Poet Gary Fincke, November 2, at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore.

   P O E T R Y  C A R T E L  N E W S   R E L E A S E

  On November 2, Gary Fincke, poet, and author of short fiction 
and nonfiction-- whose acclaimed short story collection, "The 
Killer's Dog," was released earlier this year-- will be featured 
at the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel's Poetry Thursdays 
reading series at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore.

  Fincke is the winner of 
the Flannery O'Connor Award 
for Short Fiction, he's published 
30 books of poetry, short fiction, 
and nonfiction.  Notable works 
include The History of Permanence
2011, winner, Stephen F. Austin 
Poetry Prize.

   Other awards include the Bess Hokin Prize from Poetry magazine 
and the Rose Lefcowitz Prize from Poet Lore.  
His collection, Writing Letters for the Blind (2003) won 
the Ohio State University Press/The Journal poetry prize.

  Fincke is a professor at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, 
PA, where he is also the director of the Writer's Institute.

  A short open mic will precede Fincke's reading.  The reading 
will take place at Midtown Scholar Bookstore (from 7 to 9 pm), 
1302 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102.   

  For more information call 717.236.1680  or, 
www.midtownscholar.com.