North Carolina author and poet Joe Mills will discuss his new book, Bleachers: Fifty-Four Linked Fictions. Bleachers takes place during two youth soccer games, capturing the thoughts, concerns, realizations, and perspectives of the parents on the sidelines and in the stands. Their narratives interweave to form a portrait of community and parenting—always unpredictable, often complicated, and rarely what it seems. Q&A and booksigning to follow.