Press Release: Reading and Discussion with Bernd Sauermann
Friday, November 6th, 6pm
602 Main Street, Alamosa
719-589-3464; narrowgauge.coop@gmail.com
The Narrow Gauge Book Cooperative is pleased to welcome Bernd Sauermann on
November 6th at 6pm for a reading and discussion of his latest poetry collection,
Missives.
About the Author:
Bernd Sauermann was born in Hof, Germany, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1968. He
holds a BS in Anthropology from Northern Arizona University and an MA in English
Literature and MFA in Creative Writing from McNeese State University in Lake Charles,
LA. He currently serves as Associate Editor at Posit Journal of Art and Literature and
has published two previous books of prose poems, Seven Notes of a Dead Man’s Song
with Mad Hat Press, and Redshift with Lit Fest Press, and two chapbooks, Diesel
Generator with Horse Less Press and Diagram and Nomenclature with White Knuckle
Press.
About the book:
From Arteidolia Press, Bernd Sauermann’s thoughtful new book, “Missives,” speaks of
the aches of human connection and both the rifts and connections between our waking
and dreaming worlds. There are many laments for lost or broken love, narratives of
collapse but always the hope of renewal by one’s own energy or the mysteries and
moments of the world he deftly presents: It is the best type of poetry, capturing how
through language and emotion we negotiate the difficult aspects of living and remain
holding on to renewal and hope. Read it: it’s both captivating and instructive. – Maxine
Chernoff, novelist & poet
The Narrow Gauge Book Cooperative hopes you’ll join them for this evening of poetry!
