G. Emil Reutter featured November 1, at the Midtown Scholar

Poetry Thursdays at Midtown Scholar Bookstore

G. Emil Reutter, with host Christine O'Leary-Rockey

G. Emil Reutter is a Philadelphia, Pa. based poet and author. He has worked in the factories, steel mills and rails of the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. His work has been widely published in the small and electronic press and eight volumes of his collections have been published. He has read his poetry at venues in New England, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Arizona and Texas. In 2007 he founded The Fox Chase Review and The Fox Chase Reading Series.

In a collection of poetry titled "Carvings" Reutter says, in his introduction, “We are very much like the old oak trees found in a public park. People stop and leave their marks on the trees, carving with a knife, initials, hearts with initials, a piece of someone left behind. Like the oak, people stop and leave their mark on us, some gently, some carve us not so gently. As time passes, these carvings left on us, form who we are, how we view the world and how long we last in the world. Our time is shorter than the great oak yet the carvings we carry are more numerous, deeper, sometimes fading but always there. These poems represent some carvings in my life, some minor others lasting.”

Reutter's website: gemilreutter-author.com

 This event is hosted by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel. An hour-long open reading, which begins at 7pm, will precede the feature presentation.
The Midtown Scholar, one of "America's Great Independent Bookstores" is located at 1302 North Third Street, Harrisburg PA 17102.
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