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Poet Leona Sevick joins us for an evening of reading, a Q&A, and signing her newest collection, THE BAMBOO WIFE (Out in July, Trio House Press).Special guest Snowden Wright joins to share from his forthcoming novel, THE QUEEN CITY DETECTIVE AGENCY (Out in August, Harper Collins)
Friday, August 30th • 7 PM • Free
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Praise for THE BAMBOO WIFE:
“‘Now I speak the truth of who I am,’ Leona Sevick declares in ‘Hapa,’ the first poem of her stunning new collection, The Bamboo Wife. The truth, as always, is complicated. These meditations on parents, children, home, and heritage reveal how we grieve damage but still manage to perpetuate it. Each poem is also an act of love, like the Easter basket Sevick creates for her son months in advance because she’s convinced her current pregnancy will K*ll her. Death and violence shadow the book, particularly gun violence: no one is safe, and love sometimes fails. Yet those truths make poetry’s ‘dark gift’ all the more valuable.”
–Lesley Wheeler, author of The State She’s In and Poetry’s Possible Worlds
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About THE QUEEN CITY DETECTIVE AGENCY:
Following an unforgettable cast of characters and a jaded female P.I. enmeshed in a criminal conspiracy in 1980s Mississippi, The Queen City Detective Agency is a riveting, razor-sharp Southern noir that unravels the greed, corruption, and racism at the heart of the American Dream.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
978 Broad Street, Augusta, GA, United States, Georgia 30901
