Piedmont Laureate Presents: Prose, Poems and Songs—How They Do (and Don’t) Fit Together

Location: West Regional Library, 4000 Louis Stephens Drive, 27519 NC

Monday July 22, 2019

Time: 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Registration is FREE, but please RSVP: (919) 463-8500

Join 2019 Piedmont Laureate David Menconi for a performance-oriented talk with poet/singer-songwriter Alice Osborn, about words, music, writing and finding one’s voice wherever it may be. In addition to being a songwriter, Alice is a published poet, editor, and has taught memoir and other creative writing forms for over 14 years to both local and international audiences. David Menconi was a music critic and arts reporter at the News & Observer in Raleigh and has also written for Rolling Stone, Spin, Billboard, New York Times and salon.com. His books include the 2012 biography Ryan Adams: Losering, A Story of Whiskeytown (University of Texas Press), and his next book will be a history of North Carolina music for UNC Press. For more information about our 2019 Piedmont Laureate, please visit: http://www.piedmontlaureate.org/