Poetry Reading with Scott Beal and Christine Rhein
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You are invited to join us as we welcome 2 Michigan poets for a reading of their work! Scott Beal and Christine Rhein will be in the bookshop, sharing from their published books.
To register for this event and/or to view more about their books, visit https://2dandelionsbookshop.com/event/2026-10-28/scott-beal-christine-rhein
About the featured book:
Stegosaurus Moon explores heartbreak, divorce, parenthood and the discovery of new, often unexpected, ways forward. Poem by poem, the speakers puzzle through how one love comes apart and how a new life comes together in its wake.
Through encounters with everything from dinosaurs and scorpionflies, Britney Spears and the Rock, birthdays, deaths, pets, teenagers, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Rupaul’s Drag Race, the sequence builds into an examination of how the language of queer identity can be weaponized or can open space for more expansive ways to live and love. A tender accounting of the poet peering into a mirror that morphs and warps with language that consistently astounds, these pieces walk in step with the work of Ross Gay, Jeffrey McDaniel, Denise Duhamel, and Jennifer L. Knox.
About the poets:
Scott Beal is the author of Stegosaurus Moon (Dzanc Books, 2026) and Wait 'Til You Have Real Problems (Dzanc Books, 2014), as well as the chapbook The Octopus (Gertrude Press, 2016). His poetry and prose have appeared in journals such as Rattle, Pleiades, The Rumpus, and Michigan Quarterly Review, and have received awards including a Pushcart Prize. He directs the Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts at the University of Michigan and teaches in the Sweetland Center for Writing. He co-hosts the Skazat! online poetry series and co-edits the literary journal Public School Poetry. He graduated from Brighton High School (class of 1990) and lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Christine Rhein is a widely-published, award-winning poet. Her first collection, Wild Flight, from Texas Tech University Press, won the Walt McDonald Book Prize. She is a longtime resident of Brighton and a former automotive engineer. Her new book, titled Swerve, is forthcoming from Wayne State University Press in early 2027.
To register for this event and/or to view more about their books, visit https://2dandelionsbookshop.com/event/2026-10-28/scott-beal-christine-rhein
About the featured book:
Stegosaurus Moon explores heartbreak, divorce, parenthood and the discovery of new, often unexpected, ways forward. Poem by poem, the speakers puzzle through how one love comes apart and how a new life comes together in its wake.
Through encounters with everything from dinosaurs and scorpionflies, Britney Spears and the Rock, birthdays, deaths, pets, teenagers, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Rupaul’s Drag Race, the sequence builds into an examination of how the language of queer identity can be weaponized or can open space for more expansive ways to live and love. A tender accounting of the poet peering into a mirror that morphs and warps with language that consistently astounds, these pieces walk in step with the work of Ross Gay, Jeffrey McDaniel, Denise Duhamel, and Jennifer L. Knox.
About the poets:
Scott Beal is the author of Stegosaurus Moon (Dzanc Books, 2026) and Wait 'Til You Have Real Problems (Dzanc Books, 2014), as well as the chapbook The Octopus (Gertrude Press, 2016). His poetry and prose have appeared in journals such as Rattle, Pleiades, The Rumpus, and Michigan Quarterly Review, and have received awards including a Pushcart Prize. He directs the Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts at the University of Michigan and teaches in the Sweetland Center for Writing. He co-hosts the Skazat! online poetry series and co-edits the literary journal Public School Poetry. He graduated from Brighton High School (class of 1990) and lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Christine Rhein is a widely-published, award-winning poet. Her first collection, Wild Flight, from Texas Tech University Press, won the Walt McDonald Book Prize. She is a longtime resident of Brighton and a former automotive engineer. Her new book, titled Swerve, is forthcoming from Wayne State University Press in early 2027.
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428 W. Main St, Brighton, MI, United States, Michigan 48116
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