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26 Sep

Book launch for my memoir

Published by John Philip Drury

On Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 7:00 pm, there will be a book launch for Bobby and Carolyn: A Memoir of My Two Mothers, my first book of narrative nonfiction, which Finishing Line Press published in August 2024. After reading a short chapter and the "Disclosure" that follows it, I will answer questions, discuss the memoir, and sign copies of the book (which does include two of my poems). Everyone's welcome!

24 May

Poems I read at the West-East Bicoastal Poets of the Pandemic and Beyond reading on May 19, 2024

Published by John Philip Drury

Here are the poems I read via Zoom at the West-East Bicoastal Poets of the Pandemic and Beyond reading on May 19, 2024:

“Valentine for LaWanda”
“Falling in Love at the YMCA Pool”
“Crossing the Lagoon”
“Honeymoon in Venice”
“Listening to A Love Supreme
“E Pluribus”
“Poised”
“Beginning with a Line from Turgenev’s On the Eve

23 May

Poems I read at the Pop-up Poetry Festival of the West Chester Poetry Center on April 14, 2024

Published by John Philip Drury

Here’s the set list for my portion of a reading at the Pop-up Poetry Festival of the West Chester Poetry Center on April 14, 2024, including nine sonnets from The Teller’s Cage and a sestina that appeared in the Winter 2024 issue of The Hudson Review:

22 May

Poems I read at the Poetry Stacked event on March 6, 2024

Published by John Philip Drury

Here’s the set list of poems I read at the Poetry Stacked event in Langsam Library at the University of Cincinnati on March 6, 2024:

“Sestina on Six Words by Michael Peterson” (from The Hudson Review , Winter 2024)
“Ghazal of the Vaporetto”
“Chaconne” (preceded by the poem’s “Production Notes” in The Teller’s Cage)

29 Feb

John Philip Drury reads “The Projectionist” on YouTube

Published by John Philip Drury

A video in which I read “The Projectionist,” an elegy for Liam Rector that appears on pages 53-54 of The Teller’s Cage, is available on YouTube on this link: “John Philip Drury reads The Projectionist from NINE MILE 2” . The poem was originally published in the Fall 2020 issue of Nine Mile. I am grateful to the late Bob Herz for accepting it.

19 Jan

Poems I read at the book launch for THE TELLER'S CAGE on January 18, 2024

Published by John Philip Drury

Here's the set list of the poems I read at the book launch for The Teller’s Cage: Poems and Imaginary Movies at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati on January 18, 2024:

“The Poet as a Seven-Year-Old Baseball Fan”
“New Song of the South”
“Reverse Pindaric Ode for Olympic Athletes Who Don’t Win Any Medals”
“Valentine for LaWanda”
“Poised”
“The Projectionist”
“Cincinnati Haiku”
“Library in a Dresser Drawer”
“The Teller’s Cage”

(At least one poem from each of the book’s six sections.)

17 Jan

Interview with John Philip Drury on Cincinnati Review website

Published by John Philip Drury

Lisa Ampleman conducted an interview with John Philip Drury in early January, and it now appears on the Cincinnati Review website, timed to coincide with the book launch for The Teller's Cage: Poems and Imaginary Movies at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati on Thursday, January 18 at 7:00 pm. Here's the link to the interview: https://www.cincinnatireview.com/interviews/interview-with-john-philip-d...

 

27 Nov

Book launch for THE TELLER'S CAGE at Joseph-Beth Booksellers on January 18, 2024

Published by John Philip Drury

On January 18, 2024, at 7:00 pm, Joseph-Beth Booksellers (2692 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45208) will host a book launch for my fifth full-length collection, THE TELLER'S CAGE: POEMS AND IMAGINARY MOVIES, which Able Muse Press will publish on January 12. Here's the link: https://www.josephbeth.com/event/john-philip-drury-discussing-and-signin...

 

 

16 Nov

"The Civil War Goes On" featured on VERSE DAILY on October 26, 2023

Published by John Philip Drury

"The Civil War Goes On," one of the "imaginary movies" in The Teller's Cage: Poems and Imaginary Movies, was featured on Verse Daily on October 26, 2023. Here's the link: http://www.versedaily.org/2023/thecivilwargoeson.shtml.

 

26 Jan

New book, THE TELLER'S CAGE, forthcoming from Able Muse Press in Fall 2023

Published by John Philip Drury

I'm thrilled that Able Muse Press will publish my fifth book of poems, The Teller's Cage, in Fall 2023! Many thanks to Alex Pepple, publisher and editor extraordinaire.

 

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