Novelist Bradford Morrow and Testament Guitarist Alex Skolnick Present A Bestiary, An Evening of Text and Music at Bard College, Tuesday, October 20

 ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—On Tuesday, October 20, novelist and Bard literature professor Bradford Morrow and acclaimed guitarist Alex Skolnick present A Bestiary, a live collaborative performance of Morrow’s lyrical prose pieces about animals real and imaginary—from snake to mongoose, unicorn to whale, elephant to glugfish. Set to Skolnick’s original compositions, ranging from jazz to rock to country to world music, this reading of A Bestiary unites the written word with guitar virtuosity in unexpected, magical ways.  Now comic, now tragic, A Bestiary explores the animal kingdom as well as the human condition it mirrors.

Morrow has been hailed as “one of America’s major literary voices” by Publishers Weekly, while Skolnick was called “one of the most remarkable guitarists in hard-rock history” by Guitar World Magazine.

Presented by Bard’s Program in Written Arts and Innovative Contemporary Fiction Reading Series, A Bestiary takes place Tuesday, October 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Weis Cinema in the Bertelsmann Campus Center. Introduced by Michael Ives, Bard visiting assistant professor of humanities, and followed by a Q&A, the event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 845-758-7054, or e-mail mmorriss@bard.edu.

Conjunctions editor, Bard Center Fellow, and Bard literature professor Bradford Morrow’s many books of fiction include Trinity Fields, The Diviner's Tale, The Uninnocent, and The Forgers.

The latest albums from Alex Skolnick, lead guitarist of the heavy-metal band Testament and the jazz group Alex Skolnick Trio, are Dark Roots of Earth and Planetary Coalition. 

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(10.6.15)

This event was last updated on 10-06-2015

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