Lakeport >> The literary program at Mendocino College Lake Center will feature authors Armando Garcia-Davila and Waights Taylor, Jr. Sunday at 2 p.m.
Garcia-Davila, a former Healdsburg literary laureate, describes himself as a “blue-collar poet,” as he expresses his wide-ranging thoughts rooted in his Mexican-American-Catholic upbringing. His latest book, “Profile: Poems and Stories,” is a mix of humor, love, family and pathos.
Taylor, born in Birmingham, Alabama, is the author of the award-winning “Our Southern Home,” an examination of the Civil Rights movement. His latest book and first novel, “Kiss of Salvation,” a mystery set in Alabama of the late 1940s, pairing a white homicide detective with a black private eye.
The event is presented by the Lake County Friends of Mendocino College and the Friends of the Mendocino College Library, affiliates of the Mendocino College Foundation. Admission is free. For more information, 468-3051.
The Mendocino College Lake Center is located at 2565 Parallel Drive in Lakeport.
