“Lefty Blondie Press proudly presents our first publication of 2025: Gail Langstroth’s bilingual chapbook, Ghost Friends: In Praise of Jean Valentine / Duendes Amigos: Alabanza a Jean Valentine
Join LBP and the Madwomen in the Attic as we celebrate the transformative nature of words, music, movement, and fellowship!
Lefty Blondie Press presents Gail Langstroth’s bilingual chapbook: Ghost Friends: In Praise of Jean Valentine / Duendes Amigos: Alabanza a Jean Valentine (Lefty Blondie Press)
Saturday, February 1, 2025
2:00 p.m. EST
Gailliot Center, Fifth Floor University Commons, Carlow University, 3333 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh PA
Free and open to the public. Free parking.
Light refreshments available.
Books will be available for purchase.
Jeff Berman, Veronica Corpuz, Veronica Cruz, Madame Christiane Dolores, and City of Asylum writers Olena Boryshpolets, Jorge Olivera Castillo, and Rania Mamoun will join Gail in performance.
About Gail Langstroth: Raised under the Big Skies of Montana, Gail Langstroth lived thirty-eight years in Europe. She is a tri-lingual poet, lecturer, translator, and international eurythmy performer. Firegarden / jardín-de-fuego, Get Fresh Books (2020), is her first full-length collection of poetry. Langstroth is honored to be able to celebrate Jean Valentine with her bilingual Ghost Friends – in Praise of Jean Valentine. When not on the road, Gail makes Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania her home. www.wordmoves.com.
Sponsored by Lefty Blondie Press and the Madwomen in the Attic.”
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