The Marshall Auricular Hour

So -- big doings in our tiny county seat next Tuesday. This is a part of the burgeoning culture that is filling in some of the blanks of a town that, twenty years ago, pretty much shut down after six. There used to be a guy actually sweeping the downtown street with a push broom.

I'm glad I saw the old Marshall but I'm happy to be included in the new. And more than a little abashed to be paired with a poet of Keith's caliber. Hey, I'm just a paperback writer (cue music) while he, well I'm quoting here from the Marshall blog:

Keith Flynn is the author of five books, including four collections of poetry: The Talking Drum (1991), The Book of Monsters (1994), The Lost Sea (2000), and The Golden Ratio (Iris Press, Jan. 2007), and a collection of essays, entitled The Rhythm Method, Razzmatazz and Memory: How To Make Your Poetry Swing (Writer's Digest Books, Feb. 2007). Since 1986 he has served as lyricist and lead singer for the nationally acclaimed rock band, The Crystal Zoo, which produced three albums: Swimming Through Lake Eerie (1992), Pouch (1996), and the spoken-word and music compilation, Nervous Splendor (2003). His poetry has appeared in many journals and anthologies around the world. He has been awarded the Sandburg Prize for poetry, the ASCAP Emerging Songwriter Prize, the Paumanok Poetry Award and was twice named the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet for NC. Flynn is founder and managing editor of The Asheville Poetry Review. For more info, please visit the website: www.keithflynn.net.

It should be interesting. They've asked me to read for twenty minutes and specifically requested that I read from the upcoming The Day of Small Things. So I've tried to pick out some good bits that make sense on their own and, I hope, won't embarrass me.

I wish all my blog friends lived nearer and could drop in, especially for the coffee and conversation after.

Marshall Auricular Hour

- Local Mystery Author VICKI LANE and Poet/Musician KEITH FLYNN will launch a new reading and performance series in Marshall, THE MARSHALL AURICULAR HOUR Summer Series, on Tuesday July 21st @ 7PM, at The FBI (French Broad Institute) 68 North Main Street in Marshall A reception and book signing will follow next door at LAPLAND BOOKSHOP 147 North Main St, Marshall. Refreshments will be provided by ZUMA COFFEE.
THE MARSHALL AURICULAR HOUR marks the partnership of three cultural destinations in Marshall, North Carolina, Thirty minutes from Downtown Asheville. The FBI (The French Broad Institute of Time and The River) is an Arts Venue and residency program featuring Music, Film, Theater, Performance and the Spoken Word. Lapland Bookshop & Arts offers new and gently used books and select handcrafts in a storybook cottage setting. Zuma Coffee is Marshall’s meeting place for Coffee, Tea and Fresh Baked Goods.



THE MARSHALL AURICULAR HOUR Summer Series will run for four consecutive Tuesdays from July 21st through August 11th. Future Events will include poet Kristin Prevelet and Musician Steve Davidowski, and a “Ballad and Counter Balled” evening featuring musician Emily Lacy, Poet Lee Ann Brown, and singers from Madison County’s rich ballad tradition.

For additional information please contact Lee Ann Brown at The FBI (646-734-4157, la@tenderbuttons.net) or Stacy Glasgow at Lapland Bookshop (828-649-0099).