Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Wallace Stevens: A Dual Life as Poet and Insurance Executive
Rockland, Maine - On Saturday April 27 at 2:00 PM Alison Johnson will be talking about her new book: Wallace Stevens: A Dual Life as Poet and Insurance Executive
Books will be available for signing and purchase.
In this accessible biography filled with fascinating glimpses behind the routine of Wallace Stevens’s daily life, Alison Johnson helps readers to understand the man who was not only one of America’s leading poets, but also the dean of surety bonds in the American insurance world. Alison Johnson’s biography offers extensive insight into the creative processes of this prolific poet, who jotted down ideas and phrases for many of his poems as he walked the two-mile route between his home and his office in downtown Hartford.
Special accommodations for persons with disabilities can be made with 48 hours notice. Please call the Library at 594-0310.
This evening is one in a continuing Thursday evening series of literary, film and musical offerings sponsored by the Rockland Public Library & The Friends of the Rockland Public Library. Admission is free.
Views expressed in public programs at the library are those of the presenters, and not necessarily those of the Rockland Public Library.
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