The front entrance to Gruene Hall doubles as a bar, a place to chill, and a place to watch people passing by outside.
J. Marcus Weekley was born in Chattanooga, TN, but moved all over the planet (Georgia, Germany,
Wisconsin, Phillipines, Mississippi, Texas, Illinois). He began photographing in high school and has since worked at
the university paper at The University of Southern Mississippi and freelanced for papers in Lubbock, Texas and Beloit,
Wisconsin. Marcus' images accompany the essays of Gail Folkins in the forthcoming book
Dance Hall Revival (Texas
Tech University Press, 2007). He is also a writer, and his work has appeared in
Quick Fiction, Thieves Jargon, The Iowa Review,
Bewildering Stories, and
The Clackamas Literary Review, among other places. More of his images can be
seen at his Flickr site: www.flickr.com/photos/whynottryitagain2
.
(
whynottryitagain@hotmail.com)