Blackout Poetry Creator Back in Cleveland for Speaking Engagement
Author Austin Kleon started working on his writing career while a librarian at the Mayfield Branch.
Billing himself as a "writer who draws," author Austin Kleon also does a fair share of public speaking as well. The former Cleveland Heights resident and Mayfield Branch librarian will be here Saturday, June 9 as part of his "Steal Across America Tour." His latest book, Steal Like an Artist, addresses things he wishes he knew about being creative when he first started out. "The big idea is that you are a mash-up of what you let into your life," Kleon said. "Nothing in creative work is entirely original. You steal bits and pieces of inspiration from your life, take that, add your own ingredients and turn it into something new." Although he's on a book tour, his talk, set for 1 p.m Saturday as part of the Weapons of Mass Creation Fest at …
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