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Christopher McCurry’s Nearly Perfect Photograph

Nearly Perfect Photograph by Christopher McCurry from Two of Cups PressWe are pleased to announce that Accents Editor Christopher McCurry has his second chapbook, Nearly Perfect Photograph: Marriage Sonnets, available from Two of Cups Press.

In an interview with Nettie Farris, Christopher talks about his use of the sonnet and the autobiographical nature of his poetry. When asked what Christopher, as a high school teacher, wants his children to learn, he says, “Allow others their humanity and to claim their own.”

You can see the rest of that interview by clicking here.

Nearly Perfect Photograph is currently available from Two of Cups Press.

Kentucky Poetry Events on Friday, March 23, 2016

In Lexington, the Spalding MFA Program will be having a reading at Wild Fig Books Coffee with students and alums. The event will be hosted by Savannah Sipple and the readers include:

When: Friday, March 25, 2016 @ 7pm
Where: Wild Fig Books & Coffee
726 N. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 252-3052

Dave Harrity Our Father in the Year of the Wolf

In Louisville, Dave Harrity will be celebrating the release of his book, Our Father in the Year of the Wolf (WordFarm, 2016), at Highland Morning. The celebration is titled “Breakfast-for-Dinner Book Release Celebration!”. There will also be appearances by several readers, two of which will be very familiar to the Accents audience. Readers include:

When: Thursday, March 25, 2016 @ 6:30pm
Where: Highland Morning
1416 Bardstown Rd
Lo9uisville, KY 40204
(502) 365-3900

& Grace: Selections from Lexington Poetry Month 2015

We are pleased to announce the title of the upcoming Lexington Poetry Month Anthology:

“& Grace: Selections from Lexington Poetry Month 2015”

The title is taken from Jeremy Paden’s poem “Wreck: A Noun” which is one of the 141 poems by 141 poets featured in the anthology.

Stay tuned for more details about the cover and the release.

Teen Howl #51 Featuring Rozalyn Wingate

Teen Howl 51 featuring Rozalyn WingateTonight’s Teen Howl will feature a reading from Rozalyn Wingate. The reading will begin at 6pm at the Morris book shop in Lexington, Kentucky.

Open mic sign-ups begin at 5:45pm.

Facebook Event page

When: Thursday, March 3, 2016 @ 6pm
Where: the Morris book shop
882 E. High St.
Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 276-0494

Nana Lampton Reads and Signs at Carmichael’s Bookstore

Nana Lampton will be reading from Wash the Dust from My Eyes (Accents Publishing) tomorrow, Thursday February 18th at the Carmichael’s Bookstore on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky.

In the above video from WHAS11 (Louisville’s ABC affiliate), Nana talks about the book, which is based on the World War I experiences of her grandfather, cavalryman Dinwiddie Lampton. The book is available here, as well as at Carmichael’s bookstore, and it combines her grandfather’s journal entries, photographs, and poetry from Nana herself.

Relevant links:

When: Thursday, February 18, 2016 @ 7pm
Where: Carmichael’s Bookstore
2720 Frankfort Ave.
Louisville, KY 40206
(502) 896-6950

KY Great Writers: Sharon Mauldin Reynolds, Tom C. Hunley, Paulette Livers

KY Great Writers Series February 9, 2016 with Tom C. Hunley, Paulette Livers, and Sharon Mauldin Reynolds

The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning is hosting one of its quarterly KY Great Writers Series. The featured readers will be Sharon Mauldin Reynolds, Accents Published Tom C. Hunley (of Scotch Tape World), and Paulette Livers.

An open mic will take place before the show, and sign-ups begin at 6:30pm. The open mic will also feature readings from students from the Carnegie Center’s Author Academy.

Check out the Facebook Event page for more info.

When: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 @ 7pm
Where: The Carnegie Center
251 W. Second Street
Lexington, KY 40507
(859) 254-4175

Teen Howl #50 featuring Danica Moon

Teen Howl 50 featuring Danica Moon

This month’s Teen Howl Poetry Series is tomorrow, Thursday February 4th at 6pm at the Morris book shop. It will feature the poetry of Danica Moon. Open mic sign-ups start at 5:45pm.

When: Thursday, February 4, 2016 @ 6pm
Where: the Morris book shop
882 E. High St.
Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 276-0494

The monthly event features the best of Lexington’s young poets (including an open mic), and headlines an under 20-year-old featured poet as well as an accomplished guest in the poetry community. Founded in 2011 by Elizabeth Beck and Jay McCoy, the name is based off of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”, which the group read in pieces during their initial meetings.

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Holler 92: DaMaris Hill, Nettie Farris, The Woodsheep

The 92nd Holler Poets Series will feature readings from DaMaris Hill and Nettie Farris accompanied by music from The Woodsheep.

DaMaris Hill is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky. Her latest poetry collection, \ Vi-zə-bəl \ \ Teks-chərs \ (Visible Textures) (Mammoth Publications, 2015) are inspired by GPS technology and deal with the space in Kansas of a 2013 highway that was, in 1854, an Indian reservation.

Nettie Farris LexPoMo 2015Nettie Farris is the author of Communion (Accents Publishing, 2013) and—most recently—Fat Crayons (Finishing Line Press 2015). According to her 2015 LexPoMo bio, Nettie spends her spare time writing poems, practicing yoga, attending mass, praying the rosary, and, like Alice, going to tea parties.

The Woodsheep bandcamp album coverThe Woodsheep are Andrew Preston and Austin Tackett. Hailing from Morehead, Kentucky, The Woodsheep “aim to highlight the diversity, creativity, and storytelling that abound in their ever-evolving eastern Kentucky home by shoring up their own roots” (source).

Open mic sign-ups start at 6:45. Also, don’t forget the cold, hard cash for books, albums, and donations into the Holler Bucket.

Along with the announcement of the 92nd Holler Poets Series reading, Eric Scott Sutherland announced that the 100th show would be the last monthly installment of the series.

Facebook Event page.

When: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 @ 8pm
Where: Al’s Bar
601 N. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 309-2901

cattails Reviews Deflection

Deflectioncattails Book Reviewer Barbara Snow recently reviewed Deflection (Accents Publishing 2015), saying that “This sliver of a volume packs a walloping punch beyond just the poetry shelves; I would also bring it to the attention of grief counselors.” You can read the review in full by clicking here.

cattails is the journal for the United Haiku and Tanka Society, an organization whose philosophy is

“to be the most substantial, and best national and internationally compatible haiku, tanka, and related forms society to-date. Our mission is to cultivate insight, and comprehension through the reading and writing of these genre in both English, and global native languages for the true purpose of unifying a world-wide network of like-minded peoples as an “alternative” to any other US society.”

(source)

Deflection by Roberta Beary is currently available from the Accents Store, and you can check out the cattails January 2016 issue by clicking here.