May 3-4, 2013


Asheville Wordfest
poetry . music . stories


That's the soil those petals spring from,
Like a fist, if a fist could sing.
“The Gardenia” Cornelius Eady


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Allison Adelle Hedge Coke * Cornelius Eady * John Lane * Keith Flynn * Evie Shockley * NC Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti
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A FREE FESTIVAL
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THE SCHEDULE

Friday May 3 @ 5:30 p.m.
Asheville Local: a reading by Asheville poets
Lenoir-Rhyne University Asheville

Friday May 3 @ 7 p.m.
Feature reading
Keith Flynn, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke with Kelvyn Bell, Paula Nelson, Kimberly Becker, John Lane
Asheville Visitor Center and
Lenoir-Rhyne University Asheville
36 Montford Avenue 28801

Friday May 3 @ 9:30 p.m.
Late Night Cafe
Featuring Ten Cent Orchestra
Chelsea LaBate and Strings
Hotel Indigo
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video

Saturday May 4 @ 10 a.m.-12 noon
Creative Writing Workshops (details soon to come)
Lenoir-Rhyne University Asheville
36 Montford Avenue 28801

Saturday May 4 @ 1:00 p.m.
Slice of Life:
Storytellers from Connie Regan-Blake's
Taking Your Story to the Stage
Lenoir-Rhyne University Asheville
36 Montford Avenue 28801

Saturday May 4 @ 3:30 p.m
Mad Hat Review Reading

Lenoir-Rhyne University Asheville
36 Montford Avenue 28801

Saturday May 4 @ 7 p.m.
Feature Readings:
Translations by Caleb Beissert and Erik Bendix
Joseph Bathanti, Evie Shockley, and
Cornelius Eady with Rough Magic
Asheville Visitor Center and
Lenoir-Rhyne University Asheville
36 Montford Avenue 28801

Listen to Cornelius Eady and Rough Magic


Saturday Morning Workshop
Laura Hope-Gill presents the Magnum Opus Workshop
Write your Opus in two hours or less.
Cost: $20.00
Register here.



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