Join great weather for MEDIA in a celebration of the poetry collection Tricks of Light by Thaddeus Rutkowski.

Thaddeus will be reading from the collection and will joined by special guests John S. Hall, Yuko Otomo, Deborah Pintonelli, and Sparrow. There will also be a Q&A.

Hosted by Thomas Fucaloro and David Lawton.

“I wrote the poems in Tricks of Light in the year leading up to 2020. I was visiting my elderly mother in central Pennsylvania fairly often, and those trips reminded me of my childhood. I was thinking not only of the rural setting, but also of my immediate family, both past and present. As well, the poems came from my life in the city, at a time when I was teaching in person in Brooklyn and was riding my bicycle to get from Manhattan to class. The state of alertness when riding brought many observations into focus. Through all of this—my rural childhood and my urban life—I passed through various states of mind: fear, anger, curiosity, even amusement. These brief vignettes also have a spiritual side. My mother grew up in China, where she was surrounded by Buddhist monks. She is officially Christian (her father was a minister), but I believe she has more of a Buddhist / Confucian outlook on life. That view has—if I’ve been lucky—rubbed off on me. I hope you enjoy the poems!”

— Thaddeus Rutkowski, January 2021

To watch directly on zoom, you must register for this event and you will be sent the link. This event will also be live-streamed to the great weather for MEDIA facebook page.

You may purchase Tricks of Light at our online store or as an add-on on the registration page.

Check out the reader bios.

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