Jan Worth-Nelson's Ruminations about City Life in Flint, Michigan /  by Tim Lane

Longtime Flint writer, poet and resident, Jan Worth-Nelson, has written a post for a Flint mag, East Village Magazine, in which she includes her experience of our recent Buckham Gallery reading, Steal This Stage. You can find the article, “Village Life: Romance of City Life Sometimes Falls Short, but Neighborly Life Can Be Full of Grace,” here.

Jan is a writer and poet who figures into my teenage Flint art scene personal mythology of the 80s, even though she had no idea until recently. But I finally got to meet her officially at the Buckham reading on September 17, and we had a great chat! This is the beauty of the arts. It forges connections.

#flint #citylife #poetry #eastside #fiction #yoursilentface #yoursilentfacethenovel #yoursilentfacetimlane #GenX #80s #newwave #joydivision #iancurtis #clubbing #nativeamericanliterature #urbanpoetry

East Village Magazine consulting editor, Jan Worth-Nelson, can be reached at janworth1118@gmail.com.

Photos from Steal This Stage /  by Tim Lane

The reading event, Steal This Stage, which happened on Saturday, September 17, at Buckham Gallery in Downtown Flint, from 2-4 pm, was a blast. Such a memorable occasion! Here is a carousel of photos from the event. Pictured writers: me, Kelsey Ronan, Connor Coyne and Catharine Batsios.

 

Poster by Peter Richards

Literary Reading at Buckham Gallery /  by Tim Lane

I will be reading from Your Silent Face at Buckham Gallery in Flint on September 17th, from 2-4, along with Catharine Batsios, Connor Coyne and Kelsey Ronan. Four writers from Flint with writings about, and influenced by, Flint.

Your Silent Face is an 80s coming-of-age story told by a story-telling character who obsesses on New Wave music, drinking, fantasizing, generational trauma, romance, loyalty, art, college and many things Flint.

#80smusic #newwave #joydivision #iancurtis #comingofage #literaryfiction #fiction #flint #michigan #midwest #nativeamericanliterature #clubbing #contemporaryliterature #contemporaryfiction #genx #lovelansing

“In Lane’s literary novel, a music lover attempts to make sense of his reality in 1980s Michigan…A meandering but vigorous story about wayward youth and the necessity of art.”
— Kirkus Reviews

Connor Coyne's Review of Your Silent Face /  by Tim Lane

I ain’t going to lie. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Connor’s full review. He took the gloves off. Critical and thoughtful. Please have a look. Full review here.

#yoursilentface #fiction #comingofage #flint #80s #genx #newwave #postpunk #newwavemusic #joydivision #iancurtis #nativeamerican

“It’s also a master class in stream-of-consciousness narrative, where the prosaic and the profound mingle freely in the mind and words of narrator Stuart Page, a halfway burnt out college kid at home for the summer, a musical critic with an obsessive streak, and a young but practiced alcoholic. Someone could write a thesis on hangovers in this book.”
— Connor Coyne

Buckham Gallery Reading /  by Tim Lane

We are mega excited to be reading from our work at Buckham Gallery in September! Details below. Jump to Buckham Gallery here.

Link to my 80s coming-of-age and ode to New Wave novel, Your Silent Face, below, as well.

“A meandering but vigorous story about wayward youth and the necessity of art.” —Kirkus Reviews

#BuckhamGallery #flint #literaryfiction #poetry #KelseyRonan #chevyinthehole #ConnorCoyne #urbantasm #TimLane #yoursilentface #CatharineBatsios

Cant Get There from Here: A New Painting /  by Tim Lane

Hello. You are here. Please stay. There’s a lot to go over.

#worksonpaper #contemporarypainting #artistofinstagram #watercolor #painting #space #quantummechanics #art

Cant Get There from Here, 2022