Part I * 7-7:45pm
"Let my inspiration flow"

Join local poets, "Hunter heads," and your hosts for a riveting reading of Robert Hunter's literary work. Excerpts from The Silver Snarling Trumpet and poetry books like Night Cadre and Glass Lunch,  Hunter's translations of Rilke, and a reading in his own bardic voice will be shared, paving the way for Part II.

Part II * 8:30-9:30pm
"Inspiration, move me brightly"

Enjoy a deep-dive salon and conversation about Hunter's creative influences and lineage. Learn about Hunter's relationship to a vast network of inspiration - from the Romantic poets to the Surrealists, from his private poetics to his public life reading and blogging.

Guests include: writer and official Good Oe' Grateful Deadcast host Jesse Jarnow surveying Robert Hunter's still-emerging "secret" bibliography/discography,  illuminating Hunter's singular artistry; scholar Dr. Natalie J. Dollar on the Grateful Dead community's cultural communication, meaning,  and "coding" through the power of Hunter's words; as well as other guests. Q&A to follow.

Website: https://creativeworldsofroberthunter.com/

ABOUT JESSE JARNOW

Jesse Jarnow is the author of Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America (2016),  Wasn't That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the Soul of America (2018), and Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock (2012).  He is the co-host of the Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast, the Grateful Dead's official podcast, and has contributed liner notes for numerous Dead and Robert Hunter projects. His writing has appeared in Pitchfork, WIRED, Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, Dupree's Diamond News, Relix, and elsewhere. Since 2008, he has hosted The Frow Show on freeform WFMU.  Da Capo will publish The Invisible Hit Parade: A Taper's History of Music next year.

Website: JesseJarnow.com

ABOUT NATALIE J. DOLLAR

Natalie Dollar, Associate Professor of Speech Communication at Oregon State University, teaches in the Speech Communication, Social Science, Liberal Studies, and American Studies programs. Professor Dollar serves on the board of Grateful Dead scholars and Phish Studies, and is the Anthology Editor of Concepts We'll Ponder: Identity, Improvisation, and Community in the Phish Experience, also publishing in "Reading the Grateful Dead" (N. Meriwether, Editor) as well as a chronological account of Deadheads' cultural communication code in "The Grateful Dead in Concert: Essays on Live Improvisation" (McFarland Press). She was awarded the OSU-Cascades Teaching Award for 2011-2012.