Family Crafts at St. Michaels Library
On Wednesday, April 13, at 3:30 p.m., the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library will offer a program of seasonal crafts for the whole family. Pre-registration is required for this free program. For more information, call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.

St. Michaels Library to Offer Memoir-Writing Workshop
On successive Thursdays, April 14 – June 16, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library will offer a series of classes on memoir-writing. Learn how to preserve your family’s history by writing and sharing your stories. All library programs are free and open to the public, but patrons who wish to participate in this program do need to preregister. For more information, please call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.

Library To Sponsor Reading by Award-Winning Poet
The Talbot County Free Library will sponsor a reading by award-winning poet Jehanne Dubrow on Thursday, April 14, at 5:30 p.m., in Easton’s Promise at 107 Goldsborough Street, Easton. In addition to reading from her work, Dubrow will talk about life in the world of poetry and what it is like to try to make a living as a poet.

Dubrow is the author of three collections of poetry, including her most recent, “Stateside,” which describes her experiences as a military spouse. Her first book, “The Hardship Post” (2009), won the Three Candles Press Open Book Award, and her second, “From the Fever-World,” won the Washington Writers’ Publishing House Poetry Competition (2009). Finishing Line Press published her chapbook, “The Promised Bride,” in 2007.

Her poetry, creative nonfiction, and book reviews have appeared in journals such as “The New Republic,” “Poetry,” “Ploughshares,” “The Hudson Review,” “The New England Review,” “Barrow Street,” “Gulf Coast,” “Blackbird,” “Shenandoah,” and “Prairie Schooner,” as well as on Poetry Daily and Verse Daily. Her work has been featured on NPR’s “Fresh Air,” on the PBS News Hour’s “Art Beat” blog, and on the Academy of American Poets website.

The daughter of American diplomats, Jehanne Dubrow was born in Italy and grew up in Yugoslavia, Zaire, Poland, Belgium, Austria, and the United States. She is married to an officer in the U.S. Navy and currently lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where she is an assistant professor of creative writing and literature at Washington College. In her spare time, Dubrow teaches classes at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD.

All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register for this program. The Talbot County Free Library wishes to thank Easton’s Promise for allowing us to use their space for this program. For more information, call the library at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.