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SUMMARY:Online Author Talks: Steven Wingate
DESCRIPTION:This is an online only Author Talk. This discussion will take place on Zoom. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, May 3 at 12:30 pm for a digital Author Talk with Steven Wingate. Steven is an associate professor of English at SDSU and has written several novels. \nThis author talk will take place on Zoom only. You can join the discussion here: \nZoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3793973264?pwd=MTIvWkl3cWxCMjBzR0g0T2REbmNsZz09 \nMeeting ID: 379 397 3264 \nPasscode: MOH-7973 \nAbout the Author\nSteven Wingate is the author of the novels The Leave-Takers (2021) and Of Fathers and Fire (2019)\, both part of the Flyover Fiction Series from the University of Nebraska Press. His short story collection Wifeshopping (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\, 2008) won the Bakeless Prize in Fiction from Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. He has taught at the University of Colorado\, the College of the Holy Cross\, and South Dakota State University\, where he is currently associate professor of English and coordinator or creative writing. \nAre you interested in presenting an Author Talk? Contact us at 605-717-6967 or engage@matthewsopera.com
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SUMMARY:Author Talks: Evelyn Leite
DESCRIPTION:Author Talks take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room every Tuesday at 12:30. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, March 22 at 12:30 pm for our next makeSPACE at the Matthews Author Talk with Evelyn Leite. Author Talks will take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room. \nWe will also be broadcasting Author Talks on ZOOM for those who prefer attending virtually. \nZoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3793973264?pwd=MTIvWkl3cWxCMjBzR0g0T2REbmNsZz09 \nMeeting ID: 379 397 3264 \nPasscode: MOH-7973 \nAbout the Author\nChildren in families that keep secrets learn early in life to project a brave front\, to avoid letting the outside world peek behind the mask\, to cope alone with feelings of guilt\, anger\, fear and confusion. \nRapid City counselor and author Evelyn Leite grew up in such a family\, struggling to understand her emotions\, uncertain how she could love her parents and siblings so deeply but hate their words and actions. In her latest book “Just Fine\, Thank You\,” Leite explores the jumble of feelings and emotions she experienced in her early years in a closed family. She describes what it does to a young girl when the family doesn’t talk about a father who stays late at the local bar and a mother who expects her daughter to be a perfect young lady without explaining what that involves. She also shares what it does to a young child in a “no-talk’’ family as she tries to make sense of sometimes crazy\, senseless behavior from people she loves. \n“Just Fine\, Thank You” is one of four books in a series titled Blood\, Sex and Tears. She says of the series\, “It’s my desire that you can find hope for yourself or a loved one based on my story of redemption.’’ \nLeite has had a successful\, 35-year career as a professional counselor and author whose focus is on drug and alcohol problems and mental health issues. Among her best-known works are “Women: What Do We Want?” and “A Fix for the Family Rift Caused by Addiction.” She is a graduate of Black Hills State University with a composite major in Social Science. She holds a master’s degree from Oklahoma University and has presented addiction and mental health workshops in Oregon\, Texas\, Minneapolis\, Montana\, Colorado and Arizona. She has also held frequent workshops on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and is currently conducting workshops for the Miskwaki Tribe in Tama\, Iowa. She is the author of 14 published works including manuals for The Family Restoration Program and many newspaper and magazine articles. She’s a 2008 inductee into the South Dakota Hall of Fame. \nAre you interested in presenting an Author Talk? Contact us at 605-717-6967 or engage@matthewsopera.com
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SUMMARY:Author Talks: Courtney Huse-Wika
DESCRIPTION:Author Talks take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room every Tuesday at 12:30. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, March 1 at 12:30 pm for our next makeSPACE at the Matthews Author Talk with Courtney Huse-Wika. Author Talks will take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room. \nWe will also be broadcasting Author Talks on ZOOM for those who prefer attending virtually. \nZoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3793973264?pwd=MTIvWkl3cWxCMjBzR0g0T2REbmNsZz09 \nMeeting ID: 379 397 3264 \nPasscode: MOH-7973 \nAbout the Author\nCourtney Huse Wika believes in the art of collection: overheard quotes\, forgotten stories\, and sometimes animals. She is the author of Perch\, a chapbook of nature poetry from Anchor and Plume Press\, and was named a finalist for the 2021 James Hearst Poetry Prize from North American Review\, and a 2020 Honorable Mention for the New Millennium Writing Awards.  Her creative work has appeared widely\, including CALYX\, The Halcyone\, New Ohio Review\, South Dakota Review\, Kindred\, South Dakota Magazine\, South Dakota in Poems\,  Midwestern Gothic\, Scissors and Spackle\, Backwards City Review\, and the MacGuffin.  She received her BA in philosophy and English from Augustana University\, her MA and PhD in English with a specialization in creative writing from the University of South Dakota\, and is currently an Associate Professor of English and Distinguished Faculty at Black Hills State University. \nAre you interested in presenting an Author Talk? Contact us at 605-717-6967 or engage@matthewsopera.com
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SUMMARY:Author Talks: Eliza Blue
DESCRIPTION:Author Talks take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room every Tuesday at 12:30. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, February 15 at 12:30 pm for our next makeSPACE at the Matthews Author Talk with Eliza Blue. When Eliza Blue first moved to northwestern South Dakota\, she didn’t plan on staying long. After all\, the singer/songwriter had spent most of her adulthood hopping from place to place. But then she fell in love with a Perkins County rancher — and the land\, the wind\, the livestock and the giant blue expanse of a West River sky. In her book Accidental Rancher\, Blue shares a collection of these writings\, bringing a new voice and a musician’s grace to the culture of rural America. \nWe will also be broadcasting Author Talks on ZOOM for those who prefer attending virtually. \nZoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3793973264?pwd=MTIvWkl3cWxCMjBzR0g0T2REbmNsZz09 \nMeeting ID: 379 397 3264 \nPasscode: MOH-7973 \nAbout the Author\nEliza Blue is a shepherd\, folk musician\, and writer residing in western South Dakota. She writes a weekly column\, Little Pasture on the Prairie\, that is carried by 17 different print publications\, writes and produces audio “postcards” from her ranch for South Dakota Public Broadcasting and Prairie Public Radio\, and just released her first book\, Accidental Rancher. Her writing has also been featured in The Guardian and the New York Times\, and she is regular columnist for The Daily Yonder\, a national publication for and about rural people. Blue’s latest project\, an Midwest-Emmy nominated traveling concert series called Wish You Were Here is in its second season on PBS. She also has a weekly show\, ‘Live from the Home Farm\,’ that broadcasts on social media every Saturday night from her ranch. \nIn her 15 years as a touring musician\, she’s had the opportunity to collaborate with Billy Talbot of the band Crazy Horse\, Chuck Suchy\, Charlie Parr\, and Jami Lynn just to name a few. Other highlights include performances at SXSW\, Red Ants Pants\, CMJ\, and Sioux River Folk Fest and she had a song featured last year on NPR‘s prestigious All Songs Considered’s blog. \nAfter spending years on the road full-time\, Blue now lives and works on a cattle and sheep ranch with her husband and their two children.
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