Wed, Mar 19
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Mark Sundeen, Delusions and Grandeur: Dreamers of the New West
"This is the West as seen through the eyes of ordinary people with extraordinary connections who have explored politics, literature, environment, and the act of being human. Sundeen has an uncanny knack for finding himself in the thick of things." --Craig Childs, author Tracing Time
Date, Time & Location
Mar 19, 2025, 6:00 PM MDT
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
Join us in-store or register to watch on Zoom here.
Mark Sundeen will be in conversation with Outside Magazine Editor Chris Keyes.
Pre-order Delusions and Grandeur (publishing February 18, $21.95 paperback) from CWB online here or call the store to order (505) 988-4226.
In these new and selected essays, Mark Sundeen recounts two decades of political activism, outdoor exploration, and empathetic curiosity. He was both witness to and active participant in pivotal cultural and political events of the new millennium, from Howard Dean’s presidential campaign to the Iraq War protests and the NoDAPL uprising in Standing Rock. But what brings these large phenomena into humanistic focus is the cast of idiosyncratic people he meets. Using first-person reportage, well-crafted storytelling, and wry, self-deprecating humor, Sundeen’s keen observations illustrate what everyday life is like for people in the contemporary American West, with all their systemic precarities and individual triumphs.
About the Author