"The Marsh in May" -- Ronald Rand Shares His Poetry, Paintings and Perspective on The Brown Posey Press Show!

Ronald Rand is known throughout the world as an actor, author, educator, poet, and painter. He is also a traveler, having visited more than two dozen countries as a US Cultural Ambassador. His new book, The Marsh in May and 30 Poems with 29 Paintings by Ronald Rand, is an immersive experience that taps into human experience through word and paint.While praised for his post-modern and post-Impressionist style at the easel, Rand's poetry draws from the masters he first heard read to him by his mother, to his contemporaries. His words and phrasing are unique and draw the reader in, as do his landscapes and portraits. This book, available on the Lucky Shoe Press imprint of Sunbury Press Books, is another of Rand's methods to embrace life, in all its joys and mysteries.Best known for his role as former mentor Harold Clurman in the long-running Let it Be Art!, Ronald Rand has appeared in dozens of films, stage productions, and television programs. He founded and published "The Soul of the American Actor" newspaper, has received a series of Fulbright Awards, and received the Jury Best Actor Award at the Bitola 26th International Monodrama Festival in North Macedonia. His upcoming work includes the production UBUNTU, the film "Group Paradise," and "Ibsen," the first opera of Henrik Ibsen.Ronald Rand lives in Asheville, North Carolina.