Upper Delaware Writers Collective

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Maybe he's right. Maybe not....
Bob Dylan: "Sometimes. It’s within me. It’s within me to put myself up and be a poet. But it’s a dedication. [Softly] It’s a big dedication.
[Pause] Poets don’t drive cars. [Laughs] Poets don’t go to the supermarket. Poets don’t empty the garbage. Poets aren’t on the PTA. Poets, you know, they don’t go picket the Better Housing Bureau, or whatever. Poets don’t… poets don’t even speak on the telephone. Poets don’t even talk to anybody. Poets do a lot of listening and … and usually they know why they’re poets! [Laughs]
Poets live on the land. They behave in a gentlemanly way. And live by their own gentlemanly code.
[Pause] And die broke. Or drown in lakes. Poets usually have very unhappy endings…"

Bob Dylan on Sacrifice, the Unconscious Mind, and How to Cultivate the Perfect Environment for... "People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them."

Reading & Book Signing Saturday, September 6, 6:30 P.M

Featuring:
George Brown, Consuela Golden,
Bernard LoPinto, Dawn McIntyre, Leslie Rutkin
Poets:
Paul Cooper, Nancy Dymond, Karen Morris

Come and join local poets and authors at this special reading and book signing. Authors will be reading from newly published works and works in progress.

Enjoy a drink and complimentary light refreshments. Relax in a lovely, vintage setting and let us entertain you with selections from our latest works. Books will be available for purchase and personalized signing. Come meet the authors and support the literary arts in our community!

WHERE: Old North Branch Inn
869 North Branch – Hortonville Road,
North Branch, N.Y. 12766
(845) 482-5925