On War and Peace, and Veterans
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- November
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Authors and activists zero in selections for Veteran’s Day at a reading next Friday. “Poets and Writers on War and Peace,” features selections by award-winning poet and human rights activist D. Nurkse and poet Frances Richey.
The Slapering Hol Press Second Friday Café Reading Series at the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center will present this fourth annual Veteran’s Day Reading at 7:30 p.m. N0v. 13.
Nurkse will read selections from his works, including “The Border Kingdom” (Random House, 2008) (to the left, cover art from Random House)
Richey will be reading selections from her book of poems The Warrior: A Mother’s Story of a Son at War (Viking, 2008) which was nominated for a Pushcart Award.
Also included are readings by selected community poets and writers including Margaret Kogan, Philip M Carr-Harris, Christina Turczyn, Mervyn Taylor, Gloria Lazar, Ruth D. Handel, Natalie Safir, Laura Vookles, Gillian Cummings, Michael Carman, Terry Dugan, Andrew Acciar, ; Gretl Claggett and Andrea Alterman.
The reading is at The Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow.. For information call 914- 332 5953. Admission is $5 ($3 for members) payable at the door. . A Q&Aand book-signing and wine and cheese reception will follow the reading. Host for the evening is Cindy Beer-Fouhy.
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