Join us in celebrating the launch of a new book of poetry, Five Friends on Sunday Afternoons. With readings from David Jewell, John Lee, Bill Jeffers, John McElhenney, and Lyman Grant (left to right, below).
David Jewell is a poet, storyteller, author, actor and stream of consciousness visionary imagineer who chronicles the 21st century mind and its many idiosyncrasies. He and his writing have appeared in two Richard Linklater movies, Before Sunrise and Waking Life, and he’s shared shows with Laurie Anderson and Leon Redbone. His books are time bombs already detonating in another generation and hIs bio says he was “born in blank and lives in and.”
John Lee is the national best-selling author of The Flying Boy: Healing the Wounded Man and 20 other titles. He has taught Literature, Humanities, American Studies and Religious Studies at The University of Alabama, The University of Texas, Austin Community College, and Northeast Alabama Community College. While Lee is an internationally-recognized pioneer in The Men’s and Recovery Movements, thanks to his 22-year friendship and collaboration with the poet Robert Bly (audio On The Mountain of Tears and Laughter, poems by Robert Bly and John Lee), Lee has become a recognized poet in his own right giving readings in bookstores, online and at The Library of Congress. Lee has been published in several magazines and authored three chapbooks—Sleeping in Public, Too Much Talk and Too Little, and The Dragon’s Letters.
Bill Jeffers Has been writing words and reading them out loud in and around Austin for more than 40 years.
John McElhenney is an internationally recognized single-parent author and coach. His blog WholeParent.org has been syndicated widely and gets 15,000 reads a month. John lives in Austin, Texas with his two kids. Writer, coach, musician, tennis player, dad.
Lyman Grant teaches at Austin Community College as a adjunct online professor of English, Creative Writing, and Humanities. He also tutors and teaches at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He is the author and editor of several books, including five volumes of poetry, the most recent being Old Men on Tuesday Mornings (Alamo Bay Press).