This event is part of the Antrim County Visiting Authors' Series "Write Here, Write Now", a collaborative project between Crosshatch: Center for Art and Ecology, Elk Rapids Public Library, Bellaire Public Library, and funded by a grant from the Grand Traverse Rotary Charities.

Join us for an author presentation by Anne Marie Oomen (Love, Sex, and 4H, As Long As I Know You). Anne Marie will be releasing her sixth essay collection,"The Long Fields", a celebration of rural life as she experienced it growing up on a farm and then into an adulthood marked by both wandering and homing. At its heart, "The Long Fields" voices the best of Midwestern rural living: a relationship to land, stewarding a place, and honoring the sacred quotidian.

The first 25 registrations will receive a free copy of "The Long Fields: Essays". You must be present at this program to receive a copy. This event will take place at Bee Well Mead & Cider, 116 N. Bridge St., Bellaire, MI 49615