Benefit Poetry Reading & Book Signing: The Goldfish Window- Lisa Beech Hartz

Lisa Beech Hartz

The Goldfish Window

Poetry Reading & Book Signing

Saturday, July 21st,2018

4:00PM

A Reading to Benefit Seven Cities Writers Project which brings cost-free creative writing workshops to underserved communities in Hampton Roads. 7CWP director, poet Lisa Beech Hartz will read from her collection exploring the lives and work of visual artists. A wine and cheese reception to follow. 

Lush poems about specific paintings and artists populate The Goldfish Window and leave the reader wanting more. Among the many painters and photographers one can find peering from these poems are Monet, Kandinsky, O'Keeffe, Vuillard, Cassatt, Van Gogh, Stieglitz, and Cezanne. The stunning imagery and lyric voice of Lisa Beech Hartz make this an unforgettable collection. Lovers of art and of poetry will enjoy this poetry book immensely.

Lisa Beech Hartz is a poet and teacher in the Tidewater Region of Virginia. She directs Seven Cities Writers Project, which brings cost-free writing workshops to underserved communities. She currently guides a workshop in the Norfolk City Jail and a memoir workshop of the Jim Crow Era.