poetry reading at [words]

When author Jay Erickson was diagnosed with advanced metastatic cancer in 2013 he used poetry as a means to make sense of the experience and communicate his internal life during treatment to friends and family. BLOOM is an illustrated book of poems that, as one reviewer observed, \"feels like open heart poetry. It is not simply about healing. It is healing.\" BLOOM was edited by Maplewood resident Mary Moloney. Learn more at bloombook.org event details here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5144818/one_sheet_words_reading3.pdf