Author Urrea visits Palouse this week

Bestselling author Luis Alberto Urrea will be visiting the Palouse this week for Everybody Reads.

Urrea’s book, “The House of Broken Angels,” is this year’s selection for the community reading program. The novel, which was inspired by the death of his brother, follows a Mexican-American family in San Diego, giving a close-up look at their daily lives.

Urrea will give eight talks at libraries and other locations about his book, as well as the writing process, Latino family and culture, and United States/Mexican Border issues.

Today: Noon, Artisans of Dahmen Barn in Uniontown; 7 p.m., Nezperce Community Library

Wednesday: Noon, Asotin County Library at Basalt Cellars, Clarkston; 7 p.m., Lewiston City Library

Thursday: Noon, 12 p.m., Whitman County Library, Colfax (RSVP if you want lunch); 7 p.m., Neill Public Library, Pullman

Friday: Noon, Washington State University, Holland Library, Pullman; 7 p.m., Latah County Library at the 1912 Center, Moscow

Everybody Reads started in 2000 as a collaboration among Palouse and Lewis-Clark Valley libraries. For more information, visit everybody-reads.org.