There are many wonderful authors coming to Little Rock for the 10th annual Arkansas Literary Festival.  (Including one with whom I went to college and one being brought in by my church.) But only one of them has been a friend of mine since elementary school.

Christi Shannon Kline and I had numerous classes together in school over the years.  We also participated in several school musicals, student council and other clubs while growing up.

She is now a New York resident, poet, playwright, and performer. Her debut book, No Child More Perfect & Other Poems, was endorsed by National Book Critics Circle winner Marie Ponsot, who said, “Watch out! Kline’s poems are original. She speaks her mind: frank, unfaked, and full of feeling. The poems sing!”

Christi will be appearing at 10am on Saturday, April 20, on the 3rd floor of the Cox Creative Center (at President Clinton and River Market).  She is part of a program entitled “Perfect Daydream” which also features poet Steve Kistulentz.  Marck Beggs is the moderator.