New York Times columnist Margaret Renkl will be at the Athens-Clarke County Library on Monday, Oct. 16 from 7–8 p.m. in celebration of her new book, The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, which will be published on Oct. 24. She begins the book in her Nashville yard, in the winter, and chronicles the changes each week brings through the months. A native of Alabama, Renkl holds degrees from Auburn University and the University of South Carolina. She began writing for the Times in 2015 after teaching school, writing poetry and editing a literary magazine. At the library, she will be signing her earlier books, Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss and Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South. Avid Bookshop is a sponsor of the event.
WHO: Margaret Renkl
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m.
WHERE: ACC Library
HOW MUCH: FREE!
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