Join author Jennifer Freed for an informal discussion of her new book, When Light Shifts. In a sequence of story-poems, Freed’s memoir describes the period following her mother’s stroke from multiple perspectives, touching on themes of identity, healthcare, healing, and parenting one’s parents. Copies of her book are available to check out at the Gale Free Library. To register, please call (508)210-5569, or email
galefreelibrary@gmail.comJennifer Freed is an author, poet and teacher, and has been leading the Gale Free Library’s monthly “Craft of Writing” programs since 2014. She was a finalist in the 2013 New Women's Voices Competition, and was awarded the 2020 Samuel Washington Allen Prize for a long poem or poem-sequence. Jennifer has also been a finalist for the Frank O'Hara prize multiple times, and has received multiple nominations for the Pushcart Prize and Orison Anthology.
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