Author Reading: Homecomings by Norbert Krapf

Join local author Norbert Krapf on December 9th at 2pm for a reading and signing of his book ‘Homecomings: A Writer’s Memoir’.

This reading is appropriate for adults and teens age 13+.

The reading will be followed by a signing. All proceeds of purchases made through Indy Reads support our English literacy programs.

“Norbert Krapf’s poetry and prose makes you want to celebrate your own family history, your own roots, and the beauty that surrounds us all. As a musician it is always a joy to accompany his words, and just as much of a pleasure to sit quitely with any of his collections and memories and join him in all the travels and places in the heart he takes us to. His poetry reflects his great love of the blues.” – David Amram, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and author

“Whether teaching his German students to listen to Whitman’s poetry until they hear his ‘sweet, delicious, rocking whisper,’ or recording the ‘no-longer-alive radiance’ of the stars shining their blessing onto the home his parents built in Jasper, Indiana, Homecomings is the record of a poet, teacher, and critic meditating with deep love and profound insight into the writers, the places, and the questions that have shaped his work. Essential reading for anyone familiar with Krapf’s poetry, it is also a book for those interested in how a poem works and how an artist chooses and maintains a life-long passion for craft and for the truth that art reveals.” – Susan Neville, author, The Town of Whispering Dolls: Stories

Norbert Krapf, Indiana poet laureate from 2008 to 2010, was born in 1943 in Jasper, Indiana, a German-Catholic town in southern Indiana. He received his bachelor of arts degree in English from Saint Joseph College in 1965 and his MA and PhD in English from the University of Notre Dame. He taught at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University where he directed the C.W. Post Poetry Center. He has frequently contributed to Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History and has previously published a book with the Indiana Historical Society Press, The Ripest Moments, a memoir of his youth in Jasper.

This Event is Pay-What-You-Can

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FREE – This ticket is for attendees that would like to attend this event and are unable to purchase a ticket. Indy Reads values our community and facilitators. We are proud to provide programming to all. Thank you for being a part of our community!

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