Contributed by Erika Davis / Creekside Books & Coffee

Creekside Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Skaneateles, welcomes author Rachel Guido DeVries on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 7PM who will be discussing her currently penned book for children entitled: Teeny Tiny Tino’s Fishing Story.

About The Author:
Rachel is a Southern-Italian American, and a much-published poet, children’s book author, and novelist. She grew up near Paterson, NJ, and has lived in central New York since 1970.

Her first picture book for young readers, Teeny Tiny Tino’s Fishing Story, is forthcoming from Bordighera Books. She taught creative writing through the Humanistic Studies Center of
Syracuse University from 1985 to 2003, where she was awarded Teacher of the Year in 1993, and where she directed the Young Writers’ Workshop in Syracuse University’s Summer Program for Youth from 2000 to 2003.

A recent collection of poems, the Brother Inside Me, was published in 2007 by Guernica Books. Her first book of poems was published in 1978. In 1984, Rachel founded the Community Writers’ Project, in Syracuse, NY, which she directed until 1995. She is a past director of The Women’s Writers Center, formerly in Cazenovia, NY, and of the Feminist Women’s Writing Workshops. A recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction in 1987, she was a poet-in-the schools in upstate New York. She is the author of two chapbooks of poems for young readers, Ear Wax and Hockey Sticks, and The Purple Potato and Other Poems. Her poems have appeared in magazines including Yellow Silk, Voices in Italian Americana, the Paterson Literary Review, and Blueline. Rachel Guido DeVries lives in Cazenovia, NY.

Available for readings and/or workshops in poetry, fiction, autobiography; Mother/Daughter workshops; women’s workshops; workshops for young writers; Re/Discovering the Heart: A Workshop about Coming to Voice; Creative Writing Workshops for Public School Teachers; and more

“Ms. Guido DeVries is a multi-talented author with much to share,” says Erika Davis, owner of Creekside Books and Coffee. “I am looking forward to adding a selection of her available works to our LOCAL AUTHORS collection.”

Other Titles Include:
Tender Warriors (a novel) Firebrand Books, 1986
How to Sing to a Dago (poems), Guernica Editions, 1996
Gambler’s Daughter, (poems) Guernica Editions, 2001- a finalist in the 2002 Paterson Poetry Prize

Creekside Books & Coffee is located at 35 Fennell Street in Skaneateles. The bookstore is the only retail store in the village selling new hardcover and paperback books as well as toys, gifts, greeting cards and other merchandise. The coffeehouse features the freshest roasted coffee in town, a light fare menu and a pleasant atmosphere to relax and enjoy.