An Afternoon with Michael Hettich, 17 August | Event in Coral Gables | AllEvents

An Afternoon with Michael Hettich

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Sun, 17 Aug, 2025 at 05:00 pm

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Sun, 17 Aug, 2025 at 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm (GMT-04:00)

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265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, United States

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An Afternoon with Michael Hettich
Michael Hettich joins us for his new poetry collection A SHARPER SILENCE

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Books & Books is proud to present an afternoon with Michael Hettich discussing A Sharper Silence (Terrapin Books, $18)

***Please note: This event will take place at the Books & Books in Coral Gables at 265 Aragon Ave. Tickets are FREE and books will be available for purchase at the event. Can't make the event?



About the Book:

In this heartfelt, heartbreaking collection, Michael Hettich reaches into the wilds to find some measure of the eternal that might wedge itself between himself and the unthinkable: the death of his beloved. He calls upon memory as if to rewind their lives together and forestall the inevitable. He immerses himself in the forces that might provide some solace, might somehow outlast the darkness, the silence. In language as vivid as the pulsing life around him-the swollen creeks, the mountains; sky, stars, and wind; birds and bears-he contains those elements and lets them speak. -Marie Harris, Desire Lines



About the Author:

Michael Hettich’s most recent book of poetry, The Halo of Bees: New and Selected Poems, 1990-2022 won the 2024 Brockman-Campbell Book Award from the North Carolina Poetry Society. His poetry, essays, and reviews have appeared widely in many journals and anthologies, and he has published more than a dozen books of poetry across four decades. His other honors include several Individual Artist Fellowships from the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, The Tampa Review Prize in Poetry, the David Martinson/Meadowhawk Prize, a Florida Book Award, the Lena M. Shull Book Award from the North Carolina Poetry Society, and the inaugural Hudson-Fowler Prize from Slant magazine at the University of Central Arkansas. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Miami and taught for many years at Miami Dade College where he was awarded an Endowed Teaching Chair. A new book, And the Poet Said… was published in 2024. His website is michaelhettich.com


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An Afternoon with Michael Hettich, 17 August | Event in Coral Gables | AllEvents
An Afternoon with Michael Hettich
Sun, 17 Aug, 2025 at 05:00 pm
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