Given Time: Author Event with Christine Beck (in-person)

Join us for an in-person event with Christine Beck, to celebrate the release of her new book, Given Time

Given Time is a memoir in poetry about the breast cancer of Christine Beck’s mother and her own recent diagnosis. These poems juxtapose loss and hope, then and now, and two women—mother and daughter—as they twine their lives together, much like the trunks of the olive trees painted by Van Gogh. This collection resounds with the awareness that we all offer gifts to those we love. Some we recognize at the time if we’re lucky. Some we don’t see until we are far apart. Christine Beck and her mother live in these pages as the vibrant spirits they were and continue to be. Like yarn carried on the underside of an intricate knitted pattern, they are “linked by strands of pink.”

Christine Beck holds an MFA in poetry from Southern Connecticut State University and is the author of three books of poetry — Blinding Light (Grayson Books 2013), I’m Dating Myself, (Dancing Girl Press 2015) and Stirred, Not Shaken (Five Oaks Press 2016). She is a former Poet Laureate of the Town of West Hartford, CT. and former President of The Connecticut Poetry Society, where she created a poetry series called Poets on Poetry. She has also written Beneath the Steps: A Writing Guide for 12-Step Recovery and leads workshops for writers in recovery. She publishes a weekly essay about literature and life at christinebeck.substack.com. Her website is www.ChristineBeck.net.

Please register, so we can set the community room up with appropriate seating.

Books will be for sale at this event.

You may also like the following events from Avon Free Public Library:

• This Tuesday, 17th June, 03:00 pm, Zine Making in Avon
• Next Thursday, 26th June, 07:00 pm, What We Leave Behind: Author Event with Sue Halpern (in-person) in Avon
• Next Friday, 27th June, 02:00 pm, Crossing: Author Event with Glyn Vincent (in-person) in Avon

Also check out other Arts events in Avon, Literary Art events in Avon, Workshops in Avon.