Asheville Wordfest 2009

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Sponsors

• Mountain Area Information Network
• Rivendell
• Malaprops Bookstore & Café
• Asheville Book Works
• North Carolina Humanities Council
• University of North Carolina at Asheville
• Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

Schedule

7 pm Thursday Night (April 30) at Jubilee! (46 Wall St.)
Lee Ann Brown, Patrick Rosal, Ross Gay, doris davenport

10 pm Thursday (April 30): LaZoom Poetry Music Bus Tour (space is limited--departs from Jubilee!)

4 pm Friday (May 1) at Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center:
Caroline Mercurio, Holly Iglesias, David Hopes

7 pm Friday (May 1) at Jubilee! (46 Wall St.)
Elizabeth Bradfield, Gary Copeland Lilley, Quincy Troupe

10 pm Friday (May 1) at Bobo Gallery at (22 Lexington Ave)
Thomas Rain Crowe & the Boatrockers w/ Coleman Barks followed by Wordfest Wide open mic. . .

Saturday Morning (May 2) —Writing the Imaginative Storm with James Nave

2 pm Saturday (May 2) at Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center (56 Broadway Ave.)
Keith Flynn, Pat Riviere-Seel, Ekiwah Adler Belendez

7 pm Saturday (May 2) at Jubilee! (46 Wall St.)
Valzhyna Mort, Frank X Walker, Li-Young Lee

10 pm Saturday (May 2): Poetix Lounge featuring The Poetix Vanguard w/ an open set
 Hookah Joe’s (38b North French Broad)

1 pm Sunday (May 3) Thomas Wolfe Memorial Site Visitor Center, 52 North Market Street, Asheville
Believing in Young Writers and Readers, Author Presentation, The Four Important Facts Every Writer Must Know, by Allan Wolf. Readings by Asheville Area Young Poets, ages 9-14, participants in True Ink writing programs (true-ink.com) learn more

3 pm Sunday (May 3) at Malaprops Bookstore/Café (55 Haywood St.)
Debora Kinsland Foerst, Landon Godfrey, Paul Allen followed by Closing Reception

Contact: laurahopegill@aol.com or info@ashevillewordfest.org

 

Dear Laura,
Wordfest 2008 was being within poetry as community, dialogue, coming into being, and a lasting experience. Cultural language and its depth is never abstract or fleeting but is always lasting and solid in the way that life is lasting, no matter what. That's what I like about Wordfest: it is lasting, no matter what.
All best,
Simon Ortiz

 

Donate and Sponsor a Poet

Sponsor individual Poets with a quick $25 contribution by visiting http://brwm.org/ashevillewordfest/

Make a contribution towards Festival Expenses (supplies, publicity, space rental, website, etc.)
in lump sum format using the PayPal secure server by clicking below:

If you prefer to mail your tax-deductible donation,
please make your check payable to Asheville Wordfest/ MAIN and send to:

Asheville Wordfest
c/o Laura Hope-Gill
101 Christ School Road
Arden, NC 28704

This project is made possible in part by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.