Author Signing: L.M. Beatty

Local author, L.M. Beatty, will be at the Library on Tuesday, October 28 signing copies of her debut collection of poetry, Objects Things Stuff—Messy Bits We Carry Around.

Swing by the Library Lobby between the hours of 3 pm – 5 pm for your chance to meet the author and add her publication to your shelf!

About the author: “L.M. Beatty is an artist & author (+ yoga instructor, freelance copywriter & florist because life is too short to pigeon-hole oneself). She holds a double major in international business and political science from Olivet Nazarene University and an M.A. in cross-cultural and sustainable business management from the American University of Paris.

Her full-length book of poetry Objects Things Stuff: Messy Bits We Carry Around was published by Dark Thirty Poetry Publishing in July 2025. Her poetry, paintings, photography and essays have appeared in Free the Verse; Woods Reader, Write City E-Zine, Dark Thirty Poetry; Sunday Mornings by the River; Reverie Lit; Splendeur Magazine and the Chill Subs newsletter, among other publications.

Read more and view her art at lmbeatty.com or on Instagram (@l.m.beatty).” The book can be purchased at Bookshop.org (https://bookshop.org/a/109412/9781068576676) or at the Library on the day of Beatty’s signing!

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