Tue, Apr 14
|Pale Fire Brewery
WMRA Books & Brews: April 14th @ Pale Fire in Harrisonburg hosted by Mary Katharine Froehlich (5)
WMRA Books & Brews Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home By Stephen Starring Grant
Time & Location
Apr 14, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Pale Fire Brewery, 217 S Liberty St #105, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, USA
About the Event
The WMRA Books & Brews series wraps up this season with Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home
An exuberant, hilarious, and profound memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working for the post office saved his life, taught him who he was, gave him purpose, and educated him deeply about a country he loves but had lost touch with.
Steve Grant was laid off in March of 2020. He was fifty and had cancer, so he needed health insurance, fast. Which is how he found himself a rural letter carrier in Appalachia, back in his old hometown.
Suddenly, he was the guy with the goods, delivering dog food and respirators and lube and heirloom tomato seeds and Lord of the Rings replica swords. He transported chicken feed to grandmothers living alone in…