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Welcome to the Local Author Quarterly
Happy Early Summer! The Local Author Quarterly is a Library newsletter highlighting library events of interest to writers of all kinds. Whether you are a poet, a novelist, a journalist or a biographer, we're excited to share resources with you. Keep writing!
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Most Wednesdays from 4:30-6 PM in the Group Study Room Join Town Poet Laureate William Ward Butler in the Large Group Study Room for a drop in poetry writing group.
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Online Author Talks Inspiration when you need it. Check out this collection of author talks, available from wherever you are. Several new talks are added monthly, visit the calendar for a complete schedule. You can join in the conversation live, or view the recording later. Upcoming authors include:
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The poems in Life History are a delight, a pleasure, a litany of sorrows. “I carry my grief in take-out boxes,” writes Butler. And indeed, he does—in poems that explore isolation and loneliness as well as the deep, abiding joys of companionship. “Love of my life,” the speaker’s beloved addresses him. “Fear of my fear,” he answers. Here, angst is parceled into clever and compelling lines the serve to measure the weight and worth of experience. “We are all gold,” he tells us, “precious, dirty metal / passed through a generation of hands.” — Danusha Laméris, author of Bonfire Opera and The Moons of August, current Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County
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Need some inspiration?
Check out one of our Writer's Satchels. This kit has everything you need to move past a case of writer's block. Writing prompts, story cubes, a poetry kit, and inspiring words from Mary Oliver. Great for writers of all ages!
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