After Georgann Eubanks' wonderful book launch on Zoom (Rural Astronomy is the book), I rejiggered myself for the reading/signing at Main Street Books in Davidson. Instead of just launching into the poetry after the introduction, I said a few words, just a handful of sentences, about where or how or what the heck the poem I was reading came from. As best I remember of course. I think it made for a better program, and some of my "regulars" who were there that night agreed. One of the things it did was open up the discussion later about ekphrastic writing, and the ways that seeing and smelling things can be powerful poetry prompts.
The next, and last, reading/signing I'm doing this summer is at the grandaddy of bookstores in North Carolina, Malaprops. I'll be part of their Poetrio Sunday program on August 3 at 4:30 p.m. I don't know yet who the other poets are on the bill, but I will post it as soon as I know. Malaprops is in Asheville, and is an institution in book land around here. I am thrilled to be able to read there. Makes me feel like a REAL poet.