The Centre for Performing and Visual Arts of Coweta County will host Andrew Dietz, author of “The Last Folk Hero: A True Story of Race and Art, Power and Profit” February 28th at 7 p.m. for a lecture and reading. This is open to the public at no charge.

Andrew Dietz is a writer, entrepreneur, and art lover based in Atlanta. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, raised in Stamford, Connecticut, and educated at the University of Michigan and Duke University. He has lived in the South for the past 20 years and currently resides in Atlanta with his wife and two daughters. The non fiction novel is his first book.

The Last Folk Hero is a true story about ego and obsession, loyalty and betrayal, race and exploitation (actual and accused), about purity sustained and lost, about creative genius that flourishes despite circumstances and about people who are self-absorbed and unreasonable and often right.

The story brings U.S. presidents and congressmen, business tycoons, movie stars, academicians, the cultural elite, and global tastemakers together with some of the most dirt-poor, talent-rich souls from the hardest of hardscrabble America.

That’s a lot for any story to accomplish, but the principal characters are no ordinary individuals. The Last Folk Hero has villains and heroes, though it is never quite clear which is which. This tale is like a holographic baseball card where the players shift poses depending on a slight tilt of the hand.

This book has already gained critical acclaim in many distinguished circles.

Please plan to come out and meet Mr. Dietz and have an opportunity to experience his book from the “heart” of the author.

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