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Christopher Stuchell, Berea College Student, To Give Poetry Reading at Hutchins Library

Story by Library Director Calvin Gross:

Please join us at Hutchins Library in welcoming freshman Christopher Stuchell, author of incantations in a reading of their work, along with a book signing. Copies of incantations will be on sale at the end of the reading for $15, including a personal signing by the author! The author is also open to any questions about themselves or their work, and pictures, posts about them, or any other form of publicity.

Refreshments will be provided in the form of cookies and coffee/tea.

The following is the book’s description on amazon.com:

incantations is a collection of poetry/story-writing that showcases the range of diversity in subjects, with elements of culture blending to give an altogether value of the author's search for meaning during adolescence, while tackling issues of sexuality, the nature of masculinity, and a childhood of poverty. Incantations embodies the magical element of the desire to write meaningful poetry for everyone to enjoy. To go forth, and make magic upon this world, even it is not what it seems; everything is here, everyone is here, for a reason. All peoples of this earth have been made of one blood. Inside these pages are pieces of a soul in the words that are directly a part of universal knowledge. Peoples' very consciousness, essence as persons, identities, etc. are held within these words, pages, poems, stories, and darling happiness. Everything else, is here to signify the attachment that the author has to Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsburg, and William Butler Yeats.

Christopher Stuchell is a freshman at Berea College, and is from Columbia, Kentucky. Elizabeth Rexroat is the cover designer. They can be contacted at www.chris-stuchell.com, @chris_stuchell on Instagram, @c_stuchell on Twitter, and on email at chris-stuchell@outlook.com