Detroit Poet and Playwright Chris Tysh will be signing and reading from her latest work Night Scales on Sunday, February 6th at 2pm.
“The shining star of Night Scales, though, is author Chris Tysh. It was Tysh’s own mother who survived the Holocaust by passing for Catholic and being exiled to Paris, where her daughter was raised. The author’s poetic meditation not only confronts survival in a visceral sense, but also the emotional implications of having to survive, weighing its value and its consequences in a manner that hasn’t been reached since Elie Wiesel’s harrowing recollection. Through a series of jarring poetic scenes, Tysh comments on the weight that gets passed on to the family who made such radical sacrifices, showing us that though scars fade, they span generations and never really disappear.” -Metro Times Review of Night Scales
Chris Tysh has been on the faculty of the English department at Wayne State University, Detroit since 1989, where she teaches creative writing and women’s studies. She has authored several poetry collections and completed a full screenplay based on a novel of Georges Bataille. Her books include Secrets of Elegance, Porn?, Coat of Arms, In the Name, Continuity Girl and Cleavage. Recently, her play, Night Scales, A Fable for Klara K, was produced at the Wayne State University Studio Theatre under the direction of Aku Kadogo. She has given numerous readings, both here and abroad. She is a recipient of a 2003 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a 2010 Kresge Artist Fellowship.
Books will be available for purchase at the event. Book Beat is located at 26010 Greenfield Rd. Oak Park, MI 48237. Please contact us (248) 968-1190 if you have any questions or would like to reserve a book for this event.