Poetry at the Point – Poetry Reading with Katerina Canyon – in Saint Louis, MO
Join us in-person at Poetry at the Point in Saint Louis, MO for a poetry reading with Katerina Canyon on October 25, 2022 at 7:30PM CDT.
Poetry at the Point is a reading series with the St. Louis Poetry Center. Katerina Canyon will be reading along with 2 other poets, Jennifer Goldring and Katherine Mitchell. The reading will be held in-person at Focal Point as well as live-streamed.
Focal Point is located at:
2320 Sutton
Maplewood, MO 63143
About the Authors:
Katerina Canyon is an Award-Winning Poet, Best-Selling Author, civil rights activist, and essayist. She is a 2021, 2020, and 2019 Pushcart Prize Nominee. Her stories have been published in The New York Times and The Huffington Post. She is a writer who has overcome some serious obstacles and trauma.
Katerina Canyon will be reading from her latest book Surviving Home – a collection of poems that serve as a memoir of the trauma she experienced and overcame. Concisely arresting and challenging the beliefs of family and the fantasies of tradition, the poems in Surviving Home show that home is a place that you endure rather than a place where you are nurtured. With unyielding cadence and unparalleled sadness and warmth, Katerina Canyon contemplates the prejudice and limitations buried in a person’s African American heritage: parents that seem to care for you with one hand and slap you with the other, the secret desires to be released from the daily burdens of life, as well as the surprising ways a child chooses to amuse herself. Finding resilience in the unexpected, this collection tears down the delicate facades of family.
Jennifer Goldring is a poet based in St. Louis, Missouri. Her award-winning poetry has appeared in various publications. On her days off, she’s likely playing with clay, taking photos, hanging with her teenagers, or writing poems. She’s Managing Editor for december magazine. Her photography and other work can be found at jennifergoldring.com.
Katherine Mitchell has a BPS in Choreography, an MFA in Creative Writing and works as an Alexander Technique teacher. Her writing has appeared in 2River View, The Louisville Review and The Southern Review.
To learn more, go to: https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/poetry-at-the-point/
Author Reading and Discussion with Forensic Anthropologist Ryburn Dobbs at Weller Book Works in Salt Lake City
Join us in-store at Weller Book Works in Salt Lake City, UT for a riveting conversation with forensic anthropoligist Ryburn Dobbs as he presents his Sebastien Grey series and answers all your questions about homicides on October 22, 2022 at 6 pm.
The Sebastien Grey novels were inspired by Ryburn Dobbs’s career working as a forensic anthropologist. Ryburn Dobbs taught biological anthropology and forensic anthropology at several colleges and spent ten years as a forensic anthropologist, working dozens of death investigations. In addition to his anthropological pursuits, Ryburn also worked as an investigative analyst specializing in homicides and unsolved cases. His work as a forensic anthropologist inspired him to write The Sebastien Grey Novels.
Forensic science meets literary fiction in this captivating police procedural series. The Comfort of Distanceis the first book, followed by The Boxwood Torso (Book 2) and Where the Blood is Made (Book 3.)
Ryburn Dobbs Announces Upcoming Event at Lost City Books in Washington, DC
Ryburn Dobbs will be at Lost City Books in Washington, DC on Friday, August 12, 2022 from 7:30PM – 8:30PM to discuss The Sebastien Grey Novels.
The Sebastien Grey novels were inspired by Ryburn Dobbs’s career working as a forensic anthropologist.
Ryburn Dobbs taught biological anthropology and forensic anthropology at several colleges throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and spent ten years as a forensic anthropologist, working dozens of death investigations. In addition to his anthropological pursuits, Ryburn also worked as an investigative analyst specializing in homicides and unsolved cases.
His work as a forensic anthropologist inspired him to write The Sebastien Grey Novels.
The Comfort of Distance (The Sebastien Grey Novels Book 1)
Deep in the forests of the Black Hills, human remains are being discovered – one bit at a time. Rumors of a rogue man-eating mountain lion are spreading through the county and panic is starting to swell. Sgt. Hank LeGris of the Custer County Sheriff’s Office is feeling the pressure; he needs to find out who the dead are, and how they got that way. Hank suspects that the bodies are the result of a more sinister predator. But in order to solve the mystery, he will have to reach back into his own dysfunctional family history and pull in the only person who can get to the bottom of these strange cases – his estranged and disordered brother, the brilliant forensic anthropologist Dr. Sebastien Grey.
When Sebastien arrives in the Black Hills, he takes his brother, and Detective Tiffany Reese, on a whirlwind tour of forensic thinking and deductive reasoning, not only solving the mystery of the human remains, but the murder of a local thug as well. In the process, Sebastien himself is forever transformed by his own success and by the charm and kindness of the lovely Detective Reese: “One day I hope you give yourself permission to be different, Sebastien. You’ll be happier.”
The Comfort of Distance is equal parts forensic mystery, police procedure and character study, with dashes of comedy and romance thrown in. Readers will be cheering at the end and ready for more.
The Boxwood Torso (The Sebastien Grey Novels Book 2)
A skull in one place, a torso in another. Are they connected? Thirty years ago, the authorities didn’t think so. But the ingenious forensic anthropologist Dr. Sebastien Grey is now on the case, and he believes they both belong to the same victim – an unidentified man who was shot, dismembered, scattered in two states and burned. But time is not the only thing standing in the way of the truth. A pair of professional rivals, a spy inside the sheriff’s office and a local family with a dark secret are all obstacles to untying this murderous knot.
This second book in the Sebastien Grey series finds Dr. Grey once again in the Black Hills of South Dakota and teamed up with Tiffany Reese – a shrewd and tough detective who doubles as the love of his life and the only woman who can coax him out of his awkward social isolation. Will their relationship survive the pressure of high stakes cold case work?
Where the Blood is Made (The Sebastien Grey Novels Book 3)
How can a living woman’s bones be inside a box in the morgue?
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Sebastien Grey is certain that they are. But unless he can convince the Custer County Sheriff that a long-forgotten missing persons case is a homicide, the truth may stay hidden forever.
Sebastien and Detective Tiffany Reese team up once again to solve one of the county’s most baffling mysteries. Amber Harrison disappeared ten years ago, and most people believe she left town with a new boyfriend. But others feel that the investigation was botched from the beginning. The evidence will uncover a dark conspiracy of perpetrated by the most unlikely suspects.
As if that weren’t enough, an odd man visits Sebastien and promises him a large sum of money in return for his professional opinion. But the request — help prove that Native American remains were brought onto a construction site by accident — seems far too simple to be real. Something isn’t right. Will he live long enough to find out what’s really behind the strange offer?
Ryburn Dobbs will be at Lost City Books in Washington, DC on Friday, August 12, 2022 from 7:30PM – 8:30PM to discuss The Sebastien Grey Novels. The event is free and open to the public.
Lost City Books is located at
Readers can connect with Ryburn Dobbs on Instagram, Facebook, and Goodreads.
To learn more, go to: https://ryburndobbs.com
https://lostcitybookstore.com/new-events/2022/8/12/ryburn-dobbs-discusses-the-sebastien-grey-novels
Ryburn Dobbs Announces the Release of Book 3 in The Sebastien Grey Series – ‘Where the Blood is Made’
The wait is over! The third installment in the Sebastien Grey saga is now available in ebook and paperback.
Where the Blood is Made (The Sebastien Grey Novels Book 3)
How can a living woman’s bones be inside a box in the morgue?
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Sebastien Grey is certain that they are. But unless he can convince the Custer County Sheriff that a long-forgotten missing persons case is a homicide, the truth may stay hidden forever.
Sebastien and Detective Tiffany Reese team up once again to solve one of the county’s most baffling mysteries. Amber Harrison disappeared ten years ago, and most people believe she left town with a new boyfriend. But others feel that the investigation was botched from the beginning. The evidence will uncover a dark conspiracy of perpetrated by the most unlikely suspects.
As if that weren’t enough, an odd man visits Sebastien and promises him a large sum of money in return for his professional opinion. But the request — help prove that Native American remains were brought onto a construction site by accident — seems far too simple to be real. Something isn’t right. Will he live long enough to find out what’s really behind the strange offer?
About the Author:
Ryburn Dobbs taught biological anthropology and forensic anthropology at several colleges throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and spent ten years as a forensic anthropologist, working dozens of death investigations. In addition to his anthropological pursuits, Ryburn also worked as an investigative analyst specializing in homicides and unsolved cases.
His work as a forensic anthropologist inspired him to write The Sebastien Grey Novels. The first book in the series, The Comfort of Distance, was released in September 2020, followed by The Boxwood Torso (The Sebastien Grey Novels Book 2) in July 2021, and Where the Blood is Made (The Sebastien Grey Novels Book 3) was released in July 2022.
Readers can connect with Ryburn Dobbs on Instagram, Facebook, and Goodreads.
To learn more, go to https://ryburndobbs.com
Nature, Culture and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership by Nina Simons
Learn from and be inspired by women who are leading the way toward transformative social and ecological change.
Nina Simons recently released a new edition of her award-winning book Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership. Nature, Culture, and the Sacred offers practical guidance and inspiration for anyone who aspires to grow into their own unique form of leadership on behalf of positive change. Inspired and informed by Indigenous wisdom keepers who are leading the way towards a regenerative future, she invites women and people of all genders to, as Joanna Macy suggests, “see with new and ancient eyes.”
Weaving her own insights together with reflections from cutting-edge leaders such as Terry Tempest Williams, Jeannette Armstrong, Alixa Garcia and V (formerly Eve Ensler), Nina opens thought-provoking pathways for reflection and growth. Discussion guides for each chapter offer prompts for engaging with radical anti-racism and intersectionality. In this essential handbook for navigating these perilous times with clarity and joy, Nina invites us to remember and reclaim our sacred relationship to the Earth by rebalancing our selves and our societies.
“In Nature, Culture and the Sacred, Nina Simons has woven a compelling and honest tapestry of hard-earned personal and collective wisdom, honoring the earth and igniting the revolutionary ways of women. It’s a book as much about the inside as it is about the outside, exploring where and how they can meet for a sustainable future.”— V, formerly Eve Ensler, founder of V-Day and author of The Vagina Monologues
About the Author:
Nina Simons is the co-founder of Bioneers and leads its Everywoman’s Leadership program. Bioneers is a nonprofit that uses media, convening, and connecting to lift up visionary and practical solutions for many of our most pressing social and ecological challenges, using a whole-system approach.
Nina is a social entrepreneur who is passionate about reinventing leadership, restoring the feminine, and co-creating a healthy, peaceful, and equitable world for all. She speaks and teaches internationally at schools, conferences, and festivals, and co-facilitates transformative workshops and retreats for women that share practices for regenerative leadership through relational mindfulness.
Throughout her remarkable career spanning the nonprofit, social entrepreneurship, corporate, and philanthropic sectors, Nina has worked with nearly a thousand diverse women leaders across disciplines, race, class, age, orientation, and more to create conditions for mutual learning and leadership development. She produces and speaks at large-scale events to work intimately to help small, diverse groups of women leaders knit together to strengthen each other’s work pursuing intersectional healing and ecological justice.
In 2017, Nina was a recipient of the Goi Peace Award, presented annually to individuals who have made outstanding contributions toward the realization of a peaceful and harmonious world. Past honorees include Bill Gates, James Lovelock, and Deepak Chopra.
Her prior work includes President at Seeds of Change, which she helped grow into an emerging national brand in less than five years by using innovative approaches to public relations and community-based marketing. At Odwalla, as Director of Strategic Marketing, she grew consumer loyalty while guiding teams nationwide just after their IPO.
Nina studied Theater Arts and Psychology at Cornell University. In addition to writing the first and second editions of Nature, Culture, and the Sacred, Nina co-edited 2010’s Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart (Park Street Press), which explores the flourishing, passionate forms of leadership emerging from women on behalf of the earth through the prism of more than 30 essays from successful women leaders.
To learn more, go to https://www.ninasimons.com
The Enlightenment Project by Jonathan Robinson
New York Times bestselling author, Jonathan Robinson, has interviewed everyone from Oprah to Adyashanti —over 100 gurus and spiritual teachers in all— to find out how to live a happy, peaceful, and meaningful life.
Through his popular podcast Awareness Explorers and for his bestselling books, Jonathan Robinson has made a career out of getting to know the greatest spiritual leaders of our time.
In his latest book, The Enlightenment Project: How I Went from Depressed to Blessed, and You Can Too, he describes what really works.
In his encounters with people such as the Dalai Lama, Byron Katie, Deepak Chopra, and the late Mother Teresa and Ram Dass, he shares stories of what he learned, as well as powerful methods that helped him out of his depression and into lasting inner peace.
“This book will inspire and support you to take the next step on your journey of enlightenment. It is fun, surprising, informative, and a real page turner.” — John Gray, the author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
In this highly entertaining and practical book, you’ll discover:
• What awakening is, and how to easily have glimpses of such experiences
• How entering into higher states of consciousness is easier than you think (if you know the right technique)
• What it’s like to hang out with enlightened gurus and awake people
• The precise methods that most often lead to awakening
• How to let go of past conditioning that keeps you from inner peace
• How to use relationships, money, and your career to further your spiritual goals.
About the Author:
Jonathan Robinson is a psychotherapist, best-selling author of 14 books, and a professional speaker from Northern California. He has reached over 200 million people around the world with his practical methods, and his work has been translated into 47 languages. His work has appeared in Newsweek, USA TODAY, and the Los Angeles Times, as well as dozens of other publications. In addition, Mr. Robinson has made numerous appearances on the Oprah show and CNN, as well as other national TV talk shows. He has spent more than forty years studying the most practical and powerful methods for personal and spiritual growth.
Jonathan’s second book The Little Book of Big Questions became a New York Times bestseller, as did his book Communication Miracles for Couples. Some of Mr. Robinson’s other books include: Shortcuts to Bliss; The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Awakening Your Spirituality, and Find Happiness Now. His most recent book is called The Enlightenment Project: How I Went From Depressed to Blessed, and You Can Too.
As a professional speaker, Mr. Robinson has spoken to companies such as Microsoft, IBM, Coca-Cola, Dell, Bank of America, Google, Wells Fargo and hundreds of other successful businesses and organizations. He speaks on 14 different topics, from mindfulness and depression, to communication and personal transformation. He is known for providing his audiences with immediately useful and powerful information, presented in an entertaining and motivating manner.
