Drury Lane Books in Downtown Grand Marais

Free and Open to the Public. All Welcome.

*Doors open at 5:45pm

A cisgender woman and her trans spouse learn, change, and grow together, navigating the transition, the communities they found, and the hostility they faced. Read on: In the 1970s, Lynette Reini fell in love with a fascinating, talented man named Steve Grandell. They married in 1983; five years later, Steve came out to her as transgender. Through the following decades, as her spouse developed a public persona as Venus de Mars and fronted the band All the Pretty Horses, the couple struggled to stay together. They navigated an often hostile, anti-trans environment; fractures grew between them as Venus pushed the band toward success. Against the backdrop of the art, literary, and indie rock worlds of Minneapolis and New York in the 1990s and early 2000s, through hard work and love, they invented a way of being who they truly are.

Join the entire community in celebrating Cook County Pride and PRIDE Month. Events will be happening throughout the month of June. Check local listings for more information.

Author Talk with Rudi Hargesheimer – The Superior Hiking Trail Story: The Trek Continues

Saturday, June 17

Rudi Hargesheimer – Author of The Superior Hiking Trail Story: The Trek Continues

6:00-7:30pm author Talk at Drury Lane Books in Downtown Grand Marais

Free and Open to the Public. All Welcome.

*Doors open at 5:45pm

The Superior Hiking Trail Story, The Trek Continues / Expanded Content is a sequel to the 2020 The Superior Hiking Trail Story. The new book was printed in April 2023. It offers four extra years of historical stories gleaned from many interviews with hikers, volunteers, and Superior Hiking Trail Association staff, many new photos and “Sentiment” quotes from hikers plus a new emphasis on volunteers with portrait stories of several “Super Hero” volunteers. New and long-time hikers will all enjoy the rich history of how the trail grew from nothing in 1986 to over 300 miles in length today. There were challenges, great successes and a few little-known mis-steps along the way. Award winning photos alone will make every North Shore enthusiast want this book. Hargesheimer is a long-time North Shore enthusiast. He discovered the new Superior Hiking Trail in 1986 and was soon a Superior Hiking Trail Association volunteer board member, serving twelve years – six of those as President. Rudi was a 40-year employee and manager at Midwest Mountaineering in Minneapolis. He travelled extensively all over the world coming to realize that the best adventures of all were on Minnesota North Shore and the Superior Hiking Trail as his photos will attest. He has written many articles about adventure in Minnesota as a contributor to MN Trails Magazine, Lake Superior Magazine and other regional publications.

Author Talk with Cary Griffith – Killing Monarchs: A Sam Rivers Mystery