Author Visit: Keith Pilapil Lesmeister
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We're excited to welcome another very talented author to the bookstore! Come meet Keith on November 7 and chat about his new book.
About Keith:
Keith Pilapil Lesmeister is the author of the story collections Ask Me About the Money and We Could’ve Been Happy Here. A graduate of the Bennington Writing Seminars, his work has received support from the Anderson Center, Iowa Arts Council, and Springboard for the Arts. His fiction has appeared in American Short Fiction, december magazine, Gettysburg Review, New Stories from the Midwest, North American Review, Redivider, Terrain, and elsewhere. He’s a founding editor of Cutleaf and teaches at Northeast Iowa Community College.
About the book:
Ask Me About the Money
“Deeply felt, generous, big hearted stories by one of the most exciting and talented short story writers out there.” —Andrew Porter, author of The Imagined Life
A collection of stories that tracks everyday moments, decisions, and complications with money. A father-and-son duo investigate a bad check. A husband and wife drive thirty miles to use a free beer coupon. One character, living in a motel, is offered unsavory work opportunities. With profound empathy, searing details, and propulsive scenes, these stories introduce situations at once simple and profound, strange and familiar—lives upturned because of a misstep, a miscalculation, or a blatant act. Money takes center stage, but these stories include a host of other themes: family and relationships, Midwestern woes, and racial identity. From railroad tracks, to cheap motels, from garage sales to cow pastures, Keith Pilapil Lesmeister tunes our hearts to the powerful frequency of money.
“I felt this book deep in my Midwestern bones, and saw myself—and the people and places and landscapes I love—in these pages. I loved this book, and will be thinking about it—and teaching it, and passing it along—for years to come.” —Melissa Faliveno, author of Hemlock
“Lesmeister paints portraits of human seekers, a cast of ruffians who, story after story in this strong collection, display a fragility unique to America.” –Nora Lange, author of Day Care: Stories
About Keith:
Keith Pilapil Lesmeister is the author of the story collections Ask Me About the Money and We Could’ve Been Happy Here. A graduate of the Bennington Writing Seminars, his work has received support from the Anderson Center, Iowa Arts Council, and Springboard for the Arts. His fiction has appeared in American Short Fiction, december magazine, Gettysburg Review, New Stories from the Midwest, North American Review, Redivider, Terrain, and elsewhere. He’s a founding editor of Cutleaf and teaches at Northeast Iowa Community College.
About the book:
Ask Me About the Money
“Deeply felt, generous, big hearted stories by one of the most exciting and talented short story writers out there.” —Andrew Porter, author of The Imagined Life
A collection of stories that tracks everyday moments, decisions, and complications with money. A father-and-son duo investigate a bad check. A husband and wife drive thirty miles to use a free beer coupon. One character, living in a motel, is offered unsavory work opportunities. With profound empathy, searing details, and propulsive scenes, these stories introduce situations at once simple and profound, strange and familiar—lives upturned because of a misstep, a miscalculation, or a blatant act. Money takes center stage, but these stories include a host of other themes: family and relationships, Midwestern woes, and racial identity. From railroad tracks, to cheap motels, from garage sales to cow pastures, Keith Pilapil Lesmeister tunes our hearts to the powerful frequency of money.
“I felt this book deep in my Midwestern bones, and saw myself—and the people and places and landscapes I love—in these pages. I loved this book, and will be thinking about it—and teaching it, and passing it along—for years to come.” —Melissa Faliveno, author of Hemlock
“Lesmeister paints portraits of human seekers, a cast of ruffians who, story after story in this strong collection, display a fragility unique to America.” –Nora Lange, author of Day Care: Stories
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14 S. Commercial Alley, Mason City, IA, United States, Iowa 50401
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