Q&A With ‘Blue Graffiti’ Author Calahan Skogman
Here at MBC, we love putting a spotlight on upcoming authors.
This month, we’ve been fortunate enough to welcome Calahan Skogman to join us for a discussion about his debut novel Blue Graffiti.
The debut novel is a contemporary romance, which is a soft spot for many in our community.
About the Author:
Calahan Skogman is an actor and screenwriter hailing from Green Bay, Wisconsin. In early 2020, after a series of short films, extensive stage experience, and receiving his MFA in acting from the University of Southern California, he landed the role of Matthias Helvar in the highly anticipated Netflix adaptation of Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse novels titled "Shadow and Bone".
Blue graffiti
By Calahan Skogman
Synopsis:
A love letter to Johnston, WI, a small town in middle-of-nowhere Midwestern America.
Living in the home he inherited from his mother and abandoned by his father, painter and construction worker, Cash, has never known anything beyond the fields of Johnston, WI—never particularly wanted to, either. Why would he when his friends are there, his work is there, his history is there. He loves Johnston. But when an emerald-eyed stranger named Rose blows into town one summer evening in his favorite local bar, everything changes. It's love at first sight. For Cash, anyway.
What follows is an intimate reflection on the love, faith, and tragedy that courses through the blood of America’s backbone. Cash and his closest friends find themselves vital threads in the fabric of their community, the memory of those forgotten, and partners in a new enterprise: adventure.
A bluesey ode to the Beat generation for the modern era, Blue Graffiti is Wisconsin-raised writer Calahan Skogman's poetic debut imbued with an essential freedom, romance, and longing for a bygone era.
What Blue Graffiti Offers
Nostalgia
Forgiveness
Friendship
Hope
Pain
Love
Join Our QNA
Maude Garrett will interview Calahan Skogman on Thursday, September 17th!
Join us on Twitch from 5-7 p.m. PT.
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