4 Against the Wall — book signing & release party
Mark it on your calendar, take time off work, put your snow boots on and stomp across town to: Book Signing and Release Party for 4 Against the Wall at Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St. in Lansing's Old Town. The flyer reads:
On Wednesday, December 14, the Old Town Poetry Series is host to a unique event: a book release reading and signing for “4 Against the Wall,” a collection of poems from four Lansing poets, published this month by iUniverse. This collection showcases not only the recent work of Zachary Chartkoff, Sam Mills, Robert Rentschler and Ruelaine Stokes, but also a record of a spirited roundtable discussion between the poets on the state of poetry — and the remarkable poetry scene in Lansing — they have witnessed for over thirty years. Poet and former MSU professor F. Richard Thomas has written a forward to the book.
The work of these four poets, both together and separately, have delighted audiences over several decades in a city that is simultaneously factory town, university town, state capitol — and hothouse and sanctuary for poetry.
The poets will each read a selection of their poems from the book, beginning at 7:30 P.M. Copies of the book will be available for sale, and the authors will sign copies after the reading. Refreshments — wine and cheese, naturally — will be provided. The event is free and open to the public at the Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner Street in Old Town, Lansing. Ample free parking is available, both on the street and in the city parking lot on Grand River at the foot of Turner Street.