[FAC] Respite by the River Features Lee Herrick Thurs.

[Cindy Wathen]

This is the final event of the series and a must see...

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THE RESPITE BY THE RIVER

Presented by the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust
Sponsored by 90.7 KFSR - Full Spectrum Radio

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008
Local author LEE HERRICK reads from This Many Miles from Desire

For more details, visit <http://leeherrick.com/readings>
 
< http://leeherrick.com>

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Lee Herrick is the author of /This Many Miles from Desire/, published by 
WordTech Communications in June 2007.  He was born in Seoul, Korea in 
1970 and adopted at eleven months.  His poems have been published in the 
/Haight Ashbury Literary Journal/, /Berkeley Poetry Review/, /Hawaii 
Pacific Review/, /The Bloomsbury Review/, /Many Mountains Moving/, among 
others, and in anthologies such as /Seeds from a Silent Tree: An 
Anthology of Korean Adoptees/ and /Highway 99: A Literary Journey 
through //California//'s Great //Central Valley//, 2^nd edition/.  He is 
the founding editor of the literary magazine /In the Grove/ and has been 
nominated for a Pushcart Prize.  He lives in Fresno and teaches at 
Fresno City College.

 Praise for /This Many Miles from Desire:/

"Lived poetry of the living world, where the ocean is Buddha and 
grandmothers surface between what is and what might be. Lee is a poet of 
exceptional control and breathtaking grace, who is unafraid to go for 
the leaps of word and heart. This new poet will keep poetry alive. I've 
been waiting for this book."

--- Lorna Dee Cervantes, author of /Drive: The First Quartet: New Poems, 
1980-2005/

"The universal sadness, almost Sufi-like, and the timeless compassion 
these poems articulate make it possible for a reader to believe that any 
'I' must include the whole world, inside and out, bliss and pain, broken 
and whole. I love these poems."

            -- Li-Young Lee 
<http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=4003>, author of 
/The City in Which I Love You/ and /Book of My Nights/

"In settings as diverse as Korea, Latin America, and Fresno, California, 
the[se] poems speak of the emotional experience of being adopted, of one 
man's search for identity, of the problem of abandonment -- but most of 
all, they speak of the constancy of love.  This is a poet with enormous 
talent and a large and generous heart."

/---     /Corrinne Clegg Hales, author of /Separate Escapes/

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The Respite By The River -

6:00 PM - Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy live music

7:00 PM - Reading begins

8:00 PM - Meet the readers/book signing

The River Center is located at:
11605 Old Friant Road
3 miles northeast of Woodward Park

For more information call 433-3190, ext #4

<http://www.riverparkway.org>

MEDIA SPONSOR:

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER PARKWAY AND CONSERVATION TRUST
Celebrating 20 Years of Creating and Protecting the San Joaquin River 
Parkway for Everyone

90.7 KFSR - FULL SPECTRUM RADIO
Connecting the Valley's Creative Community

<http://www.csufresno.edu/kfsr/rivercenter.html>

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