Events

Highlands Ranch: Reyna Grande came to the United States at age nine to join her father, who had left her behind in Mexico for several years. She went on to become the first person in her family to obtain a higher education. She holds a B.A. and an M.F.A. in creative writing. Her first novel, Across a Hundred Mountains, received the El Premio Aztlan Literary Award in 2006 and an American Book Award in 2007. Grande will read from and sign her new novel Dancing with Butterflies ($16.00 Washington Square), the story of four very different women whose lives interconnect through a common passion for their Mexican heritage and a dance company called Alegría. Visit Reyna Grande’s website Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com

Colfax Avenue: Andrew Harvey is an internationally renowned religious scholar, writer, and teacher, and the author of over 30 books, including the critically acclaimed Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi. Harvey will discuss and sign his new book The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism ($16.95 Hay House). Based on Harvey’s concepts of Sacred Activism—a global initiative designed to save the world from its downward spiral of greed, pain, and self-destruction—the book is an enlightening text tht offers not only a guide to discovering your divine purpose but also his blueprint for a better world. Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com