{"id":3642,"date":"2022-03-31T16:26:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/?p=3642"},"modified":"2022-04-11T14:17:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T14:17:26","slug":"2nd-monday-author-series-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/2022\/03\/31\/2nd-monday-author-series-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Monday Author Series Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/2nd-monday.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3647 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/2nd-monday.png?resize=376%2C94\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/2nd-monday.png?resize=300%2C75&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/2nd-monday.png?resize=1024%2C256&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/2nd-monday.png?resize=768%2C192&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/2nd-monday.png?resize=1536%2C384&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/2nd-monday.png?resize=2048%2C512&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/2nd-monday.png?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a>After a two-year hiatus from the popular program, the 2nd Monday Author Series is back. Join us Monday, April 11, 2022, at 7pm in room 300A at the Ross Pendergraft Library &amp; Technology Center. We are happy to have Eli Cranor, a Russellville native, and resident, as our guest speaker. He will be discussing his new book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/arkansastechuniversity.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1256628185\">Don&#8217;t Know Tough<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>his first novel.\u00a0 The book was chosen out of over 200 nationwide submissions as the winner of the Peter Lovesey First Crime Novel Contest.\u00a0 There will be signed copies of the book available for purchase that evening.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Friday Night Lights<\/em> gone dark with Southern Gothic; Eli Cranor delivers a powerful noir that will appeal to fans of Wiley Cash and Megan Abbott.&#8221; <\/strong>from Penguin Random House.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/dont-know-tough.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3650 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/dont-know-tough.jpg?resize=229%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/dont-know-tough.jpg?resize=229%2C300&amp;ssl=1 229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/dont-know-tough.jpg?resize=781%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 781w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/dont-know-tough.jpg?resize=768%2C1008&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/dont-know-tough.jpg?w=840&amp;ssl=1 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>The book is about Trent Powers who relocates his family from Anaheim to Arkansas to coach the Denton Pirates. The Pirates are a high school football team powered by a volatile but talented\u00a0running back named Billy Lowe. Billy comes from an extremely troubled home: a trailer park where he is terrorized by his unstable mother&#8217;s abusive boyfriend. Billy takes out his anger on the field, and it&#8217;s not long before he crosses a line. Instead of punishing him, though, Trent takes Billy into his home, hoping to protect his star player as the Pirates begin their playoff run. But when Billy&#8217;s stepfather is found murdered, nothing can stop an explosive chain of violence that could tear the town apart&#8211; from the publisher, Soho Crime.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_3649\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/dsc04312-2_orig.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3649\" class=\"wp-image-3649 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/dsc04312-2_orig.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/dsc04312-2_orig.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/dsc04312-2_orig.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/dsc04312-2_orig.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/03\/dsc04312-2_orig.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit &#8211; Andrew Kilgore<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>About the Author:<\/strong> &#8220;Eli Cranor played quarterback at every level: peewee to professional, and then coached high school football for five years. These days, he&#8217;s traded in the pigskin for a laptop, writing from Arkansas where he lives with his wife and kids. &#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/elicranor.com\">http:\/\/elicranor.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>For more information about this event or the Second Monday Author series, contact Luke Heffley at (479) 964-0546 or follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arkansastechlibrary\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATULibrary\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/atulibrary\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a> to stay in the loop on all Library events.<\/p>\r\n<p>This event will be streamed live.\u00a0 Use this link to join us. <a href=\"https:\/\/atu.webex.com\/atu\/j.php?MTID=mded64510dd7cea6fe7513b8a2f9ca5f5\">https:\/\/atu.webex.com\/atu\/j.php?MTID=mded64510dd7cea6fe7513b8a2f9ca5f5<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a two-year hiatus from the popular program, the 2nd Monday Author Series is back. 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