Thanksgiving fast approaching, and only a few more weeks of the teaching semester left. Plenty happening on the Dr. Cicero Books front, as we attempt to complete editing the three novels to be brought out in the New Year along with two volumes of poetry, the opening salvoes in the Dr. Cicero Books Poetry Series, edited by Robert Kelly – a wonderful feather in our cap. Amazing to think that among the great authors mentioned in the novel of John’s we’re about to publish, Robert is cited, and that this was written before John ever met Robert or even knew that he was a cherished friend of mine. On Saturday night Chiara and I attended Robert’s poetry reading to celebrate his wife Charlotte’s birthday – a recently established but already acclaimed ritual – at Bard Hall, where I’d read from my own book a few weeks ago, introduced by Robert. At the wonderful, inspiring and moving reading, both the poets Dr. Cicero is publishing in Robert’s series, Billie Chernicoff and Michael Ives, were present in the audience, and I was able to maneuver them into a threesome line-up for the camera.
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