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October’s Maze Books Indie Book Club Pick is Lynnell Edwards’ 2024 collection of poetry, “The Bearable Slant of Light” (Red Hen Press). Join the author/poet Lynnell Edwards and Rockford Poet Laureate Jenna Goldsmith and for a discussion about the book on Saturday, October 19th at 7pm. There is no cost to attend. Physical copies of the books can be purchased at Maze Books (starting Thursday 9/12) or online via our affiliate bookshop page at https://bookshop.org/a/86784/9781636281285 . About the Book
Lynnell Edwards’ most recent collection of poetry, The Bearable Slant of Light (Red Hen Press, 2024), documents the burden and beauty of mental illness in one family and across this history of writers and artists.
About the Author
Lynnell Edwards currently serves as faculty in poetry and Associate Programs Director for the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University where she is also book reviews editor for the program's literary journal Good River Review. She is a founding member and past president of Louisville Literary Arts and also served on the Kentucky Women Writers Conference Board of Directors. She holds the Ph.D in Rhetoric and Composition as well as the MA with Creative Writing Thesis, both from the University of Louisville. Her work often investigates the deep connections between a people and their place, including the natural, political, and family narratives in its history. https://www.lynnelledwards.com/
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406 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, United States, Illinois 61104
