Join us as poet Al Black and musician Lang Owen share their talents!

Al Black writes poetry, hosts workshops and, since 2010, has hosted over 950 poetry events in the midlands of South Carolina. He is author of two books of poetry, I Only Left for Tea (2014 Muddy Ford Press), Man with Two Shadows (2018 Muddy Ford Press); co-editor Hand in Hand: Poets Respond to Race (2017 Muddy Ford Press); co-founded the Poets Respond to Race Initiative, co-hosts the Chewing the Gristle, a poetry chat Youtube series and has a weekly byline in Jasper Online – Poetry of the People.

Lang Owen works straight out of the 70's singer-songwriter tradition, employing poetic lyrics to express the challenges and possibilities of the current day, often viewed through the perspective of individuals' imagined interior lives. Lang has opened for notable Americana acts Jonathan Byrd, Wes Collins, and Kim Ware, and received airplay on radio stations in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Luxembourg. www.langowen.com