RIVERSIDE COUNTY

News Release

 November 20, 2008

Contact:   Nancy L. Johnson, County Librarian

                (951) 955-1110    

                 Email:  nljohnson@rceo.org

Renowned poet presents new work at Glen Avon Library 

A local award-winning author will present a reading from her latest work at the Glen Avon Library on Dec. 9.

Judy Kronenfeld will discuss poems in her new book, “Light Lowering in Diminished Sevenths,” and other recent work. Her latest volume is the winner of Litchfield Review Press’ 2007 Poetry Award.  Copies will be available for purchase at the event and the author will sign books after her reading.

Born in New York City , Kronenfeld has lived for many years in Riverside with her anthropologist husband, and teaches in the Department of Creative Writing at U.C. Riverside.

Acclaimed poet Molly Peacock has praised Kronenfeld’s new book as her finest work yet, describing it as a collection of poems on memory and aging that conveys the “sensuous cherishing of the world savored only by those who sense how easy it is to lose.”

Kronenfeld’s earlier works include “Ghost Nurseries” (2005), “Disappeared Down Dark Wells and Still Falling” (2000), “Shadow of Wings” (1991), and a book on Shakespeare, “King Lear and the Naked Truth” (1998). 

The free event starts at 6:30 p.m. and the public is invited to attend. The Glen Avon Library is located at 9244 Galena St . For more information about the event, call the Glen Avon Library at (951) 685-8121.

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