What do 13 authors, 50 stories, nuns, egg salad and a guitar man, and the City of Windsor all have in common?
The answer is In The Middle Space, an anthology that explores Windsor’s rich public art culture through poetry. Thirteen authors from various backgrounds all come together to celebrate public art by way of sharing their stories. The book is composed of 50 poems that celebrate the city’s public art through storytelling. “This is really a marriage of public art and poetry – in essence, living art,” says Marty Gervais, Windsor’s poet laureate emeritus, who has been working with more than a dozen students in the University of Windsor’s publishing practicum course to produce a book that is part of the South Shore series under the auspices of the city’s Poet Laureate program.
Featuring poetry and prose from: Barry Brodie Carlinda D’Alimonte Irene Moore Davis Peter Hrastovec Maya Jessop Dorothy Mahoney Christopher Lawrence Menard Mary Ann Mulhern Rawand Mustafa André Narbonne Vanessa Shields Laurie Smith Teajai Travis