August 7, 2025: "Sallie Bingham, Author at the Center of a Newspaper Drama, Dies at 88" NY Times
 

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  • Sallie Reading from Mending: New and Selected Stories

    Alamosa Books 8810 Holly Ave NE, Ste D, Albuquerque, NM, United States

    Sallie will be reading from her new book, Mending: New and Selected Stories, published by Sarabande Books. A discussion will follow. Alamosa Books is located on the northwest corner of Paseo del Norte and Ventura, next to Saxby's coffee shop.

  • Celebrating Short Stories at The New York Society Library

    The New York Society Library 53 East 79th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Sallie will be reading with Yiyun Li, a judge in this year's PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize; Brigid Hughes, Founding Editor of A Public Space, will be introducing them.

  • Reading from Mending at Bookworks

    Bookworks 4022 Rio Grande Boulevard Northwest, Albuquerque, NM, United States

    Sallie will be reading from her new book Mending: New and Selected Stories at Bookworks in Albuquerque. More information to come!

  • Truchas, New Mexico Library Reading

    Truchas Library 60 County Road 75, Truchas, NM, United States

    For a very nice write up of this event, visit the High Road Artist blog.

  • The Blue Box: Five Lives in Letters

    The Filson Historical Society 1310 S. Third Street, Louisville, KY, United States

    The Blue Box: Five Lives in Letters introduces Margaret Haskins, the four times great grandmother of Sallie Bingham. This story begins with Haskin’s capture by the Shawnee Indians in 1778 and recounts her years of captivity in their camp, ending with a fictional reconstruction of her life after she returned to Virginia. Bingham describes how she found the box and the effect that her childhood in Kentucky had on her writing.

    Free
  • A Night of Literary Feasts

    Lexington Public Library - Central Library 140 East Main Street, Lexington, KY, United States

    Sallie will be participating in the "Night of Literary Feasts" event to benefit the Lexington Public Library. This event is $250 per person for a guaranteed placement with one of your top two author selections or $150 for an unguaranteed placement. To register online, visit:

    $150 – $250
  • Reading from The Blue Box at Carmichaels

    Carmichael's Bookstore - Frankfort 2720 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY, United States

    Sallie will be reading from her new book, The Blue Box: Three Lives in Letters.

  • Reading from The Blue Box at The New York Society Library

    The New York Society Library 53 East 79th Street, New York, NY, United States

    When we come into possession of family letters, we may initially not know what to do with them. Sallie Bingham will discuss using techniques of fiction and research to both use and transcend the purely personal.

  • Reading from The Blue Box at Harvardwood

    The Players 16 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United States

    Sallie will be reading from her new book, The Blue Box: Three Lives in Letters.

  • SOMOS 2015 Winter Writers Series

    Harwood Museum Arthur Bell Auditorium 238 Ledoux Street, Taos, NM, United States

    I'll be reading from The Blue Box as part of the SOMOS 2015 Winter Writers Series with Cecil Dawkins, author of A Woman of the Century, Frances Minerva Nunnery (1898-1997).

  • Creative Writing Reading Series: Sallie Bingham

    Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY, United States

    I will be reading from The Blue Box and discussing using family materials for memoir, courtesy of the English department.

  • Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing

    Kentucky Room, Kentucky Museum 1400 Kentucky St., Bowling Green, KY, United States

    The Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing is a contest hosted annually by WKU and is open to students in an English major or minor as well as those in creative writing classes.

  • The Santa Fe Artist Series

    St. John's College Santa Fe - Peterson Student Center

    Sallie Bingham will be reading from her forthcoming biography of Doris Duke, entitled Doris Duke: The Invention of the New Woman, to be published next year by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

    Free
  • Reading from “Little Brother”

    Garcia Street Books 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe, NM, United States

    My first public reading of my latest book will be here in Santa Fe, at Garcia Street Books.

  • “Little Brother” and My Long Career as a Writer

    The Church of the Holy Faith 311 E. Palace Ave., Santa Fe, NM, United States

    In this Library Open House presentation, I'll be reading from my latest book, Little Brother, as well as discussing my life as an author.

  • Sallie Bingham, Steve Fox and Lucy Herrman

    SOMOS Salon & Bookshop 108 Civic Plaza Drive, Taos, MO, United States

    All 2022 November Prose Month readings are free and donations are always welcome to support SOMOS' literary programs.

  • Reading at Otero Arts Inc

    Otero Arts Inc 1118 Indiana Ave., Almagordo, NM, United States

    I'll be reading from and discussing my forthcoming book Taken by the Shawnee, due in the Spring of 2024.

  • Author Event at Travel Bug with Sallie Bingham

    Travel Bug 839 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, United States

    Following my incredibly successful reading at Travel Bug for Little Brother, I'm very much looking forward to the first reading of my latest title here in Santa Fe.

  • Taken by the Shawnee at Carmichael’s Bookstore

    Carmichael's Bookstore - Frankfort 2720 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY, United States

    I'll be back at Carmichael's on Frankfort, for a reading and discussion of my latest book, Taken By The Shawnee. We'll have a Q&A at the end, followed by a book signing.

  • “Taken by the Shawnee” with Author Sallie Bingham

    The Santa Fe Public Library - Southside Library 6599 Jaguar Dr, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    In a most unusual portrait of early America, a young mother’s years in captivity with the Shawnee prove to be the best years of her life.

  • “Taken by the Shawnee” with Author Sallie Bingham

    The Santa Fe Public Library - Main Library 145 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    In a most unusual portrait of early America, a young mother’s years in captivity with the Shawnee prove to be the best years of her life.

  • Reading at The Church of the Holy Faith

    The Church of the Holy Faith 311 E. Palace Ave., Santa Fe, NM, United States

    I'll be reading from Taken by Indians at The Church of the Holy Faith in Santa Fe.

  • Reading with Rebecca Reynolds at SOMOS, in Taos

    SOMOS Salon & Bookshop 108 Civic Plaza Drive, Taos, MO, United States

    On November 1st, I'll be reading with Kevin Honold for the 8th Annual Prose Month at SOMOS.

    Free
  • Sallie Bingham & Joan Brooks Baker

    The Santa Fe Public Library - Main Library 145 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    I'll be reading one of the 18 short stories in my forthcoming book Cowboy Tales on Thursday, November 14th at the Santa Fe Main Library.

    Free