Eighth Day Books
2838 E. Douglas
Wichita, Kansas
Thursday, May 16, 7:00 p.m. Eighth Day Books 2838 E. Douglas Wichita, Kansas After 50 years of writing poetry, Arlice Davenport is not yet finished: “When I contemplate/this insatiable universe/bulging against its borders/I carefully store my tools/and leave the unfinished unfinished.” He takes his cues from “this insatiable universe” in this, his fourth collection of poems, in pursuit of an ever-receding horizon of completion. For decades editor of the Book and Travel sections of the Wichita Eagle, Arlice will read from In Search of the Sublime and his other books Thursday, May 16, 7:00 p.m., at Eighth Day Books.
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Member Arlice W. Davenport (Wichita) reads the 2nd place winner of the Poetry Theme, A Moment to Write, contest category. Thank you for sharing your poem with us, Arlice! [Emporia, Kansas] Meadowlark Poetry Press announces the release of Arlice W. Davenport’s fourth poetry collection, In Search of the Sublime!
Book Description: In Arlice Davenport’s fourth poetry collection, the poems express a constant search for and admiration of the sublime. Through experience and education, Davenport’s erudite knowledge of classical landscapes, literature, art, and philosophy connect mankind across time. The poet’s outward quests help inform and satisfy his inward quests for meaningfulness. These poems are restless in their pursuit of awe-inspiring moments, and they share these moments with us, the reader who picks this book up to experience something sublime in the first place. About the Author: Arlice W. Davenport is the author of four collections of poems, Setting the Waves on Fire, Everlasting: Poems, Kind of Blue: New Poems, and In Search of the Sublime, published, respectively, by Meadowlark Press (2020) and Meadowlark Poetry Press (2021, 2022, and 2023). He is the retired Books editor and Travel editor for The Wichita Eagle newspaper. He and his wife, Laura, continue their travels, which include more than 30 stays in Europe. What Readers Are Saying: . . . Davenport blends passion, erudition, instinctive poetic craftsmanship, and his abiding love of language to bring his thoughts burgeoning to life. There is a great expansiveness in this collection; the overarching sky is a recurring setting, whether the stage is internal and intensely personal, the corporeal world, or heavenly . . . . . . I suspect you will read through this book, as I did, to find yourself breathless, anticipating the rest of your day, looking forward to all your tomorrows. —Roy J. Beckemeyer, author of Mouth Brimming Over and Amanuensis Angel Meadowlark Poetry Press invites you to a hybrid (in-person AND Zoom) book launch event in celebration of Kind of Blue by Arlice Davenport! Time: 6:30 p.m. Date: August 12 Place: Twin Rivers Winery 627 Commercial St. Emporia, KS 66801 Register for Zoom Details: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsdu-oqTIoHta_LxX-p914y2axk-WnPuHd Click HERE to preorder Kind of Blue now, or save your appetite for a signed copy at the event! About the Author: Arlice W. Davenport is the author three collections of poems, Setting the Waves on Fire, Everlasting: Poems, and now, Kind of Blue published respectively by Meadowlark Press (2020) and Meadowlark Poetry Press (2021 & 2022). He is the retired Books editor and Travel editor for The Wichita Eagle newspaper. He and his wife, Laura, continue their travels, which include more than 30 stays in Europe. Don’t miss the Zoom virtual launch for Everlasting, Arlice Davenport’s second collection of poems. It can be found at Meadowlark. Scroll down to the first feature article, and you will find everything you need to know to be included in the audience at 7 p.m. September 10.
You must register on the website to be able to join the launch party. The date is approaching quickly, like a scorpion sidewinding toward your sleeping bag. As a "camper," you can extend the metaphor to its potentially dark consequences. Please sign up as soon as you can to ensure that our readers will already be "in the house" and ready to sing the poems they've chosen. Everyone else can pick out the cushioned seat of their choice. Arlice is looking forward to seeing all of you in your Brady Bunch cubicles. And if you can think of anyone else who might be interested in the launch, please pass along the information. Again, you must register your attendance to receive the Zoom instructions for the Big Show. Press Release Virtual Launch Scheduled for Wichita Author’s Debut Book of Poetry Emporia, KS - Setting the Waves on Fire, by Arlice W. Davenport, is the newest book of poetry released by Meadowlark Press. The book retails for $15 and is now available to order. The launch event will take place via Zoom on October 14 at 7:00pm. Attendees are invited to sign up at www.meadowlark-books.com. Of Davenport’s poetry collection, Roy Beckemeyer, Kansas Authors Club multi-year Poet of the Year, writes, “This is poetry of intellectual breadth built on a foundation of honest emotional depth. I encourage you to take up this book and read, to follow Davenport’s best advice: “Your heart is bruised, bleeding / drops of unrequited love. / The viscera of your body / tighten like a noose. You could slide // your head into it, if you choose, / . . . Love flees / like a deer bounding in a forest. / You are too broken to give chase . . . /. . . Let poems be your new heart. // It will not bleed.” Davenport, a lifelong Wichitan, is the retired Travel editor and Books Page editor for The Wichita Eagle. Setting the Waves on Fire (ISBN 978-1734247770) is available to order from the Meadowlark Books web-store at www.meadowlark-books.com, and for order through all online and traditional book outlets. ____________________________________________ If you have news of writing events that would be of interest to all Kansas Authors Club members, or if you are a member (dues current) who would like to announce an achievement, please submit your news via this form. An extra special shout-out to the following members for providing a bit of extra support to the convention team via program advertising. Please take a moment to visit these member websites and check out their books! Proofread/copyedit services by Connie Rae White KAC D5 member, April Pameticky, has put together a powerful issue of River City Poetry that assembles Kansas Poets’ responses to the events of June 2020.
Members who have poems in this issue include Roy Beckemeyer, Dixie Brown, Arlice W. Davenport, H.B. Berlow, Robert L. Dean Jr., and Gretchen Eick. |
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