MANSFIELD, PA— Lilace Mellin Guignard, instructor of 
Creative Writing, Women’s Studies and Outdoor Recreation Leadership at Mansfield University, has her chapbook, Young at the Time of Letting Go, published by Evening Street Press.
In addition to her teaching duties, Guignard is also director of the Institute of Science and the Environment at MU.
Young at the Time of Letting Go was a co-winner of the Evening Street Press Helen Kay Chapbook 2015 contest. Her work has recently appeared in Poetry magazine.
In her review, author and Professor Emeritus of English at Mansfield Judith Sornberger says, “With deep wisdom and startling vision, Lilace Mellin Guignard encounters the natural world—caterpillars, newts, glaciers, the human body—as signposts and companions on this passage through loss.”
“These poems ache with the passing of a mother, a way of life that was ordered and understood,” author Shaun Griffin says of Guignard’s work.
Guignard will be at My Shelf Books, 7 East Avenue in Wellsboro, on Saturday, July 23, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. to sign copies of her book. Readings will be scheduled for the fall.
Young at the Time of Letting Go is also available at eveningstreetpress.com