October 11, 2011, Tuesday - New Poetry from Nodin Press: Cary Waterman, Greg Watson, & Linda Back McKay at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

Location: The Loft at Open Book (Performance Hall) 1011 Washington Avenue South

Spend an evening with poets Cary Waterman, Greg Watson, and Linda Back McKay as they read from their new collections published by Nodin Press. Cary Waterman will read from Book of Fire which explores the elusive passage of time and evokes the beauty and solace of nature. Greg Watson’s What Music Remains searches memories, libraries and coffee-shops, love and miscommunication, giving voice to melancholy reflections while capturing delicate insight with a unique turn of phrase. The Next Best Thing by Linda Back McKay contains lyrical and pithy reflections on gender equality, unemployment, Frida Kahlo, motorcycles, bears, orchids, free time, herons, and the vagaries of family history.

Cary Waterman is the author of four previous collections of poetry. Her poems are included in the anthologies Poets Against the War, To Sing Along the Way: Minnesota Women Poets from Pre-territorial Days to the Present and Where One Song Ends, Another Begins: 150 Years of Minnesota Poetry. She has received fellowships from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Bush Foundation, the Loft and the McKnight Foundation. She lives in St. Paul and teaches creative writing at Augsburg College in Minneapolis.

Greg Watson’s work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including The Seattle Review, Tulane Review, and Poetry East. His most recent collections are Things You Will Never See Again and The Distance Between Two Hands. He lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Linda Back McKay is author of several poetry collections as well as the groundbreaking book, Shadow Mothers: Stories of Adoption and Reunion, which was inspiration for the play, “Watermelon Hill,” produced by the History Theatre in Saint Paul. She is a teaching artist, working with youth and adults. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with David McKay. As often as possible, they travel with their Harley-Davidson motorcycle, which is red, because red bikes go faster.

This event is free and open to the public.