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KSU publishes poetry in Wick Chapbook Series

KENT — Kent State University Press has published the Wick Poetry Chapbook Winners: “Song of the Rest of Us” by Mindi Kirchner, a Youngstown resident, and “Salt” by Liz Tilton.

Manuscripts for the Wick Poetry Chapbook Series are selected through an open competition of Ohio poets and open competition for students of Ohio colleges and universities.

Kirchner, a native of Lancaster, Pa., who graduated from Pennsylvania State University and the NEOMFA program, teaches at Youngstown State University.

Tilton works in the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning at the University of Cincinnati. Her poems have appeared in several publications.

Boardman illustrator to appear at book signing

SALEM — Lion and Lamb Christian Resources, 145 S. Broadway Ave., announces that two book signings have been scheduled.

The first will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday with Christian fiction author Wanda Brunstetter. She will sign her newest book, “A Cousin’s Promise,” and other titles.

In the second event, Pam Querin, a free-lance illustrator from Boardman, will join a New York Times bestselling author at a book signing from 10-11:45 a.m. April 7.

Beverly Lewis will be signing her newest book, “The Secret,” and other books that are fan favorites.

Querin illustrated two of Lewis’ children’s books: “What is God Like?” and “What is Heaven Like?,” which will be for sale at the signing.

Querin favors bold colors and intricate designs in her work. She earned a fine-arts degree from Youngstown State University.

NATION

New Gore book due this fall

NEW YORK — Nobel laureate’s Al Gore’s follow-up to his best-selling “An Inconvenient Truth,” originally planned for last spring, is coming out this fall with a new title.

Publisher Rodale Books announced that the former vice president’s book, “Our Choice,” will be released in November, printed on 100-percent recycled paper. The book, which proposes solutions to the global warming crisis documented in “Inconvenient Truth,” was called “The Path to Survival” when first announced two years ago.

“An Inconvenient Truth” was published in 2006 and was a companion book to the Academy Award-winning documentary of the same name.

Vindicator staff/wire reports