CAMDEN — Poet Dave Morrison will be hosting a book release party Friday, March 28, at 7 p.m., in the Blue Cafe (Camden Opera House 3rd floor). Admission is free and all are welcome.

Morrison is releasing his 18th book of poems, Sprinter Runs the Marathon: Poems For Those Who Think Differently (Rain Crow Press 2025). In this collection of poems written between 2006 and 2024, Morrison explores, accepts and celebrates a lifetime of 'thinking differently'.

"I was a bright, funny kid who couldn't navigate school. In the 60s and 70s there was no such thing as ADHD – you were branded disruptive, or an underachiever," said Morrison. "It took many years for me to get this clarity: I was not stupid or lazy or weak...I just thought differently."

Hailed as 'A hearty weed in the garden of American poetry' (Dispatch Magazine) Dave Morrison's poems have been published in literary magazines and anthologies, and featured on Writer’s Almanac, Take Heart, and Poems from Here. Morrison has published eighteen books of poetry including two other themed collections, Clubland (poems about rock & roll bars in verse and meter, Fighting Cock Press 2011) and Cancer Poems (JukeBooks 2015).

Morrison will be performing his trademark looped electric guitar and poetry mash-up. Literary lubricant will be offered, and books will be available for sale.