Highland Books is pleased to host an unforgettable evening with Loblolly Press as they celebrate the importance of independent bookstores and presses. The event will take place at the Mary C. Jenkins Center, 221 Mills Avenue, Brevard, on September 22, 2024, at 6:00pm. The evening’s headliner, Clint Bowman, will read from If Lost, his debut collection inspired by the mountains, forests, animals, and people of Appalachia. The evening of powerful readings and community connection will also feature readings by Loblolly Press writers with forthcoming projects: Emma Ensley, Cheryl Whitehead, and Andrew Mack. This is a unique opportunity to meet the authors, hear their work read aloud, purchase books, and have them signed. Loblolly Press is an independent press based out of Asheville, North Carolina, that is dedicated to publishing contemporary poetry, short fiction, and novels from emerging and marginalized writers across the South. Their goal is to publish writers with a distinctly Southern voice from communities and experiences not always represented in traditional publishing. They are striving to create a community of writers and readers who feel deeply connected to the work they publish because they can see themselves represented within it. Clint Bowman is a native of Davidson County, North Carolina. His debut chapbook, Pretty Sh!t, was published in May 2023 by Bottlecap Press. Clint is the co-founder and facilitator of the Dark City Poets Society (DCPS) in Black Mountain, NC, where he currently lives with his family. When Clint isn’t volunteering his time to the DCPS, he... Read More