{"id":8832,"date":"2011-11-02T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=8832"},"modified":"2011-11-01T23:19:03","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T04:19:03","slug":"essayist-ashley-butler-to-give-nonfiction-reading-at-apsu-on-november-7th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/11\/02\/essayist-ashley-butler-to-give-nonfiction-reading-at-apsu-on-november-7th\/","title":{"rendered":"Essayist Ashley Butler to give nonfiction reading at APSU on November 7th"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Clarksville, TN<\/strong> – In her new collection of essays, \u201cDear Sound of Footstep,\u201d author Ashley Butler tackles such strange subjects as the fastest man on earth and the bizarre, echo-free chamber at Harvard University. But if you were to ask someone who read this compelling work what it was about, they might give simple one-word answers, such as \u201cmortality\u201d or \u201cexistence.\u201d<\/p>\n

More specifically, the essays in this book use their subjects to explore the death of Butler\u2019s mother from cancer, and the author\u2019s estranged relationship with her father.<\/p>\n

\"Ashley<\/a>

Ashley Butler<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIn this eloquent sequence of essays, the earth and our fantasies of earthly life (and death) perform dynamic rituals of relation,\u201d the acclaimed writer Thalia Field said. \u201cRelation itself takes on an array of forms, bounded by the adventures of young adulthood, and the fear of leaving nothing, or everything, behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 8:00pm on November 7th, Butler will give a reading from her debut essay collection at the Honors Commons on the Austin Peay State University campus. The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception and book signing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe candid narrative evolves into a stunning, abstract deconstruction of time and space, piloting the reader precariously close to the unanswered question, \u2018Why are we here?\u2019\u201d a review in Publishers Weekly stated about the book.<\/p>\n

Butler\u2019s essays have appeared in literary journals such as Ninth Letter, Gulf Coast, Creative Nonfiction and Pool. She was born and raised in Virginia, and she went on to earn her bachelor\u2019s degree from Columbia University and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa.<\/p>\n

For more information on the reading, contact the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts at 931.221.7876.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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