Live Poetry Reading: W.D. Ehrhart, Lynn Levin, Amber Renee

1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link

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D. Ehrhart began writing when he was 15 years old and has been writing ever since. Eight of his poems were included in Winning Hearts and Minds: War Poems by Vietnam Veterans (1972) and 24 books have followed. His Passing Time: Memoir of a Vietnam Veteran Against the War (revised) is due shortly. Exclusively a poet until he was almost 30, he has since written and published a wide variety of nonfiction prose from 400-word newspaper commentaries to 40-page scholarly essays to 400-page personal narratives. The influence of Ehrhart’s encounter with the Vietnam War can readily be seen in his writing, but though he is known primarily as a “Vietnam War poet,” in fact his subject matter ranges widely. He has written essays and articles on such topics as radio disc jockeys, tugboats on the Delaware River, the Internal Revenue Service, and a variety of modern and contemporary poets from William Wantling to Daniel Hoffman. His wife and daughter are major sources of inspiration for his poetry. His poems also reflect his respect for nature, his love of friends, his active engagement with the world around him, and his consternation at the human condition.

Lynn Levin’s most recent poetry collection, The Minor Virtues (Ragged Sky, 2020) is listed as one of Spring 2020’s best books by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Poet Ross Gay calls the book “a lovely honoring of the small, the minor sweetnesses that a life is made of.” Her previous collections include Miss Plastique, Fair Creatures of an Hour, and Imaginarium. She is the translator, from the Spanish, of Birds on the Kiswar Tree by Odi Gonzales and co-author of Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets. Her poems have appeared in Boulevard, Artful Dodge, Rattle, on Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac, and other places. She teaches at Drexel University. Her website is lynnlevinpoet.com

Amber Renee, she/her, is a chronic writer from Bucks County, PA. Known to mix mediums, Amber self-published a book Thoughts on This Most Recent Episode in 2016, shortly before its musical counterpart released on SoundCloud. In January 2020 she put out a Poetry Picture book i feel like i’m nothing available online. During the pandemic lockdown, Amber used her time to create tracks she calls “Poetry Songs.” As well, she spent time as an editor for Serotonin Poetry; a journal of mental health by poets with mental illness. 2022 saw her first traditionally published book In memory energy by Moonstone publishing. Find her on social media @amberreneepoet

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