By Laura Brown, CDL Librarian
Chelsea District Library (CDL) is thrilled to announce the 15th Annual Midwest Literary Walk lineup featuring New York Times best-selling author Jamie Ford, Pulitzer-prize winning poet Tyehimba Jess, and acclaimed writer and musician Kristin Hersh. Each year, Chelsea’s amazing literary event showcases award-winning authors from around the country at historic venues throughout downtown. The authors will read from their works, share insights into their writing process, and be available for book signings. The Walk will take place from 1–5pm on Saturday, April 22 and is open to the public without ticket costs or reservations.
At 1pm, Pulitzer prize-winning poet Tyehimba Jess opens the Walk at Main Street Church, 320 N. Main St., Chelsea. Jess is a Cave Canem and NYU Alumni, received a 2004 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and was a 2004–2005 Winter Fellow at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. He is the author of two books of poetry, Leadbelly and Olio. Olio won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, The Midland Society Author’s Award in Poetry, and received an Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Leadbelly was a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series. The Library Journal and Black Issues Book Review
both named it one of the “Best Poetry Books of 2005.”
Tyehimba JessKristin Hersh continues the Walk at 2:30pm at Chelsea First Congregational Church, 121 E. Middle St., Chelsea. Nationally recognized, Hersh has had a storied career as a solo artist and a member of bands Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE. Her breakthrough memoir, Rat Girl, was named number 8 in Rolling Stones’ list of 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time. In 2015’s Don’t Suck, Don’t Die, she writes about her friendship with musician Vic Chesnutt. In Toby Snax, Hersh delves into the world of children’s books, encouraging…
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