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FCBF official booksellers:
The 2012 Fox Cities Reads is underway! Pick up a copy of Make the Impossible Possible by Bill Strickland at your local library and join in community-wide discussions about the book. The author will visit the Fox Cities April 16-18 during the Fox Cities Book Festival.
Author Biography
Todd Boss grew up on an 80-acre cattle farm in Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley. His musical, playful, intimate poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, the London Times, and on NPR. In 2006, he wrote a love poem called "The Hush of the Very Good" that was named one of the greatest love poems ever published by the editors of Poetry magazine, and soon thereafter he'd released his debut collection, Yellowrocket, with one of America's finest publishers, W. W. Norton & Company.
Todd writes about his wife and children, his Wisconsin roots, his thoughts about God, and his everyday life. His poems are accessible and often humorous.
About growing up in rural Wisconsin, Todd writes: "On a farm, surrounded by miracle, atheism seems a dullard’s response to the world. One associates no glamour with the idea of hard work. One brooks no romances about living off the land. One sees through the broadcast meteorologist as if he too were green screen. It’s more than an acquaintance one develops with the natural world; it’s more like a biorhythm."
Asked about the intimacy of his poems, Todd writes: "I like to think I am dangerously honest with myself; actually, I need to think that in order to feel that my poetry is worthwhile. If I’m not squirming a little with the truth of my poems, I can’t expect readers to. And what good is art that doesn’t inspire a good squirm or two?"
Additional Information
NOTE: Ticket sales are now closed for this event.
Join poet Todd Boss for a special event at the Fox Cities Book Festival!
10:00 a.m. -Brunch
11:00 a.m. - Todd Boss presents
Book signing and sales after presentation.
Cost: $20 per person
Tickets can be purchased at the Radisson Paper Valley in person or call 920-733-8000.
Cut off date for ticket purchases is Thursday, April 14th.
Presentation: Abundance in Scarcity
Through my poems about God, joy, loss, wonder, and thanksgiving, I will explore how poetry teaches me through limit and restraint. Poetry is an art form heavily dependent upon restriction; less is almost always more. Yet, there is abundance in scarcity, and that is poetry's beautiful secret. Join me in a reading and discussion about metaphor's deep work in our daily lives, and the ways in which language and the music of poetry can make us truly rich.
Brunch will include:
- Assorted chilled juices
- Fresh fruit bowl
- Assorted breakfast pastries
- Mini cheese omelets
- Hot toppings bar to include mushroom, onion, peppers, ham, and salsa
- Fluffy scrambled eggs
- Sausage patties
- Grilled minute steaks with peppers and onions
- Country fried potatoes
- Waffles with toppings
- Baked chicken
- Coffee, tea and milk
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