The Walnut Poetry series will host a poetry reading and book signing with poet Irene Latham on Thursday, August 9, at 7 PM at Walnut Gallery with a reception immediately following. The event is free and open to the public, though donations are welcome.
Walnut Poetry Series is presented by the Walnut Gallery in association with the Alabama State Council on the Arts. Additional support has been provided by the Hardin Center for Cultural Arts.
From www.irenelatham.com:
“Irene Latham’s passion for poetry started as soon as she could read and write, with Shel Silverstein and love poems crafted for her mother. Named Alabama State Poetry Society 2006 Poet of the Year, Irene has published poems in anthologies, journals and literary magazines in both the adult and children’s markets. Her first volume What Came Before (Negative Capability Press, 2007) earned a 2008 Independent Publisher’s (IPPY) Award and was named Alabama State Poetry Society’s 2007 Book of the Year. Her latest collection The Color of Lost Rooms (Blue Rooster Press, 2010) features poems inspired by history, art and nature and was awarded the Writer’s Digest 19th Annual Book Prize for Poetry and named a National Indie Excellence Book Award Finalist. She has served as poetry editor for Birmingham Arts Journal for the past ten years and especially loves discovering and working with people just finding their poetic voices. She is also the author of two novels for children: Leaving Gee’s Bend (Putnam/Penguin, 2010) and Don’t Feed the Boy (Roaring Brook/Macmillan, 2012).”