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SUMMARY:Building Bridges to Poetry Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Read and discuss a book of poems with others who appreciate 
 poetry and like to take a closer look at form\, structure\, and craft. 
 Discussions will be lively and interactive\, and participants will have a 
 chance to share thoughts and ask questions. Come prepared to read favorite 
 poems\, lines\, and passages from the book aloud. Participants ccan request 
 a library copy of the book during the registration process.\n\nMarch's 
 selection is The Shared World by Vievee Francis.  The discussion will be 
 led by Sandra Cross.\n\nThe latest collection from award-winning poet 
 Vievee Francis\, The Shared World imagines the ideas and ideals and spaces 
 of the Black woman. The book delves into inherited memories and 
 restrictions between families\, lovers\, and strangers and the perception 
 and inconvenient truth of Black woman as mother—with or without child. 
 Francis challenges the ways in which Black women are often dismissed while 
 expected to be nurturing. This raw assemblage of poetic narratives stares 
 down the oppressors from within and writes a new language in the art of 
 taking back the body and the memory. These poetic narratives are brutal in 
 their lyrical blows but tender with the bruised history left behind. “You 
 can't stop this / song\," she writes. “More hands than yours have closed 
 / around my throat." Francis's lyric gifts are on full display as she 
 probes self-discovery\, history\, intimacy\, and violence. Her voice 
 encompasses humor and gravity\, enigma and revelation. \n\nSandra Cross 
 lives in Stinson Beach\, between the Pacific Ocean and a redwood forested 
 mountain. After retiring from her legal career she has returned to her love 
 of reading and writing poetry and is also busy keeping deer\, foxes and 
 skunks out of her garden. She holds an MFA from Saint Mary's College and 
 serves as chairperson of the Marin Poetry Center.
LOCATION:Local History Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Anji Brenner":MAILTO:abrenner@cityofmillvalley.gov
CATEGORIES:Book Club, In Person, Poetry
CONTACT;CN="Anji Brenner":MAILTO:abrenner@cityofmillvalley.gov
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URL:https://millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/11345762
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