Author Reading: J. Brent Bill

On Sunday, April 7th, at 3pm, join J. Brent Bill for a reading of his new book, Amity: Stories from the Heartland. The reading will be followed by a Question & Answer session and book signing. 

This reading is appropriate for all ages. 

Proceeds from all purchases made through Indy Reads directly support our adult education and community & family programs! 

Amity: Stories from the Heartland is a collection of short stories by well-known Quaker writer Brent Bill. Each story is set in the Midwest of the United States, a region known for its honest, hardworking, plain-speaking, religious people who are as complex and thoughtful as the most urbane city dwellers. These stories are about 1930s housewives, modern-day priests, 1960s kids, and more — as well as the varieties and vagaries of their lives’ trials, triumphs, failings, joys, sorrows, and surviving — and the beauty and mystery of it all. 

J. Brent Bill is a writer, photographer, retreat leader, writing coach, and Quaker minister. He’s written and co-written many books including: 

• Amity: Stories from the Heartland! (newly released!) 
• Hope and Witness in Dangerous Times 
• Beauty, Truth, Life, and Love: Four Essentials for the Abundant Life 
• Holy Silence: 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded 
• Life Lessons from a Bad Quaker: A Humble Stumble Toward Simplicity and Grace 
• Finding God in the Verbs: Crafting a Fresh Language of Prayer 
• Awaken Your Senses: Exercises for Exploring the Wonder of God 
• Sacred Compass: The Way of Spiritual Discernment 
• Holy Silence: The Gift of Quaker Spirituality 
• Mind the Light: Learning to See with Spiritual Eyes 
• Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and Message 
• Imagination and Spirit: A Contemporary Quaker Reader 

… in addition to more than 100 short stories and non-fiction articles. 

 Brent serves on the faculty of the Midwest Writers Workshop, Indiana Writers Center, and has taught writing at the graduate school level. 

Brent graduated from Wilmington College and the Earlham School of Religion. He lives on Ploughshares Farm, which is fifty acres of Indiana farmland that is being reclaimed for native hardwood forests and warm season prairie grasses. 

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