Please join us for a special book launch event with Santa Fe author, Marcia Butler, to celebrate the release of her new novel Dear Virginia, Wait for Me. She will be in conversation with the award winning broadcast journalist Gil Gross and will read from her novel.
Jonathan Lee, international best-selling author of High Dive and The Great Mistake, writes: “Full of wit, charm, and its fair share of everything bagels, Marcia Butler’s moving book manages to be a warm and generous New York novel while grappling with the ghosts of childhood trauma, lost literary heroes, and societal definitions of “madness”. Her protagonist believes she’s being guided by the voice of Virginia Woolf, but it is Butler’s voice -- comforting and astute, alive to the music of kindness as well as betrayal -- that holds you to the end.”
Music will be provided by our own Jamie Hart and Joe West. Books will be available for signing and purchase.
Marcia Butler is an acclaimed memoirist, and author of two novels. Her third novel, Dear Virginia, Wait for Me, was inspired by the notion that everyone has conversations going on in their heads all of the time. But what would happen if a young woman relied on the benevolent voice in her head to guide her, and what if she believed that voice was Virginia Woolf? Prior to becoming an author, Marcia had several creative careers: professional musician, interior designer, and documentary filmmaker. During her thirty-year musical career, she performed as a principal oboist and soloist on the most renowned of New York and international stages, with many high-profile musicians and orchestras – including pianist Andre Watts and composer/pianist Keith Jarrett. Her interior design projects have been published in numerous shelter magazines. The Creative Imperative, her documentary film exploring the essence of creativity, premiered in 2019 in NYC at The New York Society Library. After many decades in New York City, Marcia now makes her home in Santa Fe.
Gil Gross is an award winning radio journalist who has reported the news to millions of Americans and interviewed pop culture icons and heads-of-state alike. A journalist for more than five decades, Gil became the youngest anchorman in ABC News history at age 23. He went on to win a string of investigative and journalism awards for international reporting covering major events of our time from 9/11 to space launches to wars in the Middle East, including the War in Iraq. His coverage of Hurricane Katrina won him the national Edward R. Murrow award, though his most cherished awards have been for investigative reporting on the plight of mistreated children. He has been Special Correspondent and Chief Anchor for ABC News Radio, as well as a correspondent and anchor for CBS and NBC News. As a newsman and humorist he has also combined his talents as Paul Harvey’s chief substitute at ABC and as the main substitute for Charles Osgood at CBS. Gil now does specials for CBS News Radio, produces podcasts for District Productive, and has been acting, especially in Shakespeare. Gil lives with his wife, actress-singer-broadcaster Rhoda Bodzinin Santa Fe.