Events

Ongoing Series: Last Thursday
Last Thursday, at Hyde Brothers, Booksellers Thursday May 30th at 7pm Lauren Fath Peggy Jones Robert Wilson
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers is excited to continue a new season of their literary series called Last Thursday. This free event occurs at 7pm on the final Thursday of each month and is hosted in-store. Each event features at least two local authors who read their original poetry, prose, creative nonfiction, etc. in 15-20 minute installments with a brief intermission between readers.
The April reading will occur on Thursday, May 30 at 7pm. This month, we will welcome three local authors: Lauren Fath, Peggy Jones, and Robert Wilson.
 
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Lauren Fath Lauren Fath is the author of My Hands, Remembering: A Memoir (Passengers Press, 2022) and the lyric essay chapbook A Landlocked State (Quarterly West, 2020). Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, she holds a BS in journalism from Northwestern University, an MFA in creative nonfiction from Oregon State University, and a PhD in English and creative writing from the University of Missouri. Her work has appeared in the literary journals Fourth Genre, Gertrude, High Desert Journal, and Post Road, among others, and has received Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations. She lives in Las Vegas, New Mexico, where she is an associate professor of English at New Mexico Highlands University.
Peggy Jones Peggy Jones has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Indiana University and is licensed as a clinical social worker, a marriage and family counselor, and a clinical addictions counselor. She has been a director for several non-profit agencies, including Family & Children’s Services (now Headwaters Counseling). During her tenure she also kept a private therapy practice, which she is still involved with. Peggy has experience working with people who have been affected by trauma. Although her experience comes from her education and training, it also comes from a traumatic experience while at Family & Children’s Services. She wrote a book about that experience, but just recently has had it published. Peggy is a mother, a stepmother, and a grandmother, which are her favorite and most rewarding accomplishments. She is grateful to have been introduced to the Last Thursday event at Hyde Brothers and will continue to be a frequent attendee.
Robert Wilson Robert Wilson is a retired high school and college English and composition teacher. He studied at Wittenberg University, IPFW, and Naropa. His stories and essays have appeared in a wide range of publications including The Illustrated History of World War II and True Romance, and his poems have appeared in various journals and magazines, most recently SoFloPoJo and Welter. His poem Dolphin Tour was nominated for Best of the Net in 2023, and his third and latest chapbook, Too Much of Water, was released by Bottlecap Press last year.