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April is National Poetry Month, but we’re starting early. Join us for a night of poetry with Mark Svenvold. Mark is a poet, writer and Assistant Professor of English at Seton Hall University. He has written recently about bicycle nomads for Orion Magazine; wildcat oil geology for Fortune/Small Business; and solar power and offshore wind power for The New York Times Magazine. His books of poetry are Empire Burlesque, winner of the OSU Press/The Journal Prize in Poetry, published by The Ohio State University Press, December, 2007 and Soul Data, winner of the Vassar Miller book prize, selected by Heather McHugh, the University of North Texas Press, spring, 1998. His nonfiction books include Big Weather (Henry Holt Co, 2005) about tornado chasers and the culture of catastrophilia and Elmer McCurdy: The Misadventures in Life and Afterlife of an American Outlaw, (Basic Books, 2002), which unravels the bizarre career of a Long Beach, California, fun house mummy. A 2007 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Nonfiction, he covers renewable energy for AOL’s DailyFinance. Mark holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop and a BA from the University of Washington.

Purchased a Windows computer recently? Wondering why it doesn’t look like your old computer? Come to our Windows 8 class to learn the mystery behind Windows 8!

Join our tech expert, Paul Zimmerman, for an introduction to the Axis 360 app, a great way for you to use your mobile device to access The Community Library. The Axis 360 app links directly to our Axis 360 digital collection, stores your library account after the first login, and lets you check out ebooks and audiobooks in a user interface optimized for your device.

It’s shocking how little most of us know about the fundamental rules for workplace survival. Few people truly understand how to hang onto their jobs, effectively respond to threats to their jobs or what to do if their main source of income is abruptly terminated.

Author Spencer Cohn is a National Employee Representative, and has helped more than 18,000 clients deal with work-related issues.

Join Spencer as he discusses his book “Beat the Boss,” and know your rights as an employee.

Cohn has appeared as an unemployment law expert on national media outlets including NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” CNN, FOX News and Sirius Satellite Radio. Cohn has also written for The Miami Herald, is a regular contributor to Credit.com and has also been nominated as person “Making a Difference” on “NBC News with Brian Williams.”

Open reading for local writers: The “Hunters and Gatherers” YMCA Creative Writing Workshop presents works in progress by local writers Cate Cox, Kelley Weston, Mark Spencer and surprise guests. Call to sign up if you have something to share, any genre, 5-10 minutes in length. Tony Evans (208) 720-4821.