Arthur Flowers Literary Blues and the Hoodoo Way – In the Footsteps of MLK

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Tue, Jan 28, 2020
7:00 pm
2020-01-28T19:00:00-05:00
2020-01-28T19:15:00-05:00
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Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room.
1 University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804, USA
Free
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Cori Anderson
828.258.7727
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UNC Asheville’s annual commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr:

Arthur Flowers at a sound board

Tuesday, Jan. 28 – Arthur Flowers – Memphis-born blues-based poet, novelist, essayist, and practitioner of literary hoodoo, Arthur Flowers is an associate professor of English at Syracuse University and is former director of the Harlem Writers Guild. His books include Another Good Loving Blues, Mojo Rising: Confessions of a 21st Century Conjureman, and Brer Rabbit Retold.

  • Literary Blues and the Hoodoo Way – In the Footsteps of MLK – This performance and lecture by Arthur Flowers will also feature opening music by UNC Asheville’s Afro Music and Dance Ensemble – 7 p.m., Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room.