Join us for a special National Tattoo Day (July 17) author talk and book signing with local NC author Angela Leigh, about her debut poetry book Tattoos, Tacos, and Time!
We’ll have a temporary tattoo station & MORE TBA!
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IS REQUESTED (please fill out the form below):
ABOUT TATTOOS, TACOS, AND TIME
Angela Leigh paints an unfiltered portrait of love, lust, partnership, loss, and transformation. Tattoos, Tacos, and Time traces the author’s journey home to herself. Sapphic, sensual, sweet, raw, and empowering, this poetry collection celebrates the quiet everyday moments and the ones that change everything.
Along with celebrating queer love and identity, the book also promotes LGBTQ+ advocacy efforts. Leigh donates $2 from each retail-priced copy sold to a local Pride organization associated with signing events or, if none exists locally, to The Trevor Project.
ABOUT ANGELA LEIGH
Originally from Salisbury, NC, Angela Leigh has also lived in Buies Creek and Fuquay-Varina before settling in western North Carolina. An assistant professor and program coordinator for the online bachelor of arts and applied sciences degree in human services at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, Leigh has been writing seriously for over a decade. While her early focus was mainly on fiction, poetry gradually became a more deliberate creative outlet over the last several years, expanding from free verse into various poetic forms and styles.
She holds both a PhD and a master’s degree in counseling and mental health, and has spent more than 20 years working in education and mental health services.
Leigh is also a member of Mensa and previously owned an independent bookstore (Adventure Bound Books in Morganton) known for its embrace of inclusivity and advocacy. One memorable moment from that chapter was turning a critical online review calling the store “the wokest bookstore east of the Mississippi” into merchandise that raised funds for The Trevor Project.