A conversation of mythic imagination with Brian R. Martens at Many Rivers Books & Tea

Reading and Reflection
Join us as Brian leads a conversation shaped by image, story, and transformation. We’ll begin in the dim enclosure of Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Panther,” where seeing becomes a kind of reckoning, and the question of how we break through our own inner cages begins to stir. Brian will follow with a reading of his personal response to Rilke.

Continuing, we’ll shift into storytelling with the ancient tale of “The Old Woman and the Black Dog,” a story that moves like a shadow through memory, asking each listener: “Where do you stand within it, and what has it come to teach you?” Between poem and myth, observation and reflection, this gathering invites you to listen closely — until something shifts, and you bring your own voice into the conversation.

Brian will be available at the conclusion of the event to sign his books “Three Raven Gate” and “Merlin’s Wing.”