Join us for a reading at the Central Library with local authors Nina Rubinstein Alonso, who will be sharing from her two recently published works, Balancing On One Leg ( a novel published by Wilderness House) and her poetry chapbook The Ones I Could Tell Anything (published by Ibbetson Street); and Tomas O’Leary, who will be reading from his work: In The Wellspring of the Ear, New and Selected Poems.
About The Authors:
Nina Rubinstein Alonso's poetry and stories have appeared in Ploughshares, The New Yorker, U. Mass. Review, Writing in a Woman's Voice, Nixes Mate, Ibbetson Street, Broadkill Review, Southern Women's Review, Peacock Journal, Sumac, Wilderness House, The New Boston Review, Pensive Journal, Taj Mahal Review, etc. Her previous work includes, This Body (David Godine Press), Riot Wake (Cervena Barva Press), a story collection Distractions En Route (Ibbetson Street Press), and Travels With Fernando (Wilderness House Press). She's also the editor of Constellations a Journal of Poetry and Fiction, reading submissions for our fourteenth annual print issue. She taught at Boston Ballet for eleven years and continues as director and teacher of Fresh Pond Ballet.
Tomas O’Leary is a poet, translator, music-maker, singer, artist, and expressive therapist. His works include: In the Wellspring of the Ear: New & Selected Poems, Fool at the Funeral, The Devil Take a Crooked House, and A Prayer for Everyone. A teacher for many years — (college, high school, elementary, adult ed) — he also worked for decades with folks who have Alzheimer's, playing Irish accordion and eliciting cognitive and emotional responses through songs, stories, poems, & free-wheeling conversation.
Questions? Contact Kerry: keodonnell@somervillema.gov
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