I’m thrilled to be a part of the Decatur Book Festival (20th anniversary!) October 4 (10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Booth 46, East Ponce de Leon). It’s one of Atlanta’s premier literary events. I’ll be signing copies of The Tears of Things: Poems. Whether you live in Atlanta or you’re passing through town, please stop by and say hello.
If my book is new to you, here’s a quick take: The Tears of Things is a testament to the healing power of nature and poetry. Charting Catherine Hamrick’s midlife journey through depression, grief, and resilience, it’s set against image-rich landscapes and gardens in the Midwest and Deep South.
Seamus Heaney’s interpretation of The Aeneid’s famous line sunt lacrimae rerum—“there are tears at the heart of things”—underpins Hamrick’s sensibility. Observing seasonal flourishes and decay reminds us that love, joy, longing, sorrow, and gratitude arise from life’s imperfection and brevity.
About Catherine Hamrick:
A veteran of Time Inc. and Dotdash Meredith (People Inc.), Catherine Hamrick is the author of The Tears of Things: Poems (Madville Publishing).
The collection has received praise from the Southern Review of Books, Mississippi Clarion-Ledger, Alabama Writers’ Forum, Midwest Book Review and Southern Literary Review (forthcoming). Jesse Graves, writer in residence at Eastern Tennessee State University, noted “its deep roots in nature poetry like Mary Oliver’s.”
Hamrick’s poetry has appeared in Appalachian Places, Appalachian Review, The Blue Mountain Review, The Citron Review, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, storySouth, and elsewhere.
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So glad to see you are still at it. I was thinking about you yesterday.
Oh, wow! So great to hear from you. Are you still writing plays? Take care.