Truckee Literary Crawl

Kim Bateman reads from Dying in Color  (Chiron Publications) and a passage that describes people at the end of life using creative imagination to visualize an afterlife.

Gabrielle shares from her farm-to-fork column published by Inside Sacramento.

Kayla Anderson reads from Best of California State Parks – Top 50 Parks In The Golden State, to be published in March 2026.

Dr. Deb Miller reads Forget the Fairy Tale and Find Your Happiness, published June, 2025 and distributed by Simon & Schuster.

Dr. Natasha Lukasiewich shares an excerpt from her published book from January 2026 called Survive, Thrive, Lead: Building Gritsilience In High Stakes Professions.

Tamera Buzick shares a passage from Bowers Mansion - The Legacy of a Comstock Family   Published March 2026 by University Nevada Press, which covers Nevada history from the birth of Eilley Oram Bowers in 1826 to the mansion's restoration in 1968.

Michelle Wood reads from her humorist essay, The Second Time I Peed My Pants.

Michael Murray shares from Writing Naked. 

Dillon Osleger reads from Trail Work: Restoring the Paths and Stories of America’s Public Lands to be published by Heyday on May 12, 2026, where he shares a philosophical look into recreational land ethic.

David Pritchett reads from Mossback: Ecology, Emancipation, and Foraging for Hope in Painful Places, his debut essay collection exploring landscapes and mythologies at the intersection of environmental, indigenous, and social justice.

Susan Norman reads excerpts from her memoir RISK, published in June 2025 by Simon & Schuster, and her connection to wild rivers as a whitewater world champion, and how the journey heals past and current childhood trauma.