Nicaragua 2014 Book Tour—Granada

The evening of Sunday, November 2, we were geared up for the main event in Granada—a four-author Día de los Muertos celebration of storytelling, politics, and writing. Lucha Libros Books sponsored that night’s literary affair, as well as organizing the entire Nicaragua Book Tour.

Before our presentations, we were invited to a Day of the Dead toast at the Hotel San Francisco.

While there, I had the chance to greet friends of old, including Marthe Kalleklev, owner of Búho Books in León—where our tour ends on Tuesday night—and Beth García, Head Librarian of Kaiser University, in San Marcos.

At the conclusion of the Day of the Dead event, everyone walked across the street to the restaurant La Hacienda, for a discussion on literature and politics.

We were blessed with a large, attentive audience who asked insightful questions.

Of course, as usual, I had a terrific time reading from The Saint of Santa Fe.

When the event concluded, I got to say farewell to dear friends of old, as well as dear friends of new.

I then went to bed early because the following morning I had to gear up to deal with the entire 9^th-grade of the American-Nicaraguan School. They were coming expressly to Granada to arm wrestle with a Nica-American author. I'll tell you how that went in my next post.