Poetry Book Discussion: Laure-Ann Bosselaar’s THESE MANY ROOMS

“Think of it: the worlds in this world. “ L.A. Bosselaar

Come join us for conservation about Laure-Anne Bosselaar ‘s most recent book of poetry, These Many Rooms. There will be readings of her poetry during our time together which will be on Zoom, November 17, 2021 at 6:30, facilitated by Janette Jameson.

Prior reading of the book is NOT a requirement of joining us! This is an opportunity simply to learn about the poet and her work.

Laure-Anne Bosselaar is a Belgian-American poet, translator, professor, and former poet laureate of Santa Barbara, California. She is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently, These Many Rooms (Four Way Books, 2019). Her collection, Small Gods of Grief (BOA Editions), won the 2001 Isabella Gardner Prize for Poetry. A New Hunger, (Ausable Press 2008) was an American Library Association Notable Book in 2008.

She grew up in Belgium, and moved to the United States in 1987. She earned her M.F.A. from the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. She taught poetry workshops in Colorado and co-directed the Aspen Writers’ Conference from 1989 to 1992. She is fluent in four languages, and has published poems in French and Flemish. She was a Breadloaf Fellow, was awarded the McEver Chair at Georgia Tech, taught at Emerson College, Sarah Lawrence College, at the College of Creative Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara, and is part of the founding faculty at the Solstice Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing Program of Pine Manor College. She is the widow of poet Kurt Brown and currently lives in Santa Barbara, California

Copies of the book will be available from the Modesto Library–ask at check-out desk or call (209) 558-7808.

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