It’s time for another super-exciting photo wrap-up to celebrate another super-exciting Burning Swamp Reading Series Reading. On February 28th, Sugar Magnolia was packed to the prehistoric gills with so much awesomeness it was almost impossible to handle. Seriously. I mean, look:
People, people who love swamp people …
That’s a lot of love right there, and we thank you for showing it to our readers. Here’s a little taste of the literary smorgasbord we feasted on that evening*:
Laura Valeri reads from her short story collection, Safe in Your Head, which isn’t exactly about mermaids but is certainly every bit as awesome as mermaids are. Wait, I take that back: EVEN MORE AWESOME than mermaids are.
Tavidee Hoskins performed a spoken word piece, and it was exactly like what Jimi Hendrix would’ve done if Jimi Hendrix did spoken word, except, thankfully, Tavidee didn’t set anything on fire — EXCEPT MINDS.
Efad Huq read from a story about ghosts and women and awesome and rice balls and awesome.
It’s no mystery that Tina Whittle is amazing, and she proved it by reading from a chapter of Blood, Ash, and Bone, which inspired me both to purchase Blood, Ash, and Bone immediately and to wish I knew a martial art, or all the martial arts.
Jared Yates Sexton read the rules for what to do on the occasion of a Wendigo attack.
Emma Bolden was just hanging out.
Stay tuned for information about our March 28th reading. Spoiler Alert: it’s going to be AWESOME.
* I’m trying a new thing where I see how many awkward metaphors I can awkwardly mix in one entry. It’s like making Funfetti cupcakes with dynamite instead of sprinkles. See? Totally awkward.
The Burning Swamp Reading Series 