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Potsdam man to read from new poetry book Saturday at SUNY Potsdam

Posted 11/30/16

POTSDAM -- SUNY Potsdam will host a free poetry reading by recent creative writing graduate, Ethan Shantie, Saturday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Hurley's Nightclub, located in the Barrington Student …

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Potsdam man to read from new poetry book Saturday at SUNY Potsdam

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POTSDAM -- SUNY Potsdam will host a free poetry reading by recent creative writing graduate, Ethan Shantie, Saturday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Hurley's Nightclub, located in the Barrington Student Union.

The Potsdam writer and musician will read from his debut collection of poems, "We Meet by Accident," which was released today, Nov. 29, by Ghost City Press of Syracuse.

The volume was three years in the making, blending traditional free verse and image macro poetry. "We Meet by Accident" was heavily influenced by the work of Shantie's mentor, Dr. Maurice Kenny, and also draws on the author's travels across the East Coast and his involvement in the Northern New York punk rock scene.

"'We Meet by Accident' is a collection of poems about the types of relationships we have with other people - mentors, friends, lovers, family. Each poem serves as a conduit, an expression of joy, grief and sorrow, reflecting on the difficulty of people entering and leaving our lives. While incredibly personal, these poems have a universality that every reader can connect with," said Ghost City Press publisher and editor Kevin Bertolero.

Shantie was the recipient of both the Sylvia Angus Creative Writing Award and the Maurice Kenny Creative Writing Award. A chapbook of his work was released by Many Moons Press of Saranac Lake, in 2013.

Signed copies of the book will be available for $10. Shantie will be joined by fellow Ghost City writers Ghost City writers Kevin Bertolero, Carter Jones, Grown-Up Mike and Alexandra Kesick, as well as Potsdam poet Kayla French '04.

"We Meet by Accident" is available for purchase through Ghost City Press, at gumroad.com/l/wemeetbyaccident#.