![]() MacArthur “genius” grant winning poet Campbell McGrath, Scott’s teacher and mentor at FIU, marveled from the sidelines. They gathered around an outdoor boxing ring for the main event: Two professional boxers slugged it out, Scott and his fiancé read a poem they wrote together, then Matejka took the ring to read from The Big Smoke, his poetic dramatization of Jim Crow-era heavyweight champion Jack Johnson. Some of Miami’s top literary lights wandered under the tree canopy, munching on boxes of Cracker Jacks. It was held in the backyard of a 1920s home near the Wynwood and Design districts that have driven Miami’s arts explosion. “ The Big Book Party” last November did not disappoint. Respond soon, Scott suggested in the invite. What Scott meant by “old-fashioned” was the opposite: hip, retro, and not to be missed. ![]() ![]() If you didn’t know Cunningham, you might read “old-fashioned” and think this was a poetry reading straight out of Downton Abbey, with cocktails served by coat-tailed waiters surrounded by leather-bound books. He’s throwing an “old-fashioned book party” in honor of poet Adrian Matejka, and you’re invited. Scott Cunningham style, was irresistible.
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