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The Luminous Racetrack - Poetry Reading & Book Signing by Bill Tremblay
Please join us for a special evening with the legendary poet Bill Tremblay at Tidepool Books as he reads from his new poetry collection, The Luminous Racetrack: A Memoir in Poems (Lynx House Press, 2023). Bill will also sign copies of the book which will be available for sale at the bookshop.
"The Luminous Racetrack is a collection of frank and lyrical poems based on Bill Tremblay's childhood and youth in Southbridge, Massachusetts. It is a uniquely intimate coming-of-age story and a masterful witness to the details and beliefs of a bygone era. It is a graceful and magical narrative told with great skill and intelligence" - Ostap Slyvynsky
Bill Tremblay is an award-winning poet,†‬novelist,†‬teacher,†‬editor,†‬and reviewer whose work has appeared in ten full-length volumes of poetry including Crying in the Cheap Seats â€(‬University of Massachusetts Pressâ€),†‬The Anarchist Heart â€(‬New Rivers Pressâ€)‬,†‬Duhamel:†‬Ideas of Order in Little Canada â€[(BOA Editions Ltd.â€)‬,†‬ Shooting Script:†‬Door of Fire †(Eastern Washington University Pressâ€]).†‬Hundreds of his poems have appeared in literary magazines and such anthologies as the Pushcart Prize,†‬The Jazz Poetry Anthology, Best American Poetry,†‬2003,†‬In†‬1994,†‬he published his novel, The June Rise†‬(Utah State University Pressâ€)‬, which was widely and favorably reviewed,†‬especially on NPR's†All Things Considered.†‬In†‬2004,†‬his book, Shooting Script:†‬Door of Fire received the Colorado Book Awardâ€â€¬.†‬He has received awards and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,†‬the National Endowment for the Humanities as well as The Pushcart Prize Anthology and the Corporation at Yaddo.†‬He was a Fulbright visiting Lecturer at Universidade de Lisboa,†‬Portugal,†‬.Mr.†‬Tremblay edited Colorado Review for†‬15†‬years†‬and received the John F.†‬Stern Distinguished Professor award for his thirty-three years teaching in and directing the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Colorado State University.†‬His latest book, The Luminous Race Trackâ€(‬2023â€)‬,†‬is a poetic†‬memoir about growing up in his Franco-American working-class family in the mill town of Southbridge,†‬Massachusetts.â€
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