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The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, USPOCO BOOKS and us poetry company are proud to present Chris Pappas—poet, publisher, editor, university lecturer and former electronics technician—performing poetry from his dramatic epic poem, "The Legend of Eros in Eleven Episodes", at 7:00p.m. on Friday, September 10 at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in downtown Asheville. Chris Pappas is the editor and creator of "Mêlée Live", a print magazine of poetry, politics and art which will also have a substantial online presence. "Mêlée Live" is the direct descendant of Mêlée Magazine, which quickly got the attention of the international poetry community in 2007 with its emphasis on “poetry with depth and weight” and the importance of poetry performances, which should be, Pappas argues, “more than a solitary person reading from a white page to a sleeping audience who must be told when to applaud.” Mêlée’s poetry shows and guerilla readings became legendary and are still viewed regularly on YouTube and other sites. In the preface to the Final Edition of "First Book: The First Three (Documentary)" Pappas writes that "The Legend of Eros is composed to be sung. Just as musical compositions are written to be performed and plays are written to be staged, poetry is written to be spoken or sung with its one unique instrument, the human voice.” Pappas states that this epic, which is given to the poet by the people, may “be seen as a bridge between the stereotype of Slam Poetry (a primarily oral poetry culture) and the stereotype of Academic Poetry (a primarily written poetry culture).” Pappas has been traveling the country for over a year with us poetry company, the improvisational teaching and performing troupe he founded with his wife Rebecca, a visual artist and RN, in April of 2009. Come enjoy a poetry show like no other which may leave you excited about the possibility of poetry once more. (Images provided by The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center.)
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