A reading by local author Charles Goodrich on Thursday

[Stonebrook, Shelley J]

Charles Goodrich is a beloved local poet and author. We've heard many attendees at his past events laud his beautiful, cuttingly simple words — often laced with wit — time and time again. Spring Creek Project invites you to join us this Thursday, April 23, at PRAx to celebrate his new poetry collection, Knot House: New & Selected Poems.

At the heart of Goodrich's poetry is a quest for a deeper sense of community with the land, the weather, and the waters of his chosen home. Members of the natural world — insects, birds, plants, humans and other mammals — conspire with him in the journey. Sly, quirky, infused with wry humor and a contrarian spirit, his poems go in pursuit of what Thich Nhat Hanh calls "interbeing," the interwoven interdependence of all things. With their nuanced and varied themes of building and making a home, love of family, and kinship with all creatures, these are, in Clem Starck’s words, "the musings of a latter-day Zen gardener."

Goodrich is the author of four previous volumes of poetry; a book of narrative essays, The Practice of Home; and a novel, Weave Me a Crooked Basket. His poems and prose writings have appeared in Orion, The Sun, Terrain.org, and many other publications. He is also a former director of the Spring Creek Project.

Goodrich will share work from the new collection, and the reading will be followed by a book signing. Grass Roots Books will be on hand with copies for sale.

Free and open to all | April 23 | 7 p.m. | Toomey Lobby of PRAx

Event page