Alli Marshall is a poet, fiction writer, and performer. She’s the author of the 2015 novel “How to Talk to Rockstars” and the 2017 chapbook “It All Comes Rushing Back,” as well as a number of zines. She’s a member of the Flatiron Writers and the spoken word troupe Literary Circus, and the arts editor at alternative newsweekly Mountain Xpress. She’s lived in Asheville since 1995, which is either miraculous or insane.
All won the 2018 Ramsey Library Community Author Award, the 2016 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize (judged by Ron Rash) for her short story, “Catching Out,” the 2016 Shrewd Writer Award for her flash fiction “Structural Soul,” and was a runner-up in the annual Broad River Review Rash Award in fiction. Alli’s prose and poetry has been published in the Fredericksburg Literary & Art Review, Blurt!, Shuffle, Our State, MetroPop, FifeLines, and the Asheville Poetry Review.
Alli is interested in moving writing beyond the page, seeking the golden in the mundane, finding the intersection of art and social justice, and reconnecting with mythology — both ancient and modern. Her current projects include a collaged novella of modern retellings of myths and folklore, a dance-cello-poetry collaboration, and collecting the names of all of her female ancestors. Many of them were named Mary, Anne and Catherine. One was called Lettis.
Enjoy this one-hour Living Well where Alli shares her poetry, the evolution of her writing, and the Asheville fringe arts scene.
Living Well with Alli Marshall on AshevilleFM, March 26, 2017
