Leslie Moore launches new book in Belfast: Grackledom
Leslie with Rumi, her cockapoo muse and a major figure in her book. (Photo by Tammy Packie)
Leslie with Rumi, her cockapoo muse and a major figure in her book. (Photo by Tammy Packie)
BELFAST — Local Color Gallery will host book launch, signing, and reading for Leslie Moore’s Grackledom, a bestiary of poetry, prints, and pen-and-ink drawings (Littoral Books) on Saturday, Nov. 4, from 3 - 5 p.m., with a reading at 3:30 p.m.
“It’s a book filled with sparkling poems, colorful prints, and an unforgettable array of birds, beasts, cats, and dogs,” said Moore, in a news release.
Leslie Moore is a poet, printmaker, and pen-and-ink artist. Her writing has appeared in journals and anthologies. Her art may be found in book illustrations, private collections, and at the Local Color Gallery in Belfast and at the Wendell Gilley Museum in Southwest Harbor. She is the winner of a Maine Literary Award for Short Nonfiction (2018) and the author of What Rough Beasts (Littoral Books, 2021).
Grackledom (80 pages with 50 color and black-and-white prints and drawings by the author, $20) will be for sale as well as framed linocuts from the book.
Local Color Gallery is at 135 High Street, Belfast. For details, visit localcolorgallerymaine.org.
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