"The Pale Light of Sunset: Conversation With Novelist Lee Maynard"
Special Literary, Jazz, and Arts Event -- Tuesday October 13 - Arts Mon Gallery
(next to Huntington Bank) Starts at 7 p.m. Refreshments. No Charge.
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AUTHOR LEE MAYNARD JOINS
A BRASILIAN JAZZ ENSEMBLE
IN RARE 'IMAGINED JOURNEY'
Morgantown Writers Group is proud to feature Novelist LEE MAYNARD in a unique literary arts program that combines literature with an incredible Brasilian jazz ensemble called Music Alive! plus a unique Exhibit of Local Artists in the Jackson Kelly Gallery.
WVU Director of Jazz Studies Paul Scea leads a great Brasilian jazz ensemble playing flute, piano, bass, guitar, and the pandero at 7:15 p.m. Lee Maynard follows at 8:00 p.m.
This special program is next Tuesday, October 13, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Arts Mon Gallery (next to Huntington Bank) is on High Street, just off corner of Pleasant Street. downtown Morgantown.
This Literary Arts event allows WV writers (and community residents) to converse informally with Lee Maynard, the controversial author of "Crum" and "Screaming with the Cannibals". In the Jackson Kelly Gallery at Arts Mon, there is the Fall 2009 Regional Invitational Exhibit featuring 14 wonderful WV artists -- a fabulous background to jazz and literary nuance. - G.
The WVU Press released Maynard's latest novel and will host Lee in a premiere reading at WVU Mountainlair Ballroom, Monday, Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. Complete Book Tour is below.
Morgantown Writers worked closely with the WVU Press, Arts Mon, WVU Jazz Studies, and the Greater Morgantown Community Trust, to set up this gig. It gives all local writers an opportunity to hear a unique blend of Brazilian beats and later, ask questions of master novelist LEE MAYNARD, in an informal setting. Come and ask about his new book, about his past, about his novels. . .
There is no charge for event. A book signing and autograph session will be hosted by The Book Shelf, during the evening. This novel is a great gift idea for West Virginians. And there will be fine refreshments offered by the Morgantown Writers Group at Arts Mon.
PODCAST -- "Conversation with Novelist Lee Maynard". For advance insights, into Lee's vision, view a 3:45 minute Podcast http://www.youtube.com/watch?
TUESDAY OCTOBER 13th EVENT SCHEDULE:
7:00 p.m. Welcome + Introductions + Refreshments
7:15 p.m. Brasilian Jazz "WVU-Brasil Music Alive Ensemble"
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Paul Scea (Director of WVU Jazz Studies) leads Music Alive! Brasil and WVU musicians:
Paul Scea - flute -- Brandon Lucas - guitar
Diego Lyra - piano (Music Alive!) -- Greg Thurman - bass
Michael Vercelli - pandero (Director of World Music)
They will entertain you when you walk in the door right after 7:00 p.m. with an array of jazz, bossa nova, drums, percussion, and more. They start at 7:15 p.m. sharp. No charge for the event.
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8:00 p.m. Lee Maynard "Conversation with Author"
8:45 p.m. Autograph Book Signing
9:00 p.m.+ Wrap Up
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AUTHOR BACKGROUND:
Lee Maynard's recent novel, "The Pale Light of Sunset" (Scattershots and Hallucinations in an Imagined Life) is a breakthrough fiction-memoir, with a tone that takes readers through different years in West Virginia. As Chuck Kinder, the good friend of Lee's, put it: "This reads like a prose poem and memoir -- only the story is fiction." To illustrate, the "Pale Light of Sunset" is a 2009 New Mexico Book Award Finalist where Lee now resides
Consider this summary of Pale Light of Sunset:
"In 1936, a child is born in the mountains of West Virginia. In 2005, he scatters his past into a deep canyon of rock. The Pale Light of Sunset illuminates the journey of this boy, a constant tourist and visitor, who travels everywhere, yet belongs nowhere. Through tales of swarming hornets and swinging bullies, love affairs with the land and the people, and near death by frostbite and heat stroke, the absurd hilarity and clear, tender voice found within this story navigates a surreal road paved by the experiences of one man.
"As many of you know, Lee Maynard does not run from controversy. He is the author of nationally acclaimed and locally banned novels "Crum" and "Screaming with the Cannibals", Lee Maynard details an imaginative account of his journey through seventy years of hard living-from West Virginia, to Mexico, the Arctic Circle, and beyond. Scattered and hallucinated, The Pale Light of Sunset grants a long-awaited glimpse into the bent condition of the Maynard brain."
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LEE MAYNARD WEST VIRGINIA BOOK TOUR
- Friday, October 9: A Reading with Lee Maynard at Taylor Books, Charleston, WV (4 pm)
- Saturday, October 10: A Book Signing WV Book Festival, Charleston, WV (1 pm)
- Saturday, October 10: Reading with Lee Maynard at WV Book Festival, Charleston, WV (4 pm)
- Monday, October 12: A Reading with Lee Maynard at WVU Mountainlair, Ballroom, Morgantown, WV (7:30 pm)
- Tuesday, October 13: A Book Signing and Reading at Borders at Meadowbrook Mall, Bridgeport, WV (4-7 pm)
- Tuesday, October 13: A Night of Brazilian Jazz and A Conversation with Lee Maynard, Arts Monongahela (7-9 pm, with a Q&A with Lee at 8 pm)
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