Poets Ted Bookey & Doug Woodsum

Thursday, July 22nd at 7 pm
Moon Pie Press presents:

Poet Ted Bookey
author of
With a W/Hole in One

& Poet Doug Woodsum
author of
The Lawns of Lobstermen

Join us as two great local poets come to the store for a reading!

Ted Bookey moved to Maine in 1980 from New York, where he taught English in public schools and at Long Island University. He teaches in the Senior Education program at the University of Maine in Augusta, and is the author of five books of poems: Mixty Motions, a book of translations from the German of Erich Kastner (in collaboration with his wife Ruth), and Language As A Second Language. His third Moon Pie Press book is Lostalgia, published in October 2007. His full length collection With A W/Hole in One was published in April 2010. Bookey's poetry, criticism and reviews appear in many journals and anthologies. His plays have been produced in Maine and off Broadway in New York City.

"Fearless poems that dance on a tightrope of surrealism, wit and irrepressible energy. The tone ranges from scatological to sacred...these poems laugh at convention and punish the night like so many Roman candles.. Handle with care. There is dangerous fun inside this book."
- George Wallace, editor of Poetry Bay

Douglas "Woody" Woodsum has taught at two universities and five public schools. His poetry has appeared in many publications, including Rattle, Down East, Yankee, Prairie Schooner, the Southern Review, and Beloit Poetry Journal. His work has been broadcast on Maine Public Radio. He is a former Ruth Lilly poet, a two time winner of the Avery Hopwood Award, and a winner of the Bread Loaf Poetry Prize. His work is online at Poetry Daily and www.fishousepoems.org. Since 1995 he has been teaching high school English in rural Maine. God help him. With his students he has published 10 anthologies of oral history and folklore. Raised on the Maine coast, he now makes his home in Smithfield, Maine with the artist Donna Asmussen.

"I fell in love with these poems! They are beautiful, accessible, charming, have surprising, gorgeous images and insights. Real gems."
- The Cafe Review