Really pleased to get to attend Maurice Manning’s recent reading at East Tennessee State University. He read numerous poems and accompanied them with some picking and song. Lots of laughter and humor mixed with startling powerful lines in each work. ETSU and puts on a great event which Manning was the keynote, but also excellent presentations from Cody Smith, Valerie Vogrin, Amy Wright, and Shawna Kay Rodenberg, with additional readings by Lacy Snapp and Thomas Alan Holmes. #mauricemanning #amywright #codysmith #lacysnapp #valerievogrin #etsu #jessegraves #rarebooks #firstedition #bookcollection #bookcollecting #bookcollection #bibliophile #bookporn #bookhunting #bookstagram #modernfirsts #modernfirsteditions #finebooks #signedbooks #shelfie #southernliterature #southernlit #tennessee #appalachianlit #appalachianliterature #kentucky #northcarolina #virginia #westvirginia #appalachianpoetry (at East Tennessee State University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcY2hdcr_IB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Glad to find this in the mailbox today. Her first chapbook, Lacy Snapp (@lunaswoodcraft) is a carpenter and poet from Johnson City Tennessee and I’ve found the work intriguing and honest. Her woodworking poems are astounding. Looking forward to a full length collection. I’ve posted the poem Lore here #lacysnapp #shadowsonwood #finishinglinepress #rarebooks #firstedition #bookcollection #bookcollecting #bookcollection #bibliophile #bookporn #bookhunting #bookstagram #modernfirsts #modernfirsteditions #finebooks #signedbooks #shelfie #southernliterature #southernlit #tennessee #appalachianlit #appalachianliterature #kentucky #northcarolina #virginia #westvirginia #appalachianpoetry #lore https://www.instagram.com/therarebookhunter/p/CXP0y1xM1e-/?utm_medium=tumblr