Heavens to Betsy with Robert Long Foreman

June 09, 2026
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Robert Long Foreman is an award-winning writer with  Wheeling roots. He earned a Ph.D. in English with a Creative Writing emphasis at the University of Missouri and now lives in Kansas City. Heavens to Betsy was inspired by the time Robert ran into the street to stop a pug dog from getting smashed to death by a dump truck. The book has been called “a hodgepodge, part anti-memoir, part unlikely hero’s tale, in which Betsy, the little pug who nearly meets her end beneath a dump truck, becomes an eponym for failure, inspiration, origin stories, aging, parenting, sustainability, and more.” www.robertlongforeman.com

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"Lunch With Books" is the library’s flagship program for adult patrons. These lunchtime programs feature authors, poets, musicians, historians, and more every Tuesday at noon. Bring lunch (to your computer), feed your brain!