This September, we are throwing a Bookswap for the (art) history books. Join us and our special guest authors, nationally acclaimed local poets Dean Rader and Melissa Stein, as we come together to celebrate the first Bookswap of Autumn. What better to curl up on the couch with than a brilliant book of poetry? Absolutely nothing. If you didn’t know, now you know.
Named one of the Best Books of Poetry of the year by the Barnes & Noble Review, Dean Rader’s Landscape Portrait Figure Form is a sharp, moving collection about the collision of photography, poetry, and painting; art and reality; and Frog and Toad. What? Yes. The collection also includes a choose-your-own-adventure poem and a poem written as a Wikipedia article. Fascinated yet?
"A frog and a toad walk into a book of poems. They meet Paul Klee, Hieronymus Bosch, Adrienne Rich, Sesshu Toyo, Mark Twain, all of them escorted by Dean Rader. There are adventure poems, landscapes, assassins, self portraits, there are what some might call ‘ideas’ mixed with some very funny moments, and what we might quite seriously call ‘emotions.’ This collection will engage those interested in innovative, arresting, humorously engaging poetry."
Of Melissa Stein's Rough Honey, Major Jackson writes:
“In her piercing debut collection, in language that is seductively alert and textured enough to evoke rarely contemplated worlds, Melissa Stein appraises splendor and terror with a lyricism that feels dangerous and original. Such a passionate vision deserves our attention.”
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Bring a book that strikes you as poetic. It doesn’t have to be an actual collection of poetry. Anything that you love, that you deem poetic, will do. If you can’t find anything poetic, bring something about art, whether you consider it a literary work of art or art is the topic itself. As long as you love it, bring it to Bookswap. You’ll talk about it in groups and hear about the books that other people brought. We’ll drink a bunch of free wine and get to know our guest author. At the end, we’ll have a big, rowdy, white elephant swap, and you’ll leave with a new favorite (or ten.)
>>> Tickets are $10 and MUST BE purchased in advance. They do sell out! You can purchase them HERE: http://deanradermelissasteinbookswap.brownpapertickets.com/
**** Admission includes an open bar, swag, and 20% off everything you buy that night.
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Named one of the Best Books of Poetry of the year by the Barnes & Noble Review, Dean Rader’s Landscape Portrait Figure Form is a sharp, moving collection about the collision of photography, poetry, and painting; art and reality; and Frog and Toad. What? Yes. The collection also includes a choose-your-own-adventure poem and a poem written as a Wikipedia article. Fascinated yet?
"A frog and a toad walk into a book of poems. They meet Paul Klee, Hieronymus Bosch, Adrienne Rich, Sesshu Toyo, Mark Twain, all of them escorted by Dean Rader. There are adventure poems, landscapes, assassins, self portraits, there are what some might call ‘ideas’ mixed with some very funny moments, and what we might quite seriously call ‘emotions.’ This collection will engage those interested in innovative, arresting, humorously engaging poetry."
Of Melissa Stein's Rough Honey, Major Jackson writes:
“In her piercing debut collection, in language that is seductively alert and textured enough to evoke rarely contemplated worlds, Melissa Stein appraises splendor and terror with a lyricism that feels dangerous and original. Such a passionate vision deserves our attention.”
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Bring a book that strikes you as poetic. It doesn’t have to be an actual collection of poetry. Anything that you love, that you deem poetic, will do. If you can’t find anything poetic, bring something about art, whether you consider it a literary work of art or art is the topic itself. As long as you love it, bring it to Bookswap. You’ll talk about it in groups and hear about the books that other people brought. We’ll drink a bunch of free wine and get to know our guest author. At the end, we’ll have a big, rowdy, white elephant swap, and you’ll leave with a new favorite (or ten.)
>>> Tickets are $10 and MUST BE purchased in advance. They do sell out! You can purchase them HERE: http://deanradermelissasteinbookswap.brownpapertickets.com/
**** Admission includes an open bar, swag, and 20% off everything you buy that night.
This September, we are throwing a Bookswap for the (art) history books. Join us and our special guest authors, nationally acclaimed local poets Dean Rader and Melissa Stein, as we come together to celebrate the first Bookswap of Autumn. What better to curl up on the couch with than a brilliant book of poetry? Absolutely nothing. If you didn’t know, now you know.
Named one of the Best Books of Poetry of the year by the Barnes & Noble Review, Dean Rader’s Landscape Portrait Figure Form is a sharp, moving collection about the collision of photography, poetry, and painting; art and reality; and Frog and Toad. What? Yes. The collection also includes a choose-your-own-adventure poem and a poem written as a Wikipedia article. Fascinated yet?
"A frog and a toad walk into a book of poems. They meet Paul Klee, Hieronymus Bosch, Adrienne Rich, Sesshu Toyo, Mark Twain, all of them escorted by Dean Rader. There are adventure poems, landscapes, assassins, self portraits, there are what some might call ‘ideas’ mixed with some very funny moments, and what we might quite seriously call ‘emotions.’ This collection will engage those interested in innovative, arresting, humorously engaging poetry."
Of Melissa Stein's Rough Honey, Major Jackson writes:
“In her piercing debut collection, in language that is seductively alert and textured enough to evoke rarely contemplated worlds, Melissa Stein appraises splendor and terror with a lyricism that feels dangerous and original. Such a passionate vision deserves our attention.”
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bring a book that strikes you as poetic. It doesn’t have to be an actual collection of poetry. Anything that you love, that you deem poetic, will do. If you can’t find anything poetic, bring something about art, whether you consider it a literary work of art or art is the topic itself. As long as you love it, bring it to Bookswap. You’ll talk about it in groups and hear about the books that other people brought. We’ll drink a bunch of free wine and get to know our guest author. At the end, we’ll have a big, rowdy, white elephant swap, and you’ll leave with a new favorite (or ten.)
>>> Tickets are $10 and MUST BE purchased in advance. They do sell out! You can purchase them HERE: http://deanradermelissasteinbookswap.brownpapertickets.com/
**** Admission includes an open bar, swag, and 20% off everything you buy that night.
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Named one of the Best Books of Poetry of the year by the Barnes & Noble Review, Dean Rader’s Landscape Portrait Figure Form is a sharp, moving collection about the collision of photography, poetry, and painting; art and reality; and Frog and Toad. What? Yes. The collection also includes a choose-your-own-adventure poem and a poem written as a Wikipedia article. Fascinated yet?
"A frog and a toad walk into a book of poems. They meet Paul Klee, Hieronymus Bosch, Adrienne Rich, Sesshu Toyo, Mark Twain, all of them escorted by Dean Rader. There are adventure poems, landscapes, assassins, self portraits, there are what some might call ‘ideas’ mixed with some very funny moments, and what we might quite seriously call ‘emotions.’ This collection will engage those interested in innovative, arresting, humorously engaging poetry."
Of Melissa Stein's Rough Honey, Major Jackson writes:
“In her piercing debut collection, in language that is seductively alert and textured enough to evoke rarely contemplated worlds, Melissa Stein appraises splendor and terror with a lyricism that feels dangerous and original. Such a passionate vision deserves our attention.”
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bring a book that strikes you as poetic. It doesn’t have to be an actual collection of poetry. Anything that you love, that you deem poetic, will do. If you can’t find anything poetic, bring something about art, whether you consider it a literary work of art or art is the topic itself. As long as you love it, bring it to Bookswap. You’ll talk about it in groups and hear about the books that other people brought. We’ll drink a bunch of free wine and get to know our guest author. At the end, we’ll have a big, rowdy, white elephant swap, and you’ll leave with a new favorite (or ten.)
>>> Tickets are $10 and MUST BE purchased in advance. They do sell out! You can purchase them HERE: http://deanradermelissasteinbookswap.brownpapertickets.com/
**** Admission includes an open bar, swag, and 20% off everything you buy that night.
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