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April is National Poetry Month! I spoke to Melissa Eleftherion, Ukiah's Poet Librarian, about local poetry goings-on, as well as her new volume of erasure poetry titled "Suture."
"A suture stitches a wound closed, but what is left after that wound heals—a scar? Or a memory? In this new collection, Melissa Eleftherion excavates the Flowers in the Attic series of books by V C Andrews to tell her own story in spare, haunting poems (or …sutures) that detail the lasting trauma of a violent childhood."
In our conversation we mentioned several poetry events happening here in Mendocino County, including the LOBA series (April 18, 3:00 at the Ukiah Branch Library), the 24th annual Haiku festival (April 26, 2:00 pm at Grace Hudson Museum), and Writers Read (the last Thursday of every month, also at Grace Hudson Museum). And Melissa's book launch will be held at Medium Gallery, 110 South School Street, at 6:00 pm on April 25th.
"A suture stitches a wound closed, but what is left after that wound heals—a scar? Or a memory? In this new collection, Melissa Eleftherion excavates the Flowers in the Attic series of books by V C Andrews to tell her own story in spare, haunting poems (or …sutures) that detail the lasting trauma of a violent childhood."
In our conversation we mentioned several poetry events happening here in Mendocino County, including the LOBA series (April 18, 3:00 at the Ukiah Branch Library), the 24th annual Haiku festival (April 26, 2:00 pm at Grace Hudson Museum), and Writers Read (the last Thursday of every month, also at Grace Hudson Museum). And Melissa's book launch will be held at Medium Gallery, 110 South School Street, at 6:00 pm on April 25th.
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Toni Wheeler
Toni Wheeler, the host of Turning Pages, grew up in New York and raised her kids in South Florida, where she lived for 25 years before relocating to Mendocino County She is a bookseller at Mendocino Book Company in downtown Ukiah, where she has enjoyed talking about books with readers since 2014. And as a frequent guest on the Summer Reads show on Jefferson Public Radio, out of Southern Oregon University, Toni discovered that she also enjoys talking about books on the radio.
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Turning Pages is a monthly half-hour show for book lovers. Each month, Toni will share book reviews, author interviews and news from the book world, with a focus on California authors, and invites comments, questions and book recommendations from listeners via email at TurningPagesKZYX@gmail.com
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