The Library will present poet Norah Pollard in a special “Meet-the-Author” program on Sunday, January 12 at 2 pm. Ms. Pollard recently released a collection of new poetry, “In Deep”, which she will discuss and read at the library. The afternoon program is free and open to the public.
Stratford resident Norah Pollard lives by the Housatonic River, which keeps her afloat spiritually; works by day at a Bridgeport steel company, which keeps her grounded; and shares the spirit of her father, legendary jockey Red Pollard, which keeps her flying on Pegasus just as he flew on Seabiscuit. At various points in her life she has been a folk-singer, seam-stitcher, nanny, teacher, solderer and print shop calligrapher. She received the Academy of American Poets Prize from the University of Bridgeport and for several years edited The Connecticut River Review. Pollard’s three previous poetry collections (“Leaning In”, “Report from the Banana Hospital” and “Death & Rapture in the Animal Kingdom”) were published in 2003, 2005 and 2009. She has had a life-long passion for the visual arts, which she has put to good use as an editor-designer and illustrator.
“Meet-the-Author: Norah Pollard” will be held in the Lovell Room of the Stratford Library on Sunday, January 12 beginning at 2 pm. Autographed copies of “In Deep” and her previous collections of poems will be available for purchase.
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For further information call the library’s Public Relations and Programming Office at 203.385.4162.
