Shelf Life Books May Poetry Club Meeting!

Shelf Life Books

Join us at Shelf Life Books to discuss STILL LIFE WITH TWO DEAD PEACOCKS AND A GIRL by Diane Seuss!

Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl takes its title from Rembrandt’s painting, a dark emblem of femininity, violence, and the viewer’s own troubled gaze. In Diane Seuss’s new collection, the notion of the still life is shattered and Rembrandt’s painting is presented across the book in pieces—details that hide more than they reveal until they’re assembled into a whole. With invention and irreverence, these poems escape gilded frames and overturn traditional representations of gender, class, and luxury. Instead, Seuss invites in the alienated, the washed-up, the ugly, and the freakish—the overlooked many of us who might more often stand in a Walmart parking lot than before the canvases of Pollock, O’Keeffe, and Rothko. Rendered with precision and profound empathy, this extraordinary gallery of lives in shards shows us that “our memories are local, acute, and unrelenting.”<a href="https://shelflifebooksrva.com/book/9781555978068" title="https://shelflifebooksrva.com/book/9781555978068" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Purchase STILL LIFE WITH TWO DEAD PEACOCKS AND A GIRL by Diane Seuss here!</a>ABOUT SLB POETRY CLUB:Each month we'll read one poetry book selected from a book pool made up of the participants' own recommendations of books that are foundational to their love for poetry - touchstone books they return to again and again. Then we'll gather in-store at Shelf Life to chat.The Poetry Book Club aims to be an environment friendly to both seasoned poetry lovers and poetry newbies. We'll gather together as a group to share our experiences as readers in a way that allows us to connect with one another, explore whatever it is about poetry that we love most, and deepen our appreciation for the month's book.This event is free to attend and does not require an RSVP, but we strongly encourage you to RSVP if you plan on attending. It's really helpful for us! If you RSVP and purchase your book ahead of the meeting, we'll thank you with a 10% off voucher to use on anything you'd like!Poetry Club meetings take place on the ground level, so navigating the stairs is not a requirement. Our shop cats will be in attendance as well, so please let us know in advance if you will be bringing a service animal.Shelf Life Books2913 W Cary St, Richmond, VA<a href="mailto:info@shelflifebooksrva.com" title="mailto:info@shelflifebooksrva.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">info@shelflifebooksrva.com</a>

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