{"id":54469,"date":"2023-10-19T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=54469"},"modified":"2023-10-18T17:04:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T21:04:28","slug":"kate-baer-07-blends-jokes-poems-at-writers-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2023\/kate-baer-07-blends-jokes-poems-at-writers-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Baer &#8217;07 blends humor, poetry at Writers Read"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kate Baer \u201907 <\/strong>took the Lehman Auditorium stage on Saturday night to read from her collection of poems, answer questions from the crowd and dispense life and writing advice, all while showcasing her razor-sharp wit. Her stop at EMU coincided with a book tour promoting her latest collection of poetry, \u201cAnd Yet: Poems,\u201d which was released in November.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three-time <em>New York Times<\/em>-bestselling author joked about her start as a second-grade poet: \u201cLots of poems about dead cats. Gosh, it\u2019s hard to live in the country by a road.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She clued people in on a beloved writing location: \u201cI do miss Panera. There\u2019s lots to see. I used to sit by the beverage dispenser. Lots of conversations to listen to. You would not believe how many people fill up a cup of hibiscus tea and drop it on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And she also told moderator and English professor <strong>Kirsten Beachy <\/strong>about some of her favorite memories while at EMU. 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