MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN — Celebrate National Poetry Month at the Peter White Public Library with Andrea Scarpino and Matthew Gavin Frank on Wednesday, April 23 at 7:00pm in the library’s Shiras room, located on the upper level. The two writers will read from their newest works.
Andrea Scarpino is the author of the poetry collection Once, Then (Red Hen Press, 2014) and the chapbook The Grove Behind (Finishing Line Press). She received an MFA in Creative Writing from The Ohio State University and has published in numerous journals including The Cincinnati Review, Los Angeles Review, and Prairie Schooner. She contributes weekly to the blog Planet of the Blind.
Matthew Gavin Frank is the author of the nonfiction books, Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer (forthcoming July 2014 from W.W. Norton: Liveright), Pot Farm, and Barolo, the poetry books, The Morrow Plots, Warranty in Zulu, and Sagittarius Agitprop, and the chapbooks, Four Hours to Mpumalanga and Aardvark. He teaches creative writing in the MFA Program at Northern Michigan University, where he is the Nonfiction Editor of Passages North.
A book sale and signing opportunity will follow the presentations. There is no admission charge. For more information call the Peter White Public Library at 226-4318 or visit www.pwpl.info.
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