October 9, 2026 3:40 a.m. 

Umpqua Community College’s Sue Shaffer Learning Commons & Library and Roseburg Public Library will host “An Evening with Author B. R. Lewis” on Wednesday, October 28th, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at UCC’s Sue Shaffer Learning Commons & Library.

A UCC release said Lewis currently teaches at UCC and will discuss his writing journey and read selections from “A Certain Kind of Luck”, followed by an audience question-and-answer session. A book signing will follow the presentation.

The release said the collection’s fourteen stories explore life’s duality and the ways an unexpected turn of luck can lead to a dream fulfilled—or a life never imagined. Spanning several generations in the Pacific Northwest, Lewis’s characters navigate family relationships, economic uncertainty, personal and historical trauma, and injustice.

From Camas, Washington, to Roseburg, Oregon, and from riverbanks to rural communities, the stories examine the tension between caring for others and honoring one’s own needs. A young married couple confront jealousy, financial pressures and unplanned parenthood, while a Yakama mechanic questions why he is rebuilding a fishing platform on a river where there are no salmon.

The evening offers readers an opportunity to hear directly from Lewis about the collection, explore his writing process and join in a conversation about stories rooted in the landscapes and lives of the Pacific Northwest. A limited number of copies of “A Certain Kind of Luck” will be available for purchase.