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Dragonfly Books welcomes the public to a free author talk by J. Ryan Stradal for his second appearance in Decorah with his latest novel The Lager Queen of Minnesota. Stradal will talk about writing his novel and sign books on Tuesday, September 17 at 7:00 p.m. at Pulpit Rock Brewery, 207 College Drive in Decorah.

Stradal’s latest character-driven novel focuses on three women from the same family set during the decades that saw the transition from traditional large breweries into the craft brewing market in this deeply affecting family saga filled with Midwestern charm.

J. Ryan Stradal was born and raised in Hastings, Minnesota and now lives in Los Angeles. He previously visited Dragonfly Books with his debut novel Kitchens of the Great Midwest (Pamela Dorman Books/Viking 2015), which appeared on several bestseller lists and was named the 2016 American Booksellers’ Association Indies’ Choice Award for Adult Debut Book of the Year and the 2016 Midwest Booksellers’ Choice Award for Debut Fiction.

Everyone is invited to join Dragonfly Books for this free event at Pulpit Rock Brewery at 207 College Drive in Decorah on Tuesday, September 17 at 7:00 p.m. If you can’t attend but would like a book, please call Dragonfly Books at 563-382-4275 to reserve a copy and have it autographed for you.

This event is sponsored by Dragonfly Books at 112 W. Water St., Decorah and is free and open to the public. To learn more about this and other events at Dragonfly Books, please visit www.dragonflybooks.com, or contact us at events@dragonflybooks.com or 563-382-4275.

Dragonfly Books welcomes Luther College graduate Dr. Amy Blackstone for an author talk featuring her new book, Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence. Blackstone will talk about writing her book and sign books on Thursday, September 26th at 7:00 p.m. at Dragonfly Books at 112 W. Water St.

Motivated by her own experiences and those of the childfree community she has connected with, Blackstone has become a nationally recognized expert of the childfree choice who has conducted research on the subject since 2008. She shares her expertise and trail-blazing research with the world in her first book, CHILDFREE BY CHOICE: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence (Dutton 2019), a definitive investigation into the childfree choice and movement. Blackstone compellingly explores the childfree movement from its conception to today, revealing how it intersects with and has been shaped by our cultural and personal understandings of gender, race, sexual orientation, politics, environmentalism, and feminism. Dr. Amy Blackstone is a professor in Sociology and the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, where she studies childlessness and the childfree choice, workplace harassment, and civic engagement.

Everyone is invited to join Dragonfly Books for this free event on Thursday, September 26th at 7:00 p.m. If you can’t attend but would like a book, please call Dragonfly Books at
563-382-4275 to reserve a copy and have it autographed for you.

This event is sponsored by Dragonfly Books at 112 W. Water St., Decorah and is free and open to the public. To learn more about this and other events at Dragonfly Books, please visit www.dragonflybooks.com, or contact us at events@dragonflybooks.com or 563-382-4275.