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Sandra Feen and Cliff Treyens

Authors at the Library

Local authors Sandra Feen and Cliff Treyens share their poignant book of poems and stories that explore memory, aging and the unique relationships that connect us.

Authors at the Library with
SANDRA FEEN and CLIFF TREYENS

Saturday, May 16 | 2 p.m.
Meeting Room | Franklinton Branch
1061 W. Town St. | Columbus, OH 

1:30 p.m. | Seating opens
2:00 p.m. | Authors at the Library with Sandra Feen and Cliff Treyens
2:45 p.m. | Audience Q&A
3:00 p.m. | Book sale and signing

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Sandra Feen taught 32 years for the Columbus City Schools and was the 2022-2024 Ohio Beat Poet Laureate. She is the author of three poetry collections, besides the multi-genre book, There’s a Rock on Martin Avenue she wrote with Cliff Treyens. Feen is a member of the poetry troupe Concrete Wink, the Ohio Poetry Association, and Bistro critique group. She performs work by Holocaust writers in Susan Millard Schwarz’s Anahata Music Project, and co-hosts The Muse’s Mic, an interview series for writers and artists, with James Bryant.

Cliff Treyens’ 40-year writing career spans newspaper reporting, political communications, marketing, public relations, and public education. His “15 minutes of fame” occurred in 1983 as a member of the reporting team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Public Service for the (Jackson, Mississippi) Clarion-Ledger. He also has written Whatever’s Fair: The Political Autobiography of Ohio House Speaker Vern Riffe published by the Kent State University Press in 2007.

ABOUT THE BOOK

There’s a Rock on Martin Avenue, co-authored by Sandra Feen and Cliff Treyens, chronicles stories from the real-life “Breakfast Club”—a group of heart-warming seniors bonded together in the last years of life. Through prose and poetry, the authors turn the tables on their parents and friends to reveal experiences from the serious to momentous to hilarious while celebrating the uniqueness inherent to people. With candor, humor, and poignancy, the book examines the ravages of aging that ultimately enrich their caregivers and the reader. It has been nominated for two Pushcart prizes and the 2026 Ohio Book Award.

EVENT DETAILS

The event is free to the public but due to limited seating registration is requested.

The authors will sell their book on site.

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