Book Launch to Benefit House of Ruth: Jo Tyler, ROOMS FOR LOVE

Join poet and educator Jo Tyler for a chapbook launch benefitting House of Ruth!

Jo's new chapbook, Rooms for Love, plays on the notion that the Italian word “stanza” translates to “room” in English. Each of these poems is a stanza. Each of these poems is a room. Every room has the capacity to foster and cradle love.

So it's only fitting that Jo led a poetry workshop at House of Ruth along these lines, and will be joined by poets reading pieces that share the significance of House of Ruth in their lives.

We're excited for this thoughtful premise to come to life on May 14th, and hope to see you there!

Books will be available for sale at the event, with proceeds benefitting House of Ruth.

Jo Tyler is a poet, educator, storyteller, and visual artist. A former Penn State professor and Fortune 500 Vice President, she retired into the social vacuum of Covid-19, merrily returning to poetry after decades of writing prose in business and academia. She has a recently published chapbook, Rooms for Love (Bottlecap Press), and her poems have been published in Yellow Arrow Journal, Maryland Literary Review, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and Pen in Hand among others. She is a great believer in the power of small groups to accomplish great things, from achieving social justice in organizations to workshopping a poem that just isn’t quite there yet. She lives in Baltimore with her wife Gail and her dog Moxie.

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