October 12, 2012 - 4:14pm
Spoken word poet, Anis Mojgani, will deliver keynote reading at Writer’s Block F
Poetry doesn’t always need to be airy-fairy (and if you read any at all, you’ll know it usually isn’t in real life). National Poetry Slam champion, Anis Mojgani will bring his flow of words center stage as part of UofL’s Axton Reading Series, featured as a keynote speaker tomorrow, Saturday, October 13th, at this Writer’s Block Festival.
I can relate anything poetry.  Just about, probably.  Let’s try.  Let’s pretend you’ve given me a prompt: “rabbit”.  Here is a thing that would bring to mind a whole manner of interesting ruminations – it’s easy.  Alice in...
October 12, 2012 - 12:16pm
This local initiative is the latest addition to Louisville’s growing “re-purpose” and buy local movements. The October market will have dozens of vendors and collectors offering a wide range of goods and wares for “re-purpose” including: books, records, bicycles, antiques, vintage motor items, cool...
October 12, 2012 - 10:56am
Kentucky writer Georgia Green Stamper presents as keynote speaker for Writer’s D
It’s a busy, buzzing literary weekend, friends! Eat your Wheaties and join Georgia Green Stamper at Jefferson Community and Technical College as she delivers the keynote address for tomorrow’s Writer’s Day Conference.
Life gets busy.  And painful.  And complicated.  And many other adjectives that bear no explanation.  Pondering the meaning of human existence is something to which I’ve devoted many hours of late night solitude and a furious many clove cigarettes (they’re just so...
October 12, 2012 - 9:00am
Tricks, treats, and trunks
Make trick-or-treating easy on yourself through family friendly and safe events.
When kids say “trick or treat”, does anyone ever refuse to give a treat and instead ask for a trick? Just wondering. Let’s let the candy hunting, gathering, and stashing begin.When I was a kid, the only way to get those adored treats was to disguise myself in a costume, trek off...
October 11, 2012 - 3:09pm
Get into the spooky spirit at children’s storytime with author Thomas Freese at
The time to collect candy is closing in – embrace a little of the dark side a little early as master storyteller and author, Thomas Freese, brings his latest book, ‘Shaker Spirits, Shaker Ghosts’, to children’s storytime at A Reader’s Corner this Saturday, October 13th, at 11am.
It’s already the 11th of October.  I shouldn’t need to remind you of this – you, my most dear and affectionate readers, probably have decent access to correct calculations of time and date.  This is 2012.  We know how to do this stuff really super well now –...