Friday, July 25, 3:00 p.m.  Mimi White - Poetry reading and workshop.  Chapter Two is proud to join with The Oceanside Meadows Innstitute for Arts and Sciences to present Poet Mimi White, who will read from her new book The Last IslandThe 2005-2007 Portsmouth Poet Laureate, Mimi was an Acadia National Park Artist-in-Residence at the Schoodic District in the fall of 2005, and The Last Island features poems inspired by her Schoodic experience.  The pieces in this book trace with great sensitivity a landscape of intimacy, a place that is hazardous and rewarding and brimming with feeling.  They deepen one's sense of what it is to be alive with admirable concision.  The Last Island has been described as a mesmerizing book that is a many-faceted love story and, like love, insists you look again in wonder at history, your own gardens, relationships, children, pets, your nearly unbearable losses, and your own mortality. Through the alchemy of these smart, strong poems, you come to realize just how lucky you are to be alive. Be prepared as you read for many unexpected transformations, for revelations that arise from the most common events: visiting an old poet in his garden, feeding your beloved dog although you know he will die soon, releasing a newly healed bird into the orchard. And best of all, when you have finished reading these poems, they will stay with you.  Their richness, their music, their sturdy love will return just when you need them most. A recipient of a NH State Fellowship in Poetry, Mimi has been teaching creative writing for twenty-five years and is Co-Director of PicturePoets of AIR, a non-profit organization that provides enriching arts and cultural experiences to teenage girls.  She has taught at the University of New Hampshire, Northern Essex Community College and Lesley University.  She worked for several years as a visiting poet in NH schools, libraries, prisons and residencies for the elderly.  Her work has appeared in dozens of journals including Poetry, The Harvard Review, West Branch, Hanging Loose and Rivendell.  She is the author of two chapbooks of poetry, Into The Darkness We Go and The Singed Horizon, which won the Philbrick Poetry Award.  Admission is free.  Seat reservations are strongly recommended.  For more information, contact Garry or Rosemary at Chapter Two at 963-7269 or by email at chaptertwocorea@aol./com [1]