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A Tapestry of Voices  

Attend the Thursday, Oct. 6, KWG meeting and enjoy the launch of the Guild's eighth literary anthology, A Tapestry of Voices: the 2011 Anthology of the Knoxville Writers' Guild.  Several contributors will read, including poets Marilyn Kallet and Linda Parsons Marion and novelist Pamela Schoenewaldt. The meeting, which will be open to the public, will be at 7 p.m. at the Laurel Theater, at the corner of Laurel Avenue and 16th Streets.  A $2 donation is requested at the door. The building is handicapped accessible.

The theme for this year's anthology is "diversity."  Contributors include both well-known and previously unpublished writers and artists. Familiar to many readers are Cynthia Markert, whose photograph of the Henley Street Bridge deconstruction is on the cover, and writers Connie Jordan Green, Brian Griffin, Hector Qirko, and Jack Rentfro. The anthology also provides a springboard for writers whose work has never before been published.

Edited by Kay Newton and Doris Ivie, backed by a committee including Martha Yarnell (Committee Chair), Kim West (Designer), Meg Bensey, Carole Anne Borges, Judith Duvall, and Cathy Kodra, the book will make a great holiday gift for anyone interested in East Tennessee. It will be on sale at the October 6 launch and reading. Info: Kay Newton, Editor, Kat_New@msn.com.

 

 

Anthology Reading at KMA Oct. 7  
On Friday, Oct. 7,  the Knoxville Museum of Art will host a Guild anthology reading alongside its regularly-scheduled "Alive After Five" program. Contributors to A Tapestry of Voices will read on the museum's 3rd Floor from 5:30 till 8 pm, while the band "Jenna and her Cool Friends" performs downstairs in the Great Hall. Readers will include Mark Compton, reading an excerpt from his forthcoming novel, Shortcake; Michael Gill, reading his prose memoir, "Strange Pigtails"; Melanie Harless, reading her poem, "Sunday Conversation with my Neighbor"; and William Isom II, reading his poem, "Appalachian Mulatto." 
   

Willa Schneberg, who has two poems in our anthology, lives in Portland, OR, and won't be able to make it here for the launch. You can hear one of her poems (from another book) read on Garrison Keillor's  "A Writers' Almanac"  on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 11:55 a.m. on WUOT. You can also listen to it on podcast at http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org. The poem to be featured is called, "Spilled Milk".


We are conducting board member voting online this year!  All Guild members whose dues are current should have received an email from Dale Mackey (mackeyda@gmail.com) with a link to the voting site.  They have until October 15th to visit the online voting page to vote for the board members.  Members who do not have an email will receive a ballot in the mail.  If you have not received a ballot by email or  regular mail, please contact Dale.

 

 

meet on the Last Wednesday of every month at noon.

Life gets busy, and sometimes we forget.  Please update your Guild membership and rejoin your Knoxville-area circle of writers, publishers, poets, and performers. To renew, please visit
http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/orderpaypal.htm

If you are unsure about your membership status, please contact the Guild's Membership Coordinator. Click here.

Disclaimer: As a service to members, KWG shares announcements of literary competitions and publishing opportunities. If you have any questions about the listings, please contact the sponsor. Unless specifically noted, these are not KWG-sponsored projects.

 

 

 To become a Knoxville Writers' Guild member or to renew your membership, go to www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/member.htm.  Membership is $30/year, $15/students.