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SUMMARY:The Bottle Shop Poetry Book Club
DESCRIPTION:▪️ July book selection:\nSpace Struck by Paige Lewis \n▪️ Publisher’s summary:\nConsider this glowing debut from Paige Lewis a menagerie of near-extinction. Space Struck explores the wonders and cruelties occurring within the realms of nature\, science\, and religion\, with the acuity of a sage\, the deftness of a hunter\, and a hilarious sensibility for the absurd. The universe is seen as an endless arrow “. . . and it asks only one question: How dare you?” The poems are physically and psychologically tied to the animal world\, replete with ivory-billed woodpeckers\, pelicans\, and constellations-as-organisms. They are also devastatingly human\, anchored in emotion and self-awareness\, like art framed in a glass that also holds one’s reflection. Silky and gruesome\, the poems of Space Struck pulse like starlight. \n▪️ More about our poetry book club:\nTalking about poetry is a lot like talking about wine. They both demand only one thing: that you trust your senses. They’re subjective\, personal\, and despite what the experts say\, there’s no way to be wrong. We’re not here to solve these poems\, were here to enjoy and admire the expansiveness they create. You like what you like; there doesn’t have to be an ornate reason. Our goal isn’t to interrogate the text\, but to read\, discuss\, and enjoy contemporary poetry in a living room setting. \nSo\, whether you’re a lifelong reader or haven’t touched a poem since your “Beat Generation” phase in college; if you read the book cover to cover\, twice\, or just a couple lines; if you think you understand every poem\, or don’t “get” any of it; well\, that’s a great place to start the conversation and there’s a seat at The Bottle Shop Poetry Book Club for you. \n“If you can enjoy a song without knowing music theory\, you can enjoy this book club.” – Someone\, eventually\, probably.
URL:https://bevmain.org/event/the-bottle-shop-poetry-book-club-3/
LOCATION:The Bottle Shop\, 112 Rantoul St\, Beverly\, 01915\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Bottle Shop Poetry Book Club
DESCRIPTION:▪️ June book selection:\nI Shimmer Sometimes\, Too by Porsha Olayiwola (former Boston Poet Laureate) \n▪️ Publisher’s summary:\nThese poems dip their hands into the fabric of black womanhood and revel in it. Shimmer establishes Olayiwola firmly in the lineage of black queer poetics\, celebrating the work done by generations of poets from Audre Lorde to Danez Smith. This is a book of gentle breaking and inventive reconstruction. A book of self and community-care―the pursuit of building a world that will not only keep you alive but keep you joyful. \n▪️ More about our poetry book club:\nTalking about poetry is a lot like talking about wine. They both demand only one thing: that you trust your senses. They’re subjective\, personal\, and despite what the experts say\, there’s no way to be wrong. We’re not here to solve these poems\, were here to enjoy and admire the expansiveness they create. You like what you like; there doesn’t have to be an ornate reason. Our goal isn’t to interrogate the text\, but to read\, discuss\, and enjoy contemporary poetry in a living room setting. \nSo\, whether you’re a lifelong reader or haven’t touched a poem since your “Beat Generation” phase in college; if you read the book cover to cover\, twice\, or just a couple lines; if you think you understand every poem\, or don’t “get” any of it; well\, that’s a great place to start the conversation and there’s a seat at The Bottle Shop Poetry Book Club for you. \n“If you can enjoy a song without knowing music theory\, you can enjoy this book club.” – Someone\, eventually\, probably.
URL:https://bevmain.org/event/the-bottle-shop-poetry-book-club-2/
LOCATION:The Bottle Shop\, 112 Rantoul St\, Beverly\, 01915\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Bottle Shop Poetry Book Club
DESCRIPTION:May book selection:\nTime Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong \nPublisher’s summary:\nIn this deeply intimate second poetry collection\, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of personal and social loss\, embodying the paradox of sitting in grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory\, and in concert with the themes of his novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous\, Vuong contends with the meaning of family and the cost of being the product of an American war in America. At once vivid\, brave\, and propulsive\, these poems circle fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicenter of the break. \nMore about The Bottle Shop Poetry Book Club:\nTalking about poetry is a lot like talking about wine. They both demand only one thing: that you trust your senses. They’re subjective\, personal\, and despite what the experts say\, there’s no way to be wrong. We’re not here to solve these poems\, were here to enjoy and admire the expansiveness they create. You like what you like\, there doesn’t have to be a ornate reason. \nOur goal isn’t to interrogate the text\, but to read\, discuss\, and enjoy contemporary poetry in a living room setting. \nSo\, whether you’re a lifelong reader or haven’t touched a poem since your “Beat Generation” phase in college\, it you read the book cover to cover\, twice\, or just a couple lines\, it you think you understand every poem\, or don’t “get” any of it\, well\, that’s a great place to start the conversation and there’s a seat at The Bottle Shop Poetry Book Club for you. \n“If you can enjoy a song without knowing music theory\, you can enjoy this book club.” – Someone\, eventually\, probably.
URL:https://bevmain.org/event/the-bottle-shop-poetry-book-club/
LOCATION:The Bottle Shop\, 112 Rantoul St\, Beverly\, 01915\, United States
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