LiARS' BENCH AT CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE, JULY 3RD

Kind Hearts, the second Liars' Bench was a resounding success. The audience sat in a circle around the performers and the variety of the presentations was remarkable. Victoria MacDonald read an emotional poem about slavery and the loss of her culture; Nancy Reeder told a story based on the saying, "When in doubt, do without;"Jeanette Cabanis Brewin read selections from her own work and Kay Byer's, and I told a yarn about my stuffed dog, Bodine who was recently euthanized but was present at this meeting and listened attentively. Rumor has it that the August meeting will feature Cherokee storyteller Lloyd Arneach, Franklin actor Steve Brady,Tom Bennett, a playwright from King's Mountain and some of the best musicians in this region. If time allows, I intend to do a story called "Crackle-Glass Marbles."

THE LIAR'S BENCH AT CITY LIGHTS, JULY 3RD, 7:OO P.M.

John Quinnett, our Bryson City haiku master, discusses his love of this seventeen-syllable poetic form which he has been using for the past twenty years to capture "singular moments" in his daily life.
The four poems that he discussed were inspired by such events as a family death, eating out in restaurants and the 4th of July. Quinnett's work is published in a number of major haiku journals.