The Truckee Library Celebration of Gratitude poetry reading will take place on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Truckee Library. The event will feature a poetry reading by June Saraceno and Karen Terrey. Each poet will share poems on the theme of Gratitude and offer a short writing prompts for all levels of experience.
June Sylvester Saraceno is the author of the novel Feral, North Carolina, 1965, and three poetry collections—The Girl from Yesterday, of Dirt and Tar, and Altars of Ordinary Light. She is director of the low residency MFA program in creative writing at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe.
There will be time for
socializing with the poets and a Q&A during the reading. The library will
provide light refreshments for all who attend. The event is completely free
and everyone from our community is encouraged to attend! Free copies of this year's book are available at all Nevada
County Library Branches.
Nevada County Reads is an annual county-wide reading event, during which our entire community is invited to read, discuss, and engage together around a common book. Each year since 2005, the Nevada County Library and Nevada County Superintendent of Schools have joined with community partners to present this opportunity for Nevada County to build a stronger community through shared reading.
Our 2024 Nevada County Reads selection is Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by poet Ross Gay, a collection of poems that explore the beauty and joy of being alive in a world which is tragically affected by the passage of time. This year's NCR period is presented in partnership with the Nevada County Arts Council. A month of poetry celebration will culminate with a free, in-person discussion and audience Q&A with Ross Gay on April 13, 2024 at 5:30PM at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley as part of the Sierra Poetry Festival.
Ross Gay is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. In addition to his poetry, Ross has released three collections of essays—The Book of Delights was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller; Inciting Joy was released in 2022, and his newest collection, The Book of (More) Delights was released in September of 2023.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear some of the finest poets in Nevada County and to celebrate the power of gratitude in our lives. For more information about Nevada County Reads 2024 and other related events, please visit the Nevada County Library website at www.nevadacountyreads.com.
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