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Six Bridges Book Festival

Jared Lemus & Dr. Samantha Edmonds
2025-10-04 17:30:00 2025-10-04 18:30:00 America/Chicago Six Bridges Book Festival <b>PRESENTERS:</b> Jared Lemus & Dr. Samantha Edmonds<br> <b>BOOKS:</b> <i>Guatemalan Rhapsody</i> & <i>A Preponderance of Starry Beings</i><br> <b>MODERATOR:</b> Daniel Ford Main Library - 529 | Fred Darragh Center for Intellectual Freedom

Saturday, October 04
5:30pm - 6:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-10-04 17:30:00 2025-10-04 18:30:00 America/Chicago Six Bridges Book Festival <b>PRESENTERS:</b> Jared Lemus & Dr. Samantha Edmonds<br> <b>BOOKS:</b> <i>Guatemalan Rhapsody</i> & <i>A Preponderance of Starry Beings</i><br> <b>MODERATOR:</b> Daniel Ford Main Library - 529 | Fred Darragh Center for Intellectual Freedom

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529 | Fred Darragh Center for Intellectual Freedom

PRESENTERS: Jared Lemus & Dr. Samantha Edmonds
BOOKS: Guatemalan Rhapsody & A Preponderance of Starry Beings
MODERATOR: Daniel Ford

About the authors:

Jared Lemus is the author of two works of fiction published with Ecco-HarperCollins: the short-story collection Guatemalan Rhapsody and a forthcoming novel. His work has appeared in the Atlantic, Story, the Pinch, and the Kenyon Review, among others. He holds an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh and is the Kenan Visiting Writer at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Samantha Edmonds is the author of the chapbooks The Space Poet and Pretty to Think So. Her work appears in the New York Times, Fourth Genre, Ninth Letter, Mississippi Review, and the Rumpus, among others. She is an assistant professor in the creative writing program at Berry College and lives in Rome, Georgia.

About the books:

A vibrant debut story collection—poignant, unflinching, and immersive—masterfully moving between sharp wit and profound tenderness, the short-story collection Guatemalan Rhapsody offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of an ever-changing country, the people who claim it as home, and those who no longer do. It explores how we journey from the circumstances that we are forged by, and whether the ability to change our fortunes lies in our own hands or in those of another.

Blending fairy tale and science fiction with the otherworldliness of adolescence, A Preponderance of Starry Beings is a short-story collection for anyone prone to gazing skyward. In seventeen genre-bending stories of the cosmos, Edmonds probes the experience of coming of age on the outskirts of the universe, whether that be a small Midwestern town or a distant galaxy, and of weighing earthly obligations against the vast promises of space. These stories invite us into a mundane and whimsical world of night islands, alien planets, small towns, and faith lost and found, where a safe landing matters less than taking the leap.

Sponsored by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Literary and Performing Arts

AGE GROUP: | Teens ages 12-19 | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Society & Culture | Literature & Language |

TAGS: | SixBridgesBookFestival |

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230 | Teen Center Program Room
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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230 | Teen Center Program Room
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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Wed, Dec 03, 10:30am - 11:15am
131 | Martin Children's Center
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230 | Teen Center Program Room
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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230 | Teen Center Program Room
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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230 | Teen Center Program Room
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3D Printing Introduction
Fri, Dec 05, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
235 | Makerspace
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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230 | Teen Center Program Room
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Tue, Dec 09, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
131 | Martin Children's Center
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Chocolate Holiday Bark
Tue, Dec 09, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
230 | Teen Center Program Room
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Wed, Dec 10, 10:30am - 11:15am
131 | Martin Children's Center
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Crafting with Creativebug - Holiday Cards
Wed, Dec 10, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
012 | Arvest Computer Classroom
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Wood Slice Ornaments
Wed, Dec 10, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
131 | Martin Children's Center
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Hot Chocolate Bombs
Wed, Dec 10, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
230 | Teen Center Program Room
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DIY Holiday Cards
Thu, Dec 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
131 | Martin Children's Center
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230 | Teen Center Program Room
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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230 | Teen Center Program Room
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230 | Teen Center Program Room
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Sat, Dec 13, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
235 | Makerspace
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Mon, Dec 15, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
131 | Martin Children's Center
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Mon, Dec 15, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
230 | Teen Center Program Room
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Tue, Dec 16, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
131 | Martin Children's Center
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230 | Teen Center Program Room
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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230 | Teen Center Program Room
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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230 | Teen Center Program Room
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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Fri, Dec 19, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
230 | Teen Center Program Room
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Fri, Dec 19, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
131 | Martin Children's Center
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Fri, Dec 19, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
235 | Makerspace
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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Mon, Dec 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
230 | Teen Center Program Room
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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Tue, Dec 23, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
230 | Teen Center Program Room
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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Storytime
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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Fri, Dec 26, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
131 | Martin Children's Center
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Handmade Holidays
Fri, Dec 26, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
230 | Teen Center Program Room
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Mon, Dec 29, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
230 | Teen Center Program Room
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Fireworks Painting
Mon, Dec 29, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
131 | Martin Children's Center
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Tue, Dec 30, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
131 | Martin Children's Center
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Self-Care Solutions
Tue, Dec 30, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
230 | Teen Center Program Room
Let's make some self-care DIY's to get us through the winter! Events in the Teen Center are for ages 13-18 only. 12/2 Sugar Scrub 12/30 Bath Salts
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