Published: Sunday, Dec. 06, 2009 / Updated: Monday, Dec. 07, 2009 11:27 AM
York novelist to sign book
YORK --
York novelist to sign book
Pat Guerry Hodnett, a long-time resident of York, turned to fiction writing after retiring from teaching in public schools for 28 years. Her first book, “A Place for Lily Kate,” is now followed by “Dragon Smoke,” which continues the adventures of Lily Kate.
A book signing will be held at the York County Regional Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the York Christmas Tour of Homes 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 to 7 p.m. Dec. 13.
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Love predated the invention of language, but love poetry got its start as soon as we had words through which to express our feelings. Here's a lovely example of a contemporary poem of love and longing by George Bilgere, who lives in Ohio.
Night Flight
I am doing laps at night, alone
In the indoor pool. Outside
It is snowing, but I am warm
And weightless, suspended and out
Of time like a fly in amber.
She is thousands of miles
From here, and miles above me,
Ghosting the stratosphere,
Heading from New York to London.
Though it is late, even
At that height, I know her light
Is on, her window a square
Of gold as she reads mysteries
Above the Atlantic. I watch
The line of black tile on the pool's
Floor, leading me down the lane.
If she looks down by moonlight,
Under a clear sky, she will see
Black water. She will see me
Swimming distantly, moving far
From shore, suspended with her
In flight through the wide gulf
As we swim toward land together.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2009 by George Bilgere, whose most recent book of poems is Haywire, Utah State University Press, 2006. Reprinted by permission of George Bilgere. Introduction copyright © 2009 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
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Hardcover fiction
1. I, Alex Cross. James Patterson. Little, Brown, $27.99
2. Under the Dome. Stephen King. Scribner, $35
3. The Lost Symbol. Dan Brown. Doubleday, $29.95
4. Ford County. John Grisham. Doubleday, $24
5. The Wrecker. Clive Cussler & Justin Scott. Putnam, $27.95
6. The Gathering Storm. Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson. Tor, $29.99
7. True Blue. David Baldacci. Grand Central, $27.99
8. The Help. Kathryn Stockett. Putnam/Amy Einhorn, $24.95
Hardcover nonfiction
1. Going Rogue. Sarah Palin. Harper, $28.99
2. Open. Andre Agassi. Knopf, $28.95
3. Have a Little Faith. Mitch Albom. Hyperion, $23.99
4. What the Dog Saw. Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown, $27.99
5. SuperFreakonomics. Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner. Morrow, $29.99
6. Arguing with Idiots. Glenn Beck. Threshold Editions, $29.99
7. It's Your Time. Joel Osteen. Free Press, $25
8. A Simple Christmas. Mike Huckabee. Sentinel, $19.95
9. The Book of Basketball. Bill Simmons. Ballantine/ESPN, $30
Library holds holiday sale
Check out the gently-read books at a special book sale from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the York County Library, 138 E. Black St. in Rock Hill.
Choose from holiday titles, children's books, autographed works, coffee table books and much more sold at bargain prices.
Proceeds benefit York County Library programs. This activity is part of ChristmasVille. Call 803-981-5837 for more information.
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