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SUMMARY:Living Our Blessings Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Poets Linda McCauley Freeman\, Don Reilly\, and Richard Parisio 
 will read poetry and prose they have contributed to the recently published 
 anthology Living Our Blessings (Wising Up Press)\, in the Steinberg Room of 
 the Elting Memorial Library in New Paltz on Sunday\, April 12\, from 2:00 
 to 3:30 PM. Living Our Blessings features poems and prose on the themes of 
 aging\, mortality and gratitude in a variety of ways: wistful\, elegiac\, 
 affirmative\, or even celebratory. All of the writing engages bravely and 
 honestly\, sometimes humorously\, with the essential issues we all face as 
 human beings on this planet. There will be a break during which 
 participants will have the opportunity to write their own thoughts about 
 “living our blessings\,” and share them in a Q&A session after the 
 reading. \n\n\nLinda McCauley Freeman is the author of The Marriage Manual: 
 Poems (Backroom Window Press\, 2024) and The Family Plot\, Poems (BWP\, 
 2022). Nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Grand Prize winner of 
 StoriArts’ Maya Angelou poetry contest\, lines from her poems are 
 displayed at the Civil Rights Museum in Montgomery\, AL.\n\nDon Reilly is a 
 writer and gardener\, a professor at Bergen Community College in New 
 Jersey\, and holds an MFA from the City College of NY. He has published 
 stories in  Apricity\, Promethean\, and Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood\, and 
 literary criticism in Moments of Magical Realism.\n\nRichard Parisio lives 
 and writes in the Hudson Valley\, where he has worked as a naturalist and 
 educator for over four decades. His chapbook\, The Owl Invites Your 
 Silence\, won the 2013 Slapering Hol Press Poetry Chapbook Award\, and he 
 holds an MFA from Cedar Crest College. His full poetry collection\, 
 Trailside Register\, was published by Bushwack Books in 2025.\n\nThis 
 reading is free and open to all mortals! Registration (call Elting Memorial 
 Library at 845- 255-5030 ext 2\, or visit eltinglibrary.libcal.com) is 
 optional but encouraged. Registration holds your spot\; all registrants 
 will get an email reminder the day before the program.
LOCATION:Steinberg Reading Room\, Elting Memorial Library
ORGANIZER;CN="James Frauenberger":MAILTO:jfrauenberger@eltinglibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Adult Programs
CONTACT;CN="James Frauenberger":MAILTO:jfrauenberger@eltinglibrary.org
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