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After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery
for Life-Shattering Events
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Upcoming Events
(all times U.S. Eastern)
April 17, 2010 3:30 PM
After Shocks contributors Satyendra Srivastava, Marjory Heath Wentworth, and Susan Meyers will join editor Tom Lombardo for a reading at the inaugural book festival of the Morgridge International Reading Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando. The reading is scheduled for 3:30 PM, April 17, in Room 105 of the Psychology Building on the UCF campus. The reading is open to the public. See the web page of Morgridge International Reading Center for more details.
Srivastava, the distinguished poet/lecturer from Cambridge University, was born in India and lives in London and Cambridge. He writes in Hindi and English and travels widely to read his poems. Wentworth, the poet laureate of South Carolina, published her new collection Endless Repetition of an Ordinary Miracle (Presss 53, 2010). Meyers, won the the South Carolina Book Award for her collection Keep and Give Away (University of South Carolina Press, 2008).
Past Events
November 5, 2009
Tom Lombardo will discuss After Shocks and read selections from the anthology at Queens University of Charlotte, 1900 Selwyn Ave., in the Sykes Auditorium, corner of Selwyn Ave. and Wellesley St., Charlotte, NC at 7:30 PM.
May 2, 2009
Reading at Suffolk University, Mildred F. Sawyer Library, 73 Tremont Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02108 (617) 573-8535.
Contributors Jennifer Barber, Pam Bernard, Carol Dine, R. G. Evans, Annie Finch, Martha Collins, Steven Cramer, Jeffrey Levine, Nancy Tupper Ling, Afaa M. Weaver, and Ellen Doré Watson will join Editor Tom Lombardo to read their poems from After Shocks.
Contributors Jennifer Barber, Pam Bernard, Carol Dine, R. G. Evans, Annie Finch, Martha Collins, Steven Cramer, Jeffrey Levine, Nancy Tupper Ling, Afaa M. Weaver, and Ellen Doré Watson will join Editor Tom Lombardo to read their poems from After Shocks.
April 26, 2009
Reading at The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda, Maryland. Contributors who will read include Clinton B. Campbell, R.G. Evans, Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Kurtis Lamkin, and Marjory Wentworth will join Editor Tom Lombardo to read their poems from After Shocks.
March 11, 2009
Reading of After Shocks at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta. Contributors David Bottoms, Stellasue Lee, and Alexa Selph joined Tom Lombardo to read their poems from After Shocks.
March 8, 2009
Tom Lombardo was guest speaker at Adult Sunday School session of St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA. Readings from After Shocks and discussion.
February 28, 2009
South Carolina Book Festival Panel. Contributors Laurel Blossom, Clinton B. Campbell, Ed Madden, Susan Meyers, and Marjory Wentworth joined Tom Lombardo at this event in Columbia, SC, to read their poems from After Shocks and answer questions from an book festival audience.
February 14, 2009
Reading of After Shocks at The Book Stall, Aiken, SC. Contributors Laurel Blossom, Ed Madden, and Dennis Ward Stiles joined Tom Lombardo to read their poems from After Shocks.
February 8, 2009
Tom Lombardo was featured lecturer at Adult Sunday School session of First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA. Readings from After Shocks and discussion.
February 2, 2009
Live radio interview of Tom Lombardo by host Gail Cohn on Radio Sandy Springs. The podcast of this inteview is archived at Book Talk with Gail.
February 1, 2009
Tom Lombardo was guest speaker at Adult Sunday School session of First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA. Readings from After Shocks and discussion.
December 14, 2008
Interview with Tom Lombardo on Georgia Public Broadcasting's Jeff Calder on his program, Cover to Cover. This interview included readings by After Shocks contributors David Bottoms and Alexa Selph, plus Garrison Keillor reading Thomas Lux's poem from After Shocks. This 30-minute program, which aired on Dec. 14 on all GPB affiliates, is archived at Cover To Cover.
December 3, 2008
Live Interview by Dr. Arlene Barro with Tom Lombardo on BlogTalk Radio. Interview is archived at BlogTalk Radio.
November 9, 2008
Reading at Joseph Beth Booksellers, 2 PM, 4345 Barclay Downs Dr., Charlotte, NC 28209, 704-602-9800. Contributors Anthony Abbott, Cathy Smith Bowers, Genie Cotner, Linda Ferguson, Ed Madden, Susan Meyers, Gail Peck, Barbara Presnell, Rhett Iseman Trull, and Terri Wolfe joined Editor Tom Lombardo to read their poems from After Shocks.
November 2, 2008
Tom Lombardo was guest speaker at Adult Sunday School session of Otey Memorial Episcopal Church, Sewanee, TN. Readings from After Shocks and discussion.
November 1, 2008
Tom Lombardo was guest speaker at a combined Recovery Groups meeting of the Otey Episcopal Church, Sewannee, TN. Reading and discussion of After Shocks.
September 18, 2008
Reading at Charleston County Public Library. Contributors Paul Allen, Linda Ferguson, Richard Garcia, Barbara G.S. Hagerty, Kurtis Lamkin, Susan Meyers, Gail Peck, and Marjory Wentworth joined Editor Tom Lombardo to read their poems from After Shocks.
For therapists and clergy:
Using The Poetry of Recovery in Grief Counseling. Purchase After Shocks along with this guide for $21.95 plus $3.50 S&H.
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