… And to find out what, be at Burke’s Book Store on Thursday, May 16th (5:30 to 6:30 p.m.). That’s when the co-authors will be signing their latest collaborative effort: Theaters of Skin (Spuyten Duyvil Press), a book that combines Osing’s poetry and Carlson’s artwork.
Osing will be reading from the book at 6 p.m., and, though he’s retired from the University of Memphis writing program, he’s continued to publish his poetry widely. Carlson, retired too from teaching in the U of M’s English department and creative writing program, wrote of the fishing life in Hatteras Blues a few years ago, but he’s also engaged in printmaking and collage. His artwork showed up in Osing and Carlson’s La Belle Dame (also from Spuyten Duyvil), but it’s gyotaku he’s turned to now.
