Malaprop’s Reading

On Monday, November 6th, I gave a reading from the second edition of Loving Mountains, Loving Men at Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe.  The staff members were so friendly, hospitable, and welcoming!  (This is not always true when I read at bookstores, I assure you.). The audience was appreciative, books were

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Upcoming Knoxville Reading

On October 19th, I’ll be reading from the new edition of Loving Mountains, Loving Men at Union Ave Books in Knoxville, Tennessee.  I’ll be joined by the wonderful Julia Watts, with whom I coedited LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia.  Here’s the event link:  https://www.unionavebooks.com/event/author-event-jeff-mann

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Mythology Poems

This summer, I’m working on a series of poems based on world mythology, most particularly the Greek, Norse, and Celtic pantheons.  The research is certainly fun.  I’m reading the 75th anniversary edition of Edith Hamilton’s Mythology, a book I first read as a child.  Other books I’m using as inspiration

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Viking Collection in the Works

Now that classes are winding down at Virginia Tech, I’m putting together a new book, a collection of fiction set in the Viking Age.  It’ll be composed of previously published works: three short stories and one novella.  “Mead-Sweet” was included in Wings: Subversive Gay Angel Erotica, edited by Todd Gregory. 

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