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Poetry Reading to Raise Money for Storm Relief


On Monday, September 12, Transitional Studies' Julie Damerell will join poets in and around Rochester in a reading to celebrate the release of the anthology "In the Arms of Words: Poems for Tsunami Relief" (FootHills Publishing/Sherman Asher Press 2005) sponsored by Rochester Poets and the International Rescue Committee at Writers & Books in Rochester, NY. The reading at 7 pm at Rochester Writers & Book will also be a fundraiser for Hurricane Katrina and Tsunami Relief.

"In the Arms of Words: Poems for Tsunami Relief" is a compilation of over 80 poets from the United States, Serbia, India, Africa, Spain, France and other countries. The poems in the collection are intended to evoke a sense of hope in the face of disaster.

Janet Ekis
Public Affairs
09/12/2005