On Dec 2 I will be reading from my 2 books of historical verse.
Outcasts the Penikese Island Leper Hospital 1905-1921 tells the real story
of a tiny leper hospital off the shore of Cape Cod, MA. Patients who had been living and working in
MA came from around the world, spoke different languages and different beliefs were forced
together by the one thing they had in common - leprosy.
Dear Suzanne is a biography of model/artist Suzanne Valadon 1965-1938. Valadon was a much
favored model of the impressionists in particular Renoir yet she went on to become a highly
acclaimed artist in her own right. She was the mother of Maurice Utrillo. Cast of characters includes
Erik Satie, Degas, Toulouse Lautrec and others.
