The Pat Conroy Literary Center's monthly Open Mic Night will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) on Thursday, August 14, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured novelist will be Michael Spake, author of Life Close to the Bone. Open Mic will also include short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres.
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About Our Featured Authors
Michael Spake is the author of Life Close to the Bone, his debut novel exploring the intricate layers of the past and the challenge of connecting them to the present. Inspired by his experience playing junior tennis in South Carolina and his career as a healthcare attorney, the novel delves into themes of memory, heritage, and personal transformation. In addition to Life Close to the Bone, Michael has published short stories in Well Read Magazine’s Best of 2023 and 2024, capturing the culture and history of his hometown, Anderson, SC in Well Read Magazine’s Best of 2023 and 2024. Michael graduated from The Citadel in 1994 where he received the Granville T. Prior Award for his exploration of Christian Mysticism in the works of T.S. Eliot. Michael lives in Lakeland, Florida with his wife Mary Lucia Spake. Together they have four children: Henry, Mary Clare, Kathryn, and Vivian.
“In Life Close to the Bone, debut novelist Michael Spake skillfully explores the complexity of the past and the impossibility of ever escaping its impact on the present. As protagonist John Greenburn, a former tennis star turned pharmaceutical ethics attorney, struggles to uncover the potential danger of a new drug, he is drawn back into a past that threatens to undermine all he’s worked to achieve. Despite his reluctance to revisit old traumas, John’s only hope for redemption is to face headlong the long-buried demons he has yet to acknowledge. Ultimately, John’s journey in connecting the past to the present belongs to all of us.”--Cassandra King, author of Tell Me a Story: My Life with Pat Conroy
You may also like the following events from Pat Conroy Literary Center:
- Next Saturday, 5th July, 09:30 am, Monthly Teddy Bear Picnic Read-Aloud with DAYLO in Port Royal
- Next month, 10th July, 10:00 pm, Virtual Open Mic Night -- Featuring Abagail Summers, Author of After the Storm in Beaufort, South Carolina
- Next month, 17th July, 05:00 pm, An Evening with Novelist Katherine Scott Crawford, Author of The Miniaturist's Assistant in Beaufort
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