03/07/2010 3:00 pm
03/07/2010 5:00 pm
The Manayunk Art Center (MAC) at 419 Green Lane (rear) presents “Two Compelling Poets – Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno and Deborah Burnham: The Human Spirit and the Heart” on Sunday, March 7 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. Donation of $4.00. Refreshments available. The program will be followed by a question and answer session with poets and an Open Reading. For information call the MAC at 215-482-3363.
Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno is an award-winning author and poet who received the Beatrice Hawley Award for her book of poetry, Slamming Open the Door, published by Alice James Books in April, 2009 and is the #9 best-seller for contemporary poetry in 2009. Slamming Open the Door is a collection of poems recounting the true story of the murder of her daughter, Leidy Bonanno, in 2003.
Banana’s heartrending collection inspires both compassion for and awe of the human spirit. Of all the losses one may be asked to bear, the murder of one’s child must be the most terrible. These poems evoke that keenly, seeking justice but transcending judgment as they grieve loss, celebrate love, and find healing.
Deborah Burnham’s book, Anna and the Steel Mill, won the First Book Award from the Texas Tech University Press. She has worked at the University of Pennsylvania mostly doing advising and teaching in the English department. For over 25 years, she taught poetry at the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts, where she created and directed the writing program. She lives in a more or less un-gentrified neighborhood
in Philadelphia where she has created several gardens. Her most recent publication is a chapbook, Still.
At the MAC on Sunday, March7 from noon to 3 PM, there is also an art show opening entitled: “Environments Real & Imagined” featuring Verona Barrett and Aaron Kolinay.
Peter Krok, the Humanities Director of the MAC, started his literary afternoon series in the fall of 1990. There is a $4 donation and refreshments are provided. For information about the program, call the MAC at 215-482-3363.
