Nature Spirits, Nature Voices

Rim Country welcomes poet, artist, publisher, and oral memoirist Michael Czarnecki for a special evening program, Wednesday June 30 at 7pm.

An Oral Memoir is a story or series of stories told in the tradition of oral history. It is both prepared and loosely scripted, each telling uniquely influenced by the audience and surroundings in which it is told.

Program will be followed by questions and conversation with the author and an invitation to reflect on the landscape and experiences of ones own life.
"NATURE SPIRITS, NATURE VOICES"
If a person spends a lot of time in the natural world, there come experiences along the way that can be perceived as beyond the ordinary. This memoir is a series of stories about such happenings. A few of the supporting characters are American chestnut trees; a raven at Yellowstone National Park; a whale at Grand Manan, New Brunswick; a talking fire on Wheeler Hill; granite rock in Acadia National Park; assorted bird species and the beckoning dark woods.

Appropriate for all ages. $10/adult, free for children 12 and under.

Michael has been writing poetry for 43 years and has made his living as a poet, publisher and oral memoirist for the last 16 years. He founded FootHills Publishing in 1986. Since then FootHills has published over 300 chapbooks and books of poetry. His own books include "Twenty Days on Route 20", a haibun (condensed prose and haiku) account of a journey across America, from Boston to Newport, OR, on the longest US Highway. Michael has been featured at hundreds of readings and workshops throughout the country. More information about him can be found at www.foothillspublishing.com/poetguy.