Christopher Cokinos | Still As Bright

Join award-winning poet, writer, and Utah-based author Christopher Cokinos for an in-person book event to celebrate the release of his illuminating new history of the moon, Still As Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon, from Antiquity to Tomorrow. This event is open to the public and will take place at the bookshop. After the discussion and Q&A, join Chris to look through his telescope at the rising moon in the sky!

Registration is required for this free event. Reserve your spot on Eventbrite here.

Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event. You may also pre-order your signed copy of Still As Bright to pick up at the event, by either calling the store at 801-484-9100 or ordering online. If you cannot make this event, signed copies of Still As Bright may be ordered from our website. Please specify in the comments if you would like your copy personalized. Places in the signing line are reserved for those who purchase a copy from The King's English.

About the book:

In the luminously told Still As Bright, the story of the Moon traverses time and space, rendering a range of human experiences—from the beliefs of ancient cultures to the science of Galileo’s telescopic discoveries, from the obsessions of colorful 19th century “selenographers” to the astronauts of Apollo and, now, Artemis.

Still As Bright also traces Cokinos's own lunar pilgrimage. With his backyard telescope, he explores the surface of the Moon, while rooted in places both domestic and wild, and this award-winning poet and writer rediscovers feelings of solace, love and wonder in the midst of loss and change.

Simultaneously steeped in rigorous cultural and scientific history, as well as memoir, Still As Bright is a thoughtful, deeply moving, evergreen natural history. It takes readers on a lyrical journey that spans the human understanding of our closest celestial neighbor, whose multi-faceted appeal has worked on witches, scientists, poets, engineers and even billionaires.

Still As Bright is a must-read for anyone who has ever looked up into the night sky in awe and wonder. Readers will never look at the Moon the same way again.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The King's English Bookshop, 1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, United States