Edwina Trentham

Hartford Courant February 14, 2019

The poems of Edwina Trentham: A declaration of what matters

I will be the opening reader for Margaret Gibson on this coming Friday September 21st at The Mystic Arts Cafe. Margaret Gibson will debut her new book Not Hearing the Wood Thrush, which Stephen Dunn calls “a great book… by one of our best poets.”  The Sea The Sea will paly music from their new album From the Light, which features the fine songwriting and brilliant close harmonies for which the duo is known.Please join us there!

         For information please call 860-912-2444 or email info@theartscafemystic.org

I will be conducting a one-day workshop on March 18. In this one-day workshop, we will take on the challenge of writing about joy in ways that express the complexities of that intense emotion. A full description of the workshop can be found here.

I will be sending an exercise ahead of time to participants, as well as providing a handout of poems, and hopefully participants will send suggestions for poems to add to that handout Participants will bring a potluck dish to share. Coffee, tea, and cookies will be provided.

The workshop will be held at 15 Annello Way in Middletown, CT.
Info: contact Edwina Trentham

The workshop is limited to twelve participants, and the cost for the workshop is $100.00.

Please join John Surowiecki and Edwina Trentham for a reading at Two Wrasslin’ Cats Coffee House in East Haddam, CT on February 11 from from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

Edwina will read from her poetry chapbook, Dinner Parties, a sonnet series illustrated by artist Nancy Goodrich, who will speak about her process of creating the illustrations. John will read from his new novel, Pie Man, which won the Nilson Prize for a First Novel and was published by Southeast Missouri Press

The Reading is free and open to the public Refreshments, including pie, will be served, and a variety of coffee drinks will be on sale by Two Wrasslin’ Cats Coffee House

For more information please email Edwina Trentham (860-873-1472) or Mark Thiede at Two Wrasslin’ Cats (860-891-8446).

Two Wrasslin’ Cats Coffee House
374 Town Street, East Haddam, CT

Dinner Parties (2017)
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Dinner Parties grew out of the artist, Nancy Goodrich, hearing me read my seven sonnet series, Dinner Parties a couple of years ago. She asked if she could illustrate the poems.

She created an art book and sent me a copy. I was so taken with it that I asked if she could make more. She said that it was not possible because of the time and energy required to make just one book. So, I consulted with graphic artist Marylou Conley. Marylou contacted a printer she had worked with and created the files and layout for the resulting book.

Poems are printed on Curious Translucents Clear 36# Text.
Illustrations, covers and other interior pages are printed on Mohawk Via Felt Warm White Cover. The book was offset printed, trimmed and assembled using screw binding by Mansir Printing of Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Signed, numbered copies of the book are available directly from Edwina for $25.00 plus postage.