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=