Gemini
Ink honors Robert Flynn
at Inkstravaganza Gala
SAN ANTONIO - The
seventh annual Gemini Ink INKstravaganza gala fundraiser
will honor the achievements of author Robert Flynn,
this year's recipient of Gemini Ink's Award of Literary
Excellence. Among Mr. Flynn's many gifts is a sense
of humor with a deadly aim; lovely sparks will assuredly
fly on Sunday, September 14 at the Witte Museum, 3801
Broadway. Festivities will commence at 6 p.m. for
an evening of food, music, and literature with a Texas
(and irreverently Flynnian) twist. Hold onto your
chaps and Stetsons.
The Award of Literary Excellence honors San Antonio
writers who exhibit exceptional quality in their work
and have shown a strong commitment to serving the
community. Past recipients of the Award of Literary
Excellence are Rosemary Catacalos (2000), Naomi Shihab
Nye (2001), and Wendy Barker (2002).
Flynn preserves and furthers the maverick spirit of
the best of Texas writers. Formerly novelist-in-residence
at Trinity University, he is the author of seven novels:
North to Yesterday, In the House of the Lord, The
Sounds of Rescue, The Signs of Hope, Wanderer Springs,
The Last Kick, and The Devil's Tiger and Tie-Fast
Country. He is also the author of a two-part documentary,
"A Cowboy Legacy," shown on ABC-TV; a nonfiction
narrative, A Personal War in Vietnam; two story collections,
Seasonal Rain and Living With Hyenas; and a collection
of essays Growing Up a Sullen Baptist, and Other Lies.
Among his many awards are honors from the Texas Institute
of Letters, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, the
Texas Literary Festival, and Western Writers of America.
Musical entertainment will be provided by noted guitarist
David Underwood, and a highlight of the evening will
be a silent and live auction featuring extraordinary
gift items. This year's auction includes an official
Fotoseptiembre USA piece with work by several prominent
area photographers. Also available for purchase at
the gala will be a limited edition handcrafted collector's
chapbook of Robert Flynn's short story "Multiple
Choice," published by Gemini Ink in collaboration
with the Paper and Book Arts Department at the Southwest
School of Art and Craft.
Tickets for INKstravaganza are $75 per person and
may be purchased by calling the Gemini Ink office
at (210) 734-9673. Gemini Ink is grateful to Outback
Steakhouse, the Witte Museum, the Southwest School
of Art and Craft, and Fotoseptiembre USA for their
generous support of INKstravaganza.
Gemini Ink, San Antonio's only independent literary
arts center, celebrates the art in literature by offering
university- and master-level classes, Dramatic Reader's
Theater presentations, and Writers in Communities
programs that bring literature and literacy to disadvantaged
groups. Gemini Ink won the 2002 Downtown Alliance
Award for Best Arts & Cultural Program and was
recently featured in The New York Times.
