Kresge Arts award-winning poet and playwright Stephen Mack Jones introduces his debut crime novel to Greenwich Library patrons on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Meeting Room. Cops and crime fiction are fascinating topics for Greenwich readers and police corruption and violence run rampant in August Snow.
Tough, smart, and struggling to stay afloat, August Snow is the embodiment of Detroit. The son of an African American father and a Mexican mother, August grew up in Detroit’s Mexicantown and joined the Detroit police only to be drummed out of the force by a conspiracy of corrupt cops and politicians. But August fought back; he took on the city and got himself a $12 million wrongful dismissal settlement that left him low on friends. He has just returned to the house he grew up in after a year away and quickly learns he has lots of scores to settle.
Stephen Mack Jones is a published poet, award-winning playwright, and recipient of the prestigious Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellowship. He survived a number of years in advertising and marketing communications. Mr. Jones was born in Lansing, Mich. and currently lives outside of Detroit. August Snow is his first novel.
Books will be available for purchase and signing through Diane’s Books. This series is open to all at no charge, but seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact Marianne Weill at 203-622-7933, email authorslive@greenwichlibrary.org or visit greenwichlibrary.org/authorslive.
