Author Talk at Scarsdale Library: Mailman by Stephen Starring Grant

Saturday December 13 at 11 am at Scarsdale Library:
Have you ever considered the immense undertaking of the American Postal Service and the dedicated men and women who make it happen? Join us to hear from Stephen Starring Grant as he does just that and shares his exuberant, profound, and hopeful memoir Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home.

"Steve Grant was laid off in March of 2020. He was fifty and had cancer, so he needed health insurance, fast. Which is how he found himself a rural letter carrier in Appalachia, back in his old hometown.

"Suddenly, he was the guy with the goods, delivering dog food and respirators and lube and heirloom tomato seeds and Lord of the Rings replica swords. He transported chicken feed to grandmothers living alone in the mountains and forded a creek with a refrigerator on his back. But while he carried the mail, he also carried a whole lot more than just the mail, including a family legacy of rage and the anxiety of having lost his identity along with his corporate job" - Simon & Schuster.

Copies of Mailman will be available for sale and signing during the event.

About the presenter

After twenty years as a consumer strategist, Stephen Starring Grant became a rural letter carrier during the pandemic. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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