Mancos author Curt Melliger will read from his new book, “Discovering Heaven Here on Earth,” and discuss his unusual writing style and his unique background from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive.
Melliger grew up in the middle of America and left at age 17 to see the rest of it. During and after his travels, he worked a number of jobs including pearl diver, pool cleaner, garbage collector, door-to-door solicitor for the Polish Relief Fund, railroader, bridge builder, engine mechanic, apprentice lineman, night watchman, carpenter, custodian and caregiver before discovering his true calling in 2004.
Since then, over 80 of his articles have appeared in a wide variety of magazines, newspapers and literary journals, including Alaska, Bird Watcher’s Digest, Catholic Digest, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cribbage World, Mountain Gazette, New Mexico, Oregon Coast and Snowy Egret.
