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| Flagstaff early morning sky from hotel window |
Now this is what I call cloud cover.
Last week I gave a reading for the legendary
Narrow Chimney Reading Series in Flagstaff, AZ, masterly-stewarded by
Jesse Sensibar and
James Jay, proprietor of the Chimney's venue,
Uptown Pubhouse. I read with
Chelsey Burden, an MFA at Northern Arizona University and she gave a great reading (which you can hear by scrolling down the NCRS link above). Then I read, and
you can hear my entire poetry reading here, including semi-related stories to the poems. What an amazingly warm, embracing and enthusiastic audience! The Flagstaff poetry community is just phenomenal. I was blown away by their genuine kindness and welcoming spirit. They stole my poetic heart and that's that.
Here are some photos from that night, including an exterior of the Uptown Pubhouse:
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| Uptown Pubhouse |
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| Flagstaff's wonderful audience |
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Chelsey Reading
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Cynthia Reading
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Stopped off at Barefoot Cowboy Bookstore where the also amazing, kind, and lovely Nancy Nelson, owner and proprietress of
Barefoot Cowgirl Bookstore, bought a few copies of
The Day Judge Spencer Learned the Power of Metaphor on the spot to put directly on the new shelves of the Poetry Section in the new bookstore. Overexcited for the photos, to say the least.
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| With Nancy Nelson at Barefoot Cowgirl Bookstore |
O, Flag, I can not wait to get back to you...
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| ...You and your gigantic Flagstaffian Crows! |
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| See You Next Time! |
