Events Calendar

Maryann Lesert will read from her impassioned story of anti-fracking activism (Kirkus), Land Marks.

"Land Marks is an important and powerful novel, and deserves its place in a growing literature of ecological resistance. Read it, and then act.” —Derrick Jensen

Inspired by two years that Mary Ann Lesert spent doing boots-on-well-sites research, Land Marks honors the real-life environmental activism of citizens who fought against fracking in Michigan's state forests. Water well drillers, doctors, teachers, musicians, Indigenous community members, lawyers, and artists decided to work together to protect the water, land, and sky in a place they were all a part of.

Maryann Lesert is the author of the previous book, Base Ten. She is author of three full-length plays, five one-acts, as well as collaborations with a memoirist and symphony. She lives in west Michigan, where she teaches writing, enjoys time in the natural world, and writes by the big lake.