Thursday, February 22, 2007
Vibe Coffee House
Cedar Falls
Featured Reader:
Myrna Sandvik
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FINAL THURSDAY READING SERIES *Book Release Reading* |
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
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Signup for the open mic begins @ 7 p.m. on a first come, first served basis. Limited slots are available, so readers are encouraged to sign up early and read your best five minutes of poetry, fiction, or creative non-fiction. Singer-songwriters are also welcome. The open mic begins at 7:30 p.m. The featured reader takes the stage between 8:00 and 8:30 (depending on how many open mic readers there are). After the reading, there will be a brief question and answer session.
Myrna Sandvik is the author of R.F.D. Iowa: A Collection of Poems (Ice Cube Press). Her collection of poems includes many brief “snapshots” of growing up on a traditional family farm and later moving to a city-oriented lifestyle. The entire backdrop of the work is the changing Iowa landscape which reflects fewer and fewer single-family farm operations. Sandvik currently teaches adult creative writing at the Hearst Center for the Arts. You can read a sample of her work below. |
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Read Work by Past Featured Readers
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"Water Witcher" by Myrna Sandvik
Uncle Orr was a water witcher. His magic hands knew where water flowed. He told all the neighbors where to dig their wells. Pacing his grid across a field, holding his witching stick before him, he’d say, “Stake this line. Dig anywhere on it. You’ll hit water. Best spot is right here.” He would mark the dirt with his heel and walk away. There was always water. He never missed.
After family campfire stories, I cut the fork from a small sapling. At wedding procession pace, I stepped onto the bridge, and joked, “If I were Uncle Orr, I could tell there is water here.” Over the water, the wand quickened in my hands. Above the stream, it twisted and pointed straight down. After crossing it was lifeless. The boys tried, but the stick was dead. Again and again I witched. I loved the magic.
Now Available from Final Thursday Press
Poetry by Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure
Poetry by Jonathan Stull
Poetry by Vince Gotera ***Winner of the 2004 Global Filipino Literary Award for Poetry***
Poetry by Ahkos
Microfiction by Jim O'Loughlin |
| updated Feb. 16, 2007 by Jim O'Loughlin |
Vibe
is located at 909 W. 23rd St. in Cedar Falls on the second floor of
Bought again Books.