August 9, 2014 POETRY IN THE BREW

Portland Brew East
1921 Eastland Avenue
Nashville, TN 37206

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Reading starts at 6:00

This month, Poetry in the Brew welcomes feature and Nashville poetry veteran Vol Lindsey to the loft stage. Leeah Vickers,  a regular voice in the new generation of Nashville poets, will guest host.

August Feature Vol Lindsey

I’m a Tennessee Texan, an old one, and (disregarding quantum physics) getting older all the time. I work with words, leather, I carve wood and I‘m a retired teacher. Actually, I am genetically programmed to be a teacher, so I’ve spent most of my life trying to explain things, but I’m not very good at it. I think this is because I can’t think as slow as most folks; I read recently that if you are of average intelligence, half the people you meet in your life will be dumber than you, and, if you are above average, it’s…