Woodbury Public Library To Offer "Meet The Poet" Author Talk With Susan A. Katz April 2

WOODBURY, Conn. - Feb. 28, 2022 - PRLog -- The Woodbury Public Library will host a "Meet the Poet" program with poet and storyteller Susan A. Katz of Washington, Connecticut. During the "Author Talk & Poetry Reading"  Ms. Katz will read from her recently-published book, "The Limits of Light", featuring Greek Mythology-centered poetry.

The free program will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, at The Woodbury Library, 269 Main Street South in Woodbury. Face masks and preregistration are requested.

Published on August 31, 2021, by Austin Macauley Publishers, "The Limits of Light" features a collection of narrative poems that explores the tales of Greek Mythology and their contemporary messages.  "The gods, ostensibly divine beings were much like us: avaricious and untrustworthy; vindictive and myopic; malicious and indulgent. It is almost as if these ancient stories foretold the future," comments Katz.

From Apollo, who was thwarted in love, to Scylla who betrays her father for lust, to Icarus who strives to fly to the sun, only to fall to his death… the tales of the gods unfold in Katz's compelling and dramatic narrative poetry.

A nationally and internationally published poet, Katz's work has appeared in numerous anthologies, journals, and literary magazines. "The Limits of Light" is her fourth published book of poetry. Previously she co-authored two textbooks with a music specialist, Judith A. Thomas, espousing the need to incorporate the arts into school curriculum.

For more than 30 years, Katz worked for The New York State Poets in Public Service, and then, with a music/movement specialist, Judith A. Thomas, conducted student/teacher poetry workshops in the United States and Canada. Her work has been cited as: "…precise imagery, directness, and honesty…outspokenly erotic and sensual, evoking a powerful sense of physical passion and deeply felt experiences." – Robert Wilson, Poetry Editor, Negative Capability.

Katz has been actively writing and publishing poetry for more than 50 years. She finds inspiration for her poems in the intricacies, and intimacies, of life and family, the hazards of living, and the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Her poems reveal her intense passion for the living quality of language. Katz believes that "Poetry is the need to write beyond the limits of choice; the freedom to see beyond the limits of light."

Copies of "The Limits of Light" will be available for purchase at the April 2 event. The book is also available at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3keuIo8 and in select bookstores.

To register for the April 2 event, call the Woodbury Library at 203-263-3502, or visit www.woodburylibraryct.org. For information on Susan A. Katz's poetry, visit https://poetladykatz.com.