

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Patricia Henley: Launch Party & Reading for Apple & Palm 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join Main Street Books and the Center for Literary Arts for a reading and launch party celebrating Patricia Henley's Apple &amp; Palm. 

The linked stories in Apple &amp; Palm are set in and around the town of Whistle Pig, in Western Maryland, and like the mountains that surround it, Whistle Pig may appear unchanging, as immutable as geography. Yet the lives of the characters in Apple &amp; Palm contrast with that predictability....The stories in Apple &amp; Palm are a provocative close-up examination of aging, memory, and desire. Sentence by sentence, Patricia Henley shows in Apple &amp; Palm why she is a master of the short story craft.

Patricia Henley is the author of three novels, five collections of stories, two chapbooks of poetry, and a stage play. Her first novel, Hummingbird House, was a finalist for the National Book Award and The New Yorker Fiction Prize. Haywire Books published a 20th Anniversary Edition of Hummingbird House in November, 2019. Her short fiction has appeared in The Atlantic, Ploughshares, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, and other journals. Her first collection of stories, Friday Night at Silver Star (Graywolf), won the Montana First Book Award. Her work has been anthologized in Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, Circle of Women, The Last Best Place, and other anthologies. Apple &amp; Palm, her collection of linked stories, is forthcoming from Cornerstone Press in 2026. For 26 years she taught in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Purdue University. She teaches a monthly Zoom workshop for women writers and lives in Kingston, Washington.

This event is free and open to the public and sponsored by the Allegany Arts Council, the City of Frostburg, and several offices at FSU, including the Office of the President, the Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts &amp; Sciences, and the Department of Communication and Literature.

Please support Main Street Books as they support literary events in Western Maryland.

Main Street Books is accessible to individuals with disabilities. For additional information, call 301.689.5605
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/frostburg/patricia-henley-launch-party-and-reading-for-apple-and-palm/200029633174153
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, parties, entertainment, workshops, first-friday
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 33

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Frostburg
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Main Street Books
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- **full address**: Main Street Books, 13 W Main St, Frostburg, MD 21532-1301, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Main Street Books, 13 W Main St, Frostburg, MD 21532-1301, United States
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, parties, entertainment, workshops, first-friday
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Patricia Henley: Launch Party & Reading for Apple & Palm  ?
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