“Benefit Show for Ruelaine’s Femora”!
I was going to write a normal blurb about how Sam, Bob, Rue and I are going to perform this Sunday to promote our book, 4 Against the Wall … but I just found out Ruelaine fell earlier this week and fractured her femur/ femora in her leg. Poor Ruelaine!
So this is going to be a Benefit Show for Ruelaine's Femora!! Please come out and join us. Our flier reads:
On Sunday, Feb. 26th, at 2 PM, Schuler Books & Music at the Eastwood Town Center will feature a poetry reading and booksigning by the authors of "4 Against the Wall" — Zack Chartkoff, Sam Mills, Robert Rentschler and Ruelaine Stokes. The books features the photography of Roxanne Frith, a photography teacher at Lansing Community College and a staff member of Schuler's.
The four poets — and their work — in many ways represent the vitality and fresh vision of the Lansing poetry scene. Together their work spans several decades in this city that is simultaneously factory town, university town, state capitol — and, over the years, both a hothouse and a sanctuary for poetry.
Included in the book is a lively set of interviews documenting the state of poetry in the Lansing area over the past three decades, in addition to collections of poetry from each of the four artists. The book will be available at Schuler's.