Experience the joy and beauty of poetry wi th an afternoon of readings from Mimi Chenfeld\, Fred Andrle\, Jerry Rosco e\, and Rose Smith.
\nPoet Bios:
\nMimi Chenfeld was born and raised in New York City. Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld has been t eaching people of all ages and backgrounds for her whole teaching life&mda sh\;through programs such as Headstart and Upward Bound&mdash\;from early childhood programs to senior communities\, from prisons to hospitals\, ele mentary schools\, high schools\, and higher education institutions. She ha s presented programs in creative education in 45 states\, Puerto Rico\, Ca nada\, and Great Britain. She has written numerous poems\, stories\, artic les\, and books. Her children&rsquo\;s novel\, \;The House At 12 R ose Street\, \;was adapted for a TV special and nominated for an Emmy. Her education books include such titles as \;Teaching in the Key of Life\, Teaching By Heart\, Celebrating Young Chi ldren and Their Teachers\, Creative Experiences For Young Childre n\, Teaching Language Arts Creatively\, \;and \; Still Teaching In The Key of Life. \;She writes a regular column for \;Columbus Parent Magazine. One of Mimi&rsquo\;s favorite quotes i s &ldquo\;nothing without joy&rdquo\; (Reggio Emilia).
\nFre d Andrle&rsquo\;s current book\, \;Rocking in the Cradle of the Moment\, \;is a collection of haiku\, senryu\, and short p oems (XOXOX Press\, Gambier\, Ohio\, 2019). His previous books include&nbs p\;Love Life and What Counts \;(XOXOX). A selection of Fred&rsquo\;s poetry is available at fredandrle.com. Fred was Executive Producer and Host of &ldquo\;Open L ine\,&rdquo\; a daily public affairs talk show on WOSU. He retired in May\ , 2009\, after 20 years hosting the program. \;Fred is co-director of Hospital Poets\, an organization that sponsors poetry presentations at OSU &rsquo\;s Wexner Medical Center and other hospitals.
\nJerry Roscoe \;is the author of three collections of poetry: M irror Lake\, \;The Unexamined Life\, \;and \;Solving for X. \;Jerry \;Roscoe \;has won an Ohioana Boo k Award\, two Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council\, a nd has had his poems read \;by Garrison Keillor on "The Writer's Alman ac." For ten years he was poetry reviewer for The Columbus Dispatch.
\nRose Smith's work has appeared in The Examined Lif e\, Pirene&rsquo\;s Fountain\, Snapdragon\, Blo od and Thunder\, Minola Review\, and other journals and anth ologies. She is author of four chapbooks\, most recently Holes in My T eeth (Kattywompus Press\, 2016). Her collection\, Unearthing Ida< /em>\, won the 2018 Lyrebird Prize from Glass Lyre Press. She is a Senior Editor with Pudding Magazine and is a Cave Canem Fellow.
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