Brockport’s Steve Appleton will be featured Saturday, May 16, during the final reading of this season’s Words on the Verge Reading Series at A Different Path Gallery, 27 Market Street in Brockport.
Appleton is passionate about creating all-inclusive, artistic events which draw together diverse groups of people in a participation-charged, energetic atmosphere.
Appleton will choose his readings from work he has written himself, says Christine Green, who organizes, hosts and promotes Words on the Verge.
“He read some at last month’s Open Mike and was a huge hit,” Green says.
Appleton’s prose and non-fiction is inspired by the environment, spiritual topics and community service.
Words on the Verge readings are free and open to the public. The May 16 reading runs from 5 to 7 pm.
Katherine Weston, owner of A Different Path Art Gallery, began literary readings when the gallery opened in 2010. At first, Tom Holmes hosted and organized monthly readings, but Green took over the duties when Holmes moved away.
Words on the Verge is supported by donations of funds from business leaders and private citizens in the Brockport community.
Green explains that writers come to the series with a variety of backgrounds which include those who have several published works under their belt, as well as emerging writers just breaking into the scene. Featured writers have read poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, journalism, personal essays, memoir and flash fiction.
Following the May 16 Steve Appleton reading, Words on the Verge will take a summer break during June, July and August, and will return for the fall-winter reading series in September.
