October 19, 2011, Wednesday - Publication Reading: Jane Yolen -- Things to Say to a Dead Man at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

Location:  The Loft, 1011 Washington Avenue South

In Things to Say to a Dead Man, internationally renowned author Jane Yolen has composed a sequence of tough, angry and moving love poems that express grief and gratitude for her late husband David, as witness to his treatment for and passing from cancer, and the ongoing loss that is felt years after his death. Jane Yolen, often called "the Hans Christian Andersen of America," is the author of over 300 books, including Owl Moon, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and The Devil's Arithmetic.

The books range from rhymed picture books and baby board books through middle-grade fiction, poetry collections, nonfiction, novels and story collections for young adults and adults, and two books of adult poetry. Her books and stories have won two Nebula Awards, a World Fantasy Award, a Caldecott Medal, the Golden Kite Award, three Mythopoetic awards, two Christopher Medals, a nomination for the National Book Award and the Jewish Book Award. She is also the winner (for body of work) of the Kerlan Award, the World Fantasy Association Lifetime Achievement Award and the Catholic Library's Regina Medal.