Earley, Hipp to host City Lights readings

Tim Earley and Max Hipp will host a reading and book signing at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.
Earley will read from his chapbook “Rattle-Rib” and Hipp from his story collection “What Doesn't Kill You Opens Your Heart.” Earley, an Asheville native, has published five poetry collections and writes for the tabletop RPG Holler: An Appalachian Apocalypse. Hipp’s fiction appears in Southern Humanities Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, and more. He received a 2025 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission. Both teach at the University of Mississippi.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit citylightsnc.com or call 828.586.9499.