Today at The Book Bower

A reminder from The Book Bower:


G. Scott Deshefy, a Connecticut author, will be appearing at 3:30 p.m Saturday January 30 at The Book Bower to read from and sign copies of his books of poetry "Shadow Stones and Other Poems", and "Houyhnhnms All". The Book Bower is in Main St. Market, 386 Main St., Middletown. Light refreshments will be served.


Other works include "Touch the Earth", an anthology of nature poetry of which Mr. Deshefy was editor and contributor. In 1996 Mr. Deshefy was selected by the Hartford Advocate as its literature award winner in poetry, and he has been nominated for Connecticut poet laureate. Copies of his book, "Houyhnhnms All", were given honorary placement by Hungarian President Gonz in the National Libraries of Budapest in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Hungary's fight for independence in 1848.

True to his Renaissance perspectives on life, G. Scott Deshefy's poetry and essays have appeared in a variety of literary magazines while his ecological and ethological studies have been published in such prestigious research journals as Animal Behaviour. A busy lecturer whose topics range from biology and astronomy to history, the cinema and, currently, the ethics of climate change, Deshefy weaves the quiltwork of his interests into the fabric of his poetry. Dubbed the "Rod Serling of American poets," his poems have been called "rich as the planet…an offering to the life around us and dissension from the politics of its destruction." Mr. Deshefy is a justice of the peace and actor, and he worked 26 years for the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection before retiring in 2007. He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives (2nd CT Congressional District) with the Green Party in 2008 and is Green Party candidate for that congressional seat in 2010. He is currently working on a book combining scientific and philosophical syntheses in support of animal rights and ecological ethics.

For more information, call 860-704-8222.