Lesbian poet Nancy Boutilier will read at Internationalist Books in Chapel 
Hill on Wednesday, July 19th, at 7 pm, and at Quail Ridge Books on Friday, 
July 21 at 7:30 pm.

She will be reading from and discussing her her poetry collection, "On the 
Eighth Day Adam Slept Alone." Containing calmly powerful love poetry, the new 
volume relates science, nature, philosophy, and mythology to the human 
experiences of love, loss, and loyalty.

Her first book of poems, According to Her Contours, was a finalist in the 
Lambda Literary Awards. Booklist praised it as "an exciting exploration of 
relationships, gender identity, and the politics of clothes from a woman who 
chose high tops over high heels and has the courage to love her family and 
her lesbianism." 

Nancy, once called "the suburban tomboy poet," graduated from Harvard in 1984 
and earned her M. A. in English from Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School. 
She has written for a wide range of publications, including OUT/LOOK, Sphere, 
Curve, GirlJock, and Girlfriends magazines.

For more information, please contact the Internationalist Bookstore and 
Community Center in Chapel Hill, at 942-1740, or Quail Ridge Books (3522 Wade 
Avenue) in Raleigh, at 828-1588.