Category: Virtual Authors Festival 2021

Roger Zimmerman: Son of an Indian Trader

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on May 19th at 4:00 p.m. for a talk featuring historian Roger Zimmerman.

Chronicling his personal life at the Mariano Lake Trading Post, Zimmerman discusses his experiences and what he learned about the cultures and life of those living in and around Gallup. This represents the first two chapters from his memoir.

Roger Zimmerman spent much of his life working for Sandia National Labs. Upon his retirement, he decided to take up history and wrote his first book, Kitchen’s Opera House, Gallup NM. He soon became active in the Albuquerque Historical Society and began speaking on various historical topics about NM and the Gallup Area.

Email mdchavez@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information

Local Author: John Lewis Taylor

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, and YouTube on Tuesday, May 18th at 2:00 p.m. for a discussion featuring local author John Lewis Taylor.

A longtime educator in New Mexico, having served as a teacher and principal for the BIA and an instructor at the University of New Mexico-Gallup, Taylor is enthralled with the history of the American Southwest. He is the author of Looking for Dan: The Puzzling Life of a Frontier Character Daniel Dubois and Navajo Scouts During The Apache Wars and will be discussing his research methods.

Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Sunburnt Stone: Troubled Dreams

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, and YouTube on Monday, May 17th at 6:00 p.m. for a presentation featuring New Mexico band Sunburnt Stone from Albuquerque, NM.

From the winds of the reservation to the pavement of Burque they bring to you their experience in life through music. Their presentation on From Voice to Vision will discuss their experience in bringing their music through Visual Storytelling by releasing their first album during the pandemic.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Dynamic Poetry Duo

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Monday, May 17th at 1:00 p.m. as a dynamic father/daughter duo perform their poetry!

Watch their energetic poetry come to life during this spirited performance as they share their stories, ideas, and hopes through their spoken words.

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Author Talk: From Manga to Novel – Writing a Scene

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Saturday, May 15th at 2:00 p.m. for a talk featuring Giao Chi, author of The Girl Who Kept Winter.

Writing a scene takes a great deal of thoughtful planning and hard work. Whether it is for a novel or a comic, a scene has many details that need to be formulated before it is presented.

Connect with Giao Chi as she discusses this process with her audience. Originally from Vietnam, Giao Chi has published more than 300 comics. At the age of 13, she won a professional comic scriptwriting award.

Email mdchavez@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Workshop: Creating ‘Moxie’ Inspired Zines

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Friday, May 14th at 4:00 p.m. for a creative workshop featuring Youth Services Librarian, Anne Price.

Netflix film Moxie, based on the novel of the same name, is about a teenager who begins publishing an anonymous zine calling out sexist behaviors in her high school. Zines are the ultimate in punk rock publishing. With pen, paper, and a Xerox machine, you too can be a zinester. Join us for this hands-on workshop and learn the history of zines.

Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Art Demo: Adventures of Rezmo in Dinéland & Further

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Thursday, May 13th at 4:00 p.m. for an art demonstration featuring Tasha Martinez.

Tasha’s artist name is Rezmo who works as a graffiti artist in Arizona. She incorporates her heritage as both Diné and Mexican into her graffiti work. Rezmo has worked on several art projects in her local community and created fundraising merchandise to help the Navajo Nation during the pandemic.

Watch Rezmo create art and talk about the challenges of being a contemporary graffiti artist.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Poetry Slam Team

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Wednesday, May 12th at 1:00 p.m. for a dynamic hour of poetry and inspiration!

See this poetry slam team of five share their stories, ideas, and hopes through their spoken words.

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Art Demo: Jerry Brown

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Monday, May 10th at 5:00 p.m. for an art demonstration featuring local artist Jerry Brown.

Special encore presentation to be held on Tuesday, May 11th at 5:00 pm.

Watch as Brown paints live and shares his process for creating a contemporary painting. Brown’s work can be viewed at www.jerrybrownart.com.

Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Book Talk: Still Crazy

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Monday, May 10th at 1:00 p.m. for a book talk featuring Judy Prescott Marshall who writes women’s contemporary fiction.

Her stories are about real women facing life’s many struggles and their journey through it. Marshall will discuss her latest book, Still Crazy, about a strong, loving, and passionate wife who discovers a handwritten note that has the power to either destroy her or make her stronger.

It is the story of one woman’s journey through pain, betrayal, and forgiveness as she learns to hold onto her faith and, for the first time in her life, trust herself.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.