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Let’s say every word is precious (Part of Living Poem) Let’s say every word is precious.Say every word is precious.Every word is precious.Every word precious.Every word.Word.--Rob Neufeld, Oct. 16, 2018See More

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Oct 12

Nancy Sutton replied to Rob Neufeld's discussion Metamorphoses

"Poignant in so many ways! "

Oct 3

Rob Neufeld posted a discussion

Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses (Part of Living Poem)Hear audio: Metamorphoses%20181004_0192.MP3 So Apollo committed the first rape.He’d come back from exterminating Python,The Bane of Humanity, now his arrow-victim,And stopped to mock…See More

Oct 2

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Joan Henehan replied to Joan Henehan's discussion on Reading Living Poem

"Fantastic, that will be very helpful."

Sep 22

Rob Neufeld posted a discussion

First Drumbeat

First Drumbeat(Part of Living Poem) The time has come.Call it a drum,Or a crumb,What’s left of life. I used to tell a jokeWhen my life was wide,And I was a stud,And not a dud—I knowI’m not a dud. I’m a dude,A dad. But everyone mustRebut the dud chargeAt summing up time. Oh yeah, the joke,A trademark one for meIn that it’s not funny. I used to say I’ll never retireFrom writingBecause if I’m ever…See More

Sep 22

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Rob Neufeld replied to Joan Henehan's discussion on Reading Living Poem

"Thanks for the prompt, Joan! I have attached the whole work in progress as a doc at the bottom of the table of contents page: http://thereadonwnc.ning.com/special/living-poem"

Sep 22

Joan Henehan replied to Joan Henehan's discussion on Reading Living Poem

"Is there a way from this website to print everything or might you send me such a document to bayjh@icloud.com?"

Sep 22

Julia Nunnally Duncan posted an event

Julia Nunnally Duncan at Marion Branch McDowell County Public Library

October 24, 2018 from 4pm to 5pm

Julia Nunnally Duncan will be launching her new poetry collection A Neighborhood Changes (Finishing Line Press, 2018) at a book presentation and signing to be held at the McDowell County Public Library in Marion on October 24.See More

Sep 21

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Rob Neufeld replied to Joan Henehan's discussion on Reading Living Poem

"This could be interesting--thanks! I'm at 828-505-1973 (my home business office). And RNeufeld@charter.net."

Sep 20

Joan Henehan replied to Joan Henehan's discussion on Reading Living Poem

"I'll ask the kids, Barb and Ethan, if they have any contacts who might have an interest in this as a unique topic for any performers they know. It might also be something that my friend Ruby Lerner could brainstorm about to her theatre…"

Sep 19

Rob Neufeld replied to Joan Henehan's discussion on Reading Living Poem

"Thanks much, Joan! I'm trying to get some attention for these poems. Triple Whammy is def in rap style. And the beat goes on. Hugs from me and Bev."

Sep 19

Joan Henehan posted a discussion

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You might be the first ALS-subject-matter rapper. Add some beats and spread it. the time is now...See More

Sep 15

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More from the World of ALS

More from the World of ALS (Part of Living Poem) Negotiating steps is like someone who seeksTo emulate a goat on mountain peaks. Crossing a threshold, limping inIs like the valley-walking of an Olympian. A cane and its grip make a fellow stopTo consider the physics of leans and drops. To know how a forefinger grabs and digsImagine your digits are chestnut twigs When a new drug trial notably…See More

Sep 6

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RANDALL KENAN SELECTS NANCY WERKING POLING WINNER OF THE 2018 ALEX ALBRIGHT CREATIVE NONFICTION PRIZE

RANDALL KENAN SELECTS NANCY WERKING POLING WINNER OF THE 2018 ALEX ALBRIGHT CREATIVE NONFICTION PRIZE(31 August 2018)Nancy Werking Poling of Black Mountain is the winner of the 2018 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize competition for "Leander’s Lies." Poling will receive $1000 from the North Carolina Literary Review, thanks to a generous NCLR reader’s donation that allowed this year’s honorarium to increase (from the previous award of $250). Her winning essay will be published in the North…See More

Sep 4

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September 2013 Blog Posts (7)

New Book: Commas, piranhas, and more

Hi folks:

The purpose of this posting is to announce the publication of my first (and last?) novel, Fish Food (a novel about life, death, and commas). It's a zany tale about, well, life, death, and commas. Here's the publisher's blurb.

"Michael Um is a grammar-obsessed, hearing-impaired evolutionary biologist who shares his home on Martha's Vineyard with three cats, an irascible parrot, and a tankful of red-bellied piranhas (his wife left him years ago for…

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Added by James D. Loy on September 27, 2013 at 7:25pm — No Comments

Stepping over to the e-side: Why I released Mountain Memories: True Stories and Half Truths exclusively as an ebook

Readers who have either met me briefly or who are life-long friends know that I am a champion for the printed word and Independent Booksellers. I’ll do just about anything to help those folk out which is why I dressed up in overalls and rode a stick pony while filming the…

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Added by Renea Winchester on September 26, 2013 at 9:00am — No Comments

Big weekend of authors in Hendersonville

Ann B. Ross and Robert Inman @ Fountainhead, Friday & Saturday

If you’re anywhere near Hendersonville this weekend, you may be gravitating to its semi-annual festival of literary activity, Bookapalooza, a multi-author event on Sat., Sept. 28; and to an Ann B. Ross talk on Fri., Sept. 27 at Fountainhead Books.

Ross is, of course, the author of the Miss Julia series, a character-rich, witty immersion in…

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Added by Rob Neufeld on September 25, 2013 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Rural Life Museum ribbon-cutting, exhibit & music

Rural Life Museum re-opens with big celebration at Mars Hill U.

It’s been seven years since the Rural Life Museum, a top history spot, closed down at Mars Hill College, now Mars Hill University, for renovation. On Sat., Sept. 28, it reopens—with performances, a major exhibit, and a reception, 2 to 5 p.m. The ribbon-cutting is at 3.

Mars Hill University is a pilgrimage site for people seeking archival materials…

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Added by Rob Neufeld on September 24, 2013 at 12:30pm — No Comments

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Added by Joe Perrone Jr. on September 9, 2013 at 8:56am — No Comments

Big author events this week: Akhtar; Shacochis; Kostova; Rash (as per Barbara Bates Smith)

Four major author events

Ayad Akhtar is coming to Appalachian State on Tuesday, Sept. 10. His novel, American Dervish, is this year’s Summer Read in Boone; and he’s the lead-off author in the university’s Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. See…

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Added by Rob Neufeld on September 7, 2013 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Bill Ramsey's new book "Now That I Think About It"

"Now That I Think About It" is a book of concise and original essays on topics including Washington politics, news makers, religion, family dynamics, reading and writing, love, hate, self destruction and the end of life. The essays are intended to stimulate thinking and social discourse. Available at Malaprops in the philosophy section. Also at Amazon.con, Barnes and Noble and on all e-readers.

Added by Bill Ramsey on September 5, 2013 at 11:09am — No Comments