Keith Flynn will speak on Nov. 13

UNC Asheville's Literature and Language Department will host an evening with award-winning poet Keith Flynn at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at UNC Asheville's Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall. Flynn will read from and discuss his recent work. The event is free and open to the public.

Flynn, who attended UNC Asheville and Mars Hill College, is founder and managing editor of the Asheville Poetry Review. He is the author of a collection of essays on poetry entitled "The Rhythm Method, Razzmatazz and Memory: How to Make Your Poetry Swing" as well as four collections of poetry, including "The Golden Ratio" and "The Lost Sea." He has won the Sandburg Prize for poetry, the ASCAP Emerging Songwriter Prize, the Paumanok Poetry Award and was twice named the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet for North Carolina. Flynn's poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Colorado Review, Poetry Wales, the Cuirt Journal (Ireland), Takahe (New Zealand) and Southern Poetry Review. From 1987-1998, he was also lyricist and lead singer for the nationally acclaimed rock band, The Crystal Zoo, which produced three albums. Flynn currently lives and works in Marshall, N.C.

For more information, call UNC Asheville's Literature and Language Department at 828/251-6411.