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About the Author
Kari Tauring
Kari Tauring is a Nordic root musician, cultural educator, and spiritual leader from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Raised in a Norwegian American extended family, Kari began studying runes and Norse mythology, cosmology, and metaphysics in 1988. She pioneered the Nordic root spiritual system called Völva Stav in 2003.
In 2007 she released her first rune book and published a manual for Völva Stav to accompany her workshops in 2010. A second edition of the rune book was published in 2016 and bears the name, “The Runes: A Deeper Journey.” It is accompanied by an iPhone app of the same name. While many of her original poems dot the landscape of three Nordic musical recordings (Nykken and Bear, 2014 and the double album Ljos and Svart, 2016) “The Day Begins at Sunset” is her first volume of poetry to be published.
About the Book
“The Day Begins at Sunset” is a collection of poetry that began as a promise to a cohort of Patreon supporters. What was to be a year-long study of the Primstav, the Old Norwegian calendar stick that blends pre-Christian agricultural practices with newly imposed church days became a lifeline to mark the days of the global pandemic and racial justice uprisings in Minneapolis. This study and the poetry became for Ms. Tauring, “…a rudder in an uncertain sea, a stability of time in uncertain times.”
BOOK LAUNCH for David de Young’s “A Flash of Insight and Other Poems” with Kari Tauring and musical guest Ben Connelly.
David de Young
Where: Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA Date: Tuesday, April 24th, 2018 Time: Doors at 6pm, event at 7pm. Tickets: $6 advance/$6 at the door. (Paperback of A Flash of Insight and Other Poems $10 with paid admission. Normally $16.95.)
HELSINKI, Finland, February 22nd, 2018 – Nordic Moon Press announces the US book launch for David de Young’s first collection of poetry, A FLASH OF INSIGHT AND OTHER POEMS at Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 24th at 7 p.m. along with Nordic Roots author Kari Tauring and special musical guest Ben Connelly.
As part of the US launch of the book, de Young will make his first visit to Minneapolis in over 5 years to present poems from the collection as well as brand new poems and commentary.
“I’m excited to share this work in the city where I lived for 25 years,” said de Young, “but I’m also excited just to return and see dearly-missed friends and old colleagues. The BLB was a favorite entertainment venue when I lived in Minneapolis, so I am thrilled to hold the launch party there.”
David de Young, best known as the founder and long-time editor of the arts & entertainment website HowWasTheShow.com moved to Finland in 2012 where he now lives with his wife and two children. Living as an ex-pat and settling into family life allowed him to finish the assembly of a 70-poem volume that he has been cobbling together since 1984. Completed in November 2017, the book was published by de Young’s publishing cooperative, Nordic Moon Press.
“I am deeply grateful and excited that these poems are finally seeing the light of day,” said de Young. “Publication of these early and middle period poems opens up for me the chance to further explore a more mature kind of poetry I have been writing since becoming a father and husband.”
Twin Cities poet Michael Leggs commented that A Flash of Insight “leads the reader on a journey of introspection, unearthing fragments of stunning beauty extracted from poignant moments in daily life that, all too often, go unnoticed.”
The early evening program will conclude with a social hour and book signing.
Ben Connelly was a member of the well-loved Twin Cities band Steeplejack and has released several solo albums. Now an ordained Zen Priest, Connelly is the author of a book on Zen, Inside the Grass Hut from Wisdom Publications.
“In his collection of poetry that spans over three decades, de Young deftly reconstructs a captivating and familiar universe populated with keen — at times, whimsical — insights on love, loss, pain, delight, and personal growth.”—Michael Leggs, author of Advance the Engine Summer
“Love, loss, the inevitability of time and change — de Young’s flashes of insight recognize the moments of grace that define us all.”
—Susan Van Kirk, author of The Endurance Mysteries
“Focusing on the human condition of love in all its forms, the sequence of the poems allows the reader to grow with the poet into that ultimate sort of love a parent has for a child.”
NORDIC MOON PRESS PUBLISHES DAVID DE YOUNG’S FIRST COLLECTION OF POETRY
“A Flash of Insight and Other Poems” now available worldwide
Helsinki, October 31, 2017– Nordic Moon Press announces the release of A FLASH OF INSIGHT AND OTHER POEMS, the first anthology of poetry by American ex-pat David J. de Young, now available for purchase worldwide from online retailers in print and ebook formats.
A Flash of Insight and Other Poems features 70 poems touching on topics from Elvis, to Hostess Twinkies, to late-life fatherhood. It is assembled from poems written by de Young over thirty-three years, from 1984 to 2017.
”I am deeply grateful and excited that these poems are finally seeing the light of day,” said de Young of this collection. “Publication of these early and middle period poems opens up for me the chance to further explore a more mature kind of poetry I have been writing since becoming a father and husband, and I hope to expand the slimmer part three of this collection into a larger volume over the next 2-5 years.”
“Love, loss, the inevitability of time and change —de Young’s flashes of insight recognize the moments of grace that define us all.”
—Susan Van Kirk, author of The Endurance Mysteries
“In his collection of poetry that spans over three decades, de Young deftly reconstructs a captivating and familiar universe populated with keen — at times, whimsical — insights on love, loss, pain, delight, and personal growth. He leads the reader on a journey of introspection, unearthing fragments of stunning beauty extracted from poignant moments in daily life that, all too often, go unnoticed.”
—Michael Leggs, author of Advance the Engine Summer
“Focusing on the human condition of love in all its forms, the sequence of the poems allows the reader to grow with the poet into that ultimate sort of love a parent has for a child.”
—Kari Tauring, author, musician, educator
David J. de Young was born in Illinois in 1964. A proud product of the American Midwest, he majored in English at Grinnell College, where he was poetry editor of the college’s literary magazine and recipient of the Selden Whitcomb Prize in Poetry. He lived in Wisconsin and Minnesota for 25 years before moving to Finland in 2012, where he now lives with his wife and two daughters.
Previously, de Young served as editor for Minnesota-based web magazine, HowWasTheShow.com where he contributed reviews of music and theater productions for over a decade. He is also the editor of The Runes, A Deeper Journey by fellow Nordic Moon Press author, Kari C. Tauring.
“In his collection of poetry that spans over three decades, de Young deftly reconstructs a captivating and familiar universe populated with keen — at times, whimsical — insights on love, loss, pain, delight, and personal growth.”—Michael Leggs, author of Advance the Engine Summer
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