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APRIL 4, 2008</span></font>
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></font>
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When:</span></font>
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Sunday, May 4th </span></font>
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from 2:00 to 5:00p.m. </span></font>
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Where:</span></font>
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John Christ Winery </span></font>
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32421 Walker Rd. </span></font>
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Avon Lake, Oh.</span></font>
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What:</span></font>
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Cleveland poetry publishing house vanZeno Press (www.vanzenopress.com)</span></font>
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has released The Black Book, featuring the lyrics of Cleveland songwriter</span></font>
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Cletus Black. vanZeno has published the work of poets such as Roger</span></font>
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Craik, Claire McMahon, J.E. Stanley and Mary Turzillo, but The Black Book</span></font>
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is the first in the Lyric Series, which places the focus on the poetry of</span></font>
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words put to music.</span></font>
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The book gathers all Cletus original lyrics from the seven CDs</span></font>
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released since 1996. They are organized alphabetically by song title, as</span></font>
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well as by first line. As a lyricist, Black stands out as he eschews the</span></font>
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confessional and self-centered style favored by so many of his</span></font>
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contemporaries, and instead creates songs that read like short stories.</span></font>
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Character and mood are pre-eminent as Black creates vignettes that seem to</span></font>
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have more in common with film noir. Jesus just told me to move to</span></font>
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Virginia Beach. Youre a hellhound sniffing on a cold dark trail</span></font>
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Working Homicide down in FLA... Whether in a lyrical or narrative</span></font>
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style, Black is a master at the compact diss and sparely stated</span></font>
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scenario.</span></font>
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Cletus Black will hold a book signing for The Black Book on Sunday,</span></font>
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May 4th at the John Christ Winery from 2:00 to 5:00p.m. John Christ Winery</span></font>
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is located at 32421 Walker Rd. in Avon Lake, Oh. The author will perform</span></font>
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pieces from the book, as well as songs from his soon to be released CD</span></font>
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Thats The Story .</span></font>
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