Hearing Voices ... Again

Posted by J. Mark Bertrand
on Thursday, November 13, 2008
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My Orr Street Studio reading from February has made the news -- or at least, a photo of it has. Vox Magazine did a profile on Orr Street's "Hearing Voices" reading series, which was started by my friend Anthony Connolly with another friend, Allison Smythe (both of them are quoted in the article). It's great to see our little group in Houston, now split by diaspora, having such a wonderful afterlife. If you're ever in Columbia, MO, Orr Street should be on your agenda. Here's the article:

Letting voices be heard: reading series offers local literary hub

My wife was particularly charmed by the juxtaposition of the opening line -- "Drawings of muscular, nude figures ... " -- with my lamentably unmuscular and gratefully unnude photo.


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