Art Chowder May | June 2018, Issue 15 | Page 40

W hen asked about her new work, Klein said, “Beauty, regret, redemption, relationships — these themes compel me, thread through my artwork and verse. Conflict and setting elbow each other, my characters groping their way, along with me, toward hope and wholeness. Novelist Susan Vreeland once urged me to ‘Be a spokesman for peace.’ To that end, bimonthly, I post lyric flash-nonfiction interspersed with photos from my travels, at lauriekleinscribe.com. Tweetspeak Poetry publishes my personal essays about our national parks. New poems and prose are slated to appear in Louisiana Literature, Saint Katherine Review, Adanna Review, Psaltery & Lyre, The Windhover, and Shaped by Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California.” You Asked We Listened COME SEE WHAT’S NEW ON FLOOTIE.COM You may see Laurie about Spokane but she hasn’t scheduled any readings yet this year. She says, “For now, faith and family steady and deepen me, along with reading, cutthroat Bananagrams, design work, Fuji apples and pepper jack cheese, fierce crossword puzzles. My husband’s ongoing recovery from open heart surgery, two daughters, four grandkids, and elderly mutt daily reorient me: wonder and gratitude, my favorite address.” Enter to Win Free Monthly Art Giveaways ww w. flootie. com Steven A. Scroggins Fine Art [email protected] 208-659-8332 RebeccaLloydArt.com 40 ART CHOWDER MAGAZINE Post Falls, Idaho BY APPOINTMENT