ESCANABA — The Escanaba Pubic Library will host an Author Talk with 2022 Michigan Notable Author David Hardin and his book, Standpipe-Delivering Water in Flint Thursday, June 16 at 4:30 p.m.

His book is a memoir of the author’s work as a Red Cross volunteer delivering emergency water to residents of Flint, Michigan. His book sets the struggles of a city in crisis against the author’s personal journey as his mother declines into dementia and eventual death. It is an intimate look at his engagement with both civic and familial trauma.

David Hardin is also the author Dreaming Bob Wills, a collection of poetry. His work has been published in print and online literary journals including the Dunes Review, Michigan Quarterly Review online, The Madison Review, Carolina Quarterly and others. A retired educator, he works as a freelance editor for independent, small press publishers.

The event does not require registration and is free to the public.

Thanks to the Friends of the Escanaba Public Library for their support of this program. Also thanks to the Library of Michigan and the Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National

Endowment for the Humanities for making this program available to the community.

For more information about this program or others at the library, link to the library website at www.escanabalibrary.org or contact us at 906-789-7323, epl@escanabalibrary.org.