{"id":74966,"date":"2026-06-30T19:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=74966"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:52:12","slug":"july-16-cindy-frenkel-poetry-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2026\/06\/30\/july-16-cindy-frenkel-poetry-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"August 6: Cindy Frenkel poetry reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have rescheduled Cindy Frenkel’s reading to Thursday, August 6, from 6-7:30pm<\/strong> at Book Beat. Poet Cindy Frenkel will be reading from her new collection Bad Neighborhood<\/a><\/strong>, published by Kelsay Books. Book Beat is located at 26010 Greenfield in Oak Park, MI 48237. Books will be available at the reading.<\/p>\n

Signed copies of Bad Neighborhood<\/em> can be ordered online at the Book Beat Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n“Cindy Frenkel is one of Detroit’s top poets. In Bad Neighborhood<\/em>, she uses beautiful narrative poems to explore themes of life, death, tragedy, and hope. This reflective compilation transports readers to Detroit in the mid-to-late 20th century with heartfelt poems about her parents’ lives and passing, her brother’s tragic death, and more. The poems feature original imagery that reveals the mysteries of the soul. Widely praised and published, this exceptional poet is a must-read for anyone who appreciates beautifully crafted poetry.”
\n–M.L. Liebler, educator and author of Hound Dog<\/em><\/p>\n

“With her alchemy of plain-spoken, suddenly perfect metaphors, and explosive, morally anchored last lines, Cindy Frenkel portrays a family… the marvels of this collection are the sassy buoyant poems of love for a daughter and unexpected love after divorce… Frenkel uses memory, the dynamics of ageing parents, and the legacy of the Holocaust to pierce us with her bullseye one-liners.”
\n–Molly Peacock, author of The Paper Garden<\/em> and The Analyst<\/em><\/p>\n

“Frenkel rejects attributing any romantic glamour to poets who die by their own hands: \u201cI am sick of poems,\u201d the title proclaims, and the first line continues \u201cabout suicide.\u201d About Sylvia Plath, who famously used a gas oven to kill herself, Frenkel writes, \u201cPlath should have baked only bread in the oven.\u201d
\n—The Jewish News<\/a><\/p>\n

Cindy Frenkel\u2019s poetry appears in publications ranging from LIBER<\/em> to The New Yorker<\/em>, as well as in anthologies. Her chapbook, presciently titled The Plague of the Tender-Hearted<\/em>, was released during Covid from Finishing Line Press. Among the places her prose appeared are Vanity Fair<\/em>, WIRED.com, and The New York Observer<\/em>, where she was a columnist. A Hambidge fellow, Frenkel earned her MFA from Columbia University. She\u2019s taught literature and writing from elementary school through college. Frenkel served as a writer-in-residence with InsideOut Literary Arts Project, which brings working poets into city schools. Her essay \u201cSharing Voices, Acting Crazy\u201d appeared in their anthology To Light a Fire<\/em>. \u201cGalway Kinnell and the Blue Button-Down\u201d was in The Southampton Review<\/em>. \u201c15 lessons from 9 years of teaching\u201d was printed overseas in WRITERS IN EDUCATION. Frenkel edited the Detroit Institute of Arts magazine and co-authored 100 Essential Books for Jewish Readers with Rabbi Daniel B. Syme. For more, please visit: cindyfrenkel.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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