Join us in the main gallery on April 19th, 3–4 PM, for powerful readings from contributors of Backwoods Literary Press’ latest rural anthology, Testament. Copies of Testament will be available for purchase and the writers might even sign your copies if you ask nicely!

About the headliner: Ariadne Alexis Macquarie (she/they), originally from Western North Carolina, is an MFA student at the University of Kentucky, where she teaches. She received her BA in Creative Writing from Roanoke College. She currently serves as an Assistant Editor for the Best of the Net Anthology. Her poetry, fiction, essays, and photography can be found in Red Branch Review, Women of Appalachia, Bullshit Lit, and elsewhere. She is on Instagram @flameazaleas.