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Open Books: Event Archive
May 24, 2005 07:30 PM
J. W. MARSHALL
This evening Open Books' own Mr. Marshall dons his writer's hat to read
from Taken With, his new chapbook, published by Paul Hunter's wonderful
Wood Works Press. As in his earlier collection, Blue Mouth, these poems
tell of a difficult journey -- in this case, his mother's stroke, her move
to a nursing home, her death, and the days that followed. The poetry bears
his trademark humor, mix of intimacy and distance, and bracing lack of
sentimentality. Please come help us welcome this collection into the world.
If you can't make it tonight, you'll have another chance to hear J.W. read
at Elliott Bay Book Co. on Monday, June 6, at 7:30 PM. Here is an untitled
poem from the collection:
My distemper
Mother called the toothpaste foam
waiting for an aide to help her rinse.
All day long she said I'm D.I.C.
my niece the veterinarian having once told her
the code for Dead In Cage.
Not a pet exactly but now
an animal that's taken to saying thanks
for most anything at all.
-- J.W. Marshall
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