Maxine Kumin is back to share from her latest collections of poems and essays
We are honored to be hosting Maxine Kumin for the second time this year as she launches two new books, her latest essay collection, The Roots of Things, and her latest volume of poetry, Where I Live: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010.
Here is a landmark collection celebrating the remarkable range of Maxine Kumin, one of America's greatest living poets. Where I Live gathers poems from five previous books, together with twenty-three new poems that pay homage to Kumin's farm life and also to poets of the past.
from “The Taste of Apple”
I could hardly see as he hoisted the great swaying body aloft
and bore it across the road to the hole and in the cold dark I poured
a libation of apple juice for the earth to welcome his corpse—
some drops spilled on his chestnut flank and some dribbled
on his cheek and splashed onto his yellow teeth as he lay
deep on one side and my hand shook—I could hardly see—
rocking my grief back and forth over this kind death
the taste of apple wasting in his mouth.
The Roots of Things is presented in three thematic parts-- "Taking Root," "Poets and Poetry," and "Country Living"--..."whether she is recollecting scenes from her childhood, ruminating on what she calls "pobiz" (for poetry business), describing the battles she's fought on behalf of women or shedding light on the lives of animals, Kumin offers insight that can only be born of long and closely observed experience.
Join us for this special event.
- Street:
- Water Street Bookstore
- Additional:
- 125 Water Street
- City:
- Exeter ,
- Province:
- New Hampshire
- Postal Code:
- 03833
- Country:
- United States
