Mother’s Day Gift Guide lists two poetry books by Janet Ruth Heller

Stephanie Sumner has included two of my poetry books, Folk Concert: Changing Times (Anaphora Literary Press) and Exodus (WordTech Editions), in her Mother's Day Gift Guide. You can find the listing at http://stephscheersandjeers.com/2020-mothers-day-gift-guide/ Folk Concert concerns the journey of becoming a woman during difficult times. Themes include feminism, love relationships, college teaching, nature, psychotherapy, travel, the anti-Vietnam War movement, family, the life of an artist/entertainer/writer, and music.  The poems in Exodus are modern re-interpretations and psychological explorations of the people and events in the Bible. A central metaphor is the exodus from Egypt, which represents the journeys that people make: trying new experiences, leaving a bad relationship, finding a new job, taking risks. Many of the poems are dramatic monologues from the perspective of a character in the Scriptures. Cover of the poetry book Folk Concert: Changing Times

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CAN POETRY BE FUNNY? Reading on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 7 p.m. at the Kalamazoo Public Library

Hear great funny poems at the “CAN POETRY BE FUNNY?” reading on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 7 p.m. at the Kalamazoo Public Library in the Van Deusen Room on the third floor.  Special guest speakers are Don Cooney, Lori Moore, Dennis White, Marshall Washington, Judy Sarkozy, Garrard McLeod, Michael Cockrell, and Bonnie Jo Campbell.  This event is free and open to the public. Local poets reading their work are Jennifer Clark, Joe Gross, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Kit Almy, Janet Ruth Heller, Deborah Gang, Melanie Crow, Margaret DeRitter, Kurt Luchs, Robin Church, Alison Kennedy, and Gemma Wesolowski.  This event is sponsored by Friends of Poetry.  This reading is free and open to the public.  The Kalamazoo Public Library’s address is 315 S. Rose St., Kalamazoo MI 49007.  For more information, please e-mail Elizabeth Kerlikowske at mme642@aol.com  or phone the Kalamazoo Public Library at 269-342-9837.

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