Poet Josephine Yu at the Mattapoisett Library

Josephine Yu will be reading at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library on Sunday, October 20at 2:00 pm. The public is invited to hear this award-winning poet, author of Prayer Book of the Anxious. The reading and reception to follow is sponsored by the Friends of the Mattapoisett Library. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

            “With a perceptiveness and poise that serve as a curative balm, Yu brilliantly tackles the notion of healing in a society that can make its most aware citizens ill,” says the review in “Publishers Weekly.” Her book won the15th Annual Elixir Press Poetry Award.

            On Friday, October 19 at 4:00 pm, Dr. Yu will deliver a lecture, “Sister Arts: A Discussion of Poetry and Paintings.” Ekphrasis, from the Greek word meaning “sister art,” is poetry that describes a painting or other work of art. From Homer to W.H. Auden, William Carlos Williams, Anne Sexton, and a variety of contemporary poets, we’ll discuss the inspiration poets have found in paintings and how ekphrastic poems help us see artwork with new eyes.

            The lecture, followed by a reception, is part of the Purrington Lecture Series, sponsored by the Mattapoisett Library Trust.

            Yu is on the faculty of Keiser University in Tallahassee, Florida. She holds a PhD from Florida State University and an MFA from Georgia State University. She lives with her husband in Tallahassee, Florida.

            Everyone is welcome to attend. The library is located at 7 Barstow Street and is handicapped accessible.

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