Monday, April 27, 2015

Writers' Night Out Friday, May 8

Mary Ricketson to Read from Her New Book, Hanging Dog Creek


On Friday, May 8, Writers’ Night Out will feature Mary Ricketson of Murphy, NC reading poems from her second collection, Hanging Dog Creek (Future Cycle Press). An open microphone follows for those who’d like to share their own writing. The event is free and open to the public at the Union County Community Center in Blairsville, GA.  Food and drinks are available for purchase, but attendees should arrive by 6 pm to allow time to be served before the program starts at 7 pm.

Ricketson has been writing poetry for 20 years. She says she writes, “to satisfy a hunger, to taste life down to the very last drop.”  Ricketson is inspired by nature and her work as a mental health counselor. Her award-winning poems have appeared in Wild Goose Poetry Review, Future Cycle Press, Journal of Kentucky Studies, Lights in the Mountains, Echoes Across the Blue Ridge, Freeing Jonah, Red Fox Run, and her chapbook, I Hear the River Call My Name

Friday, May 8
6 pm social hour (the View Grill is open with a new menu -- food and drink available for purchase -- and you can bring it to the ballroom if you like)
7 pm featured readers in the ballroom
7:45-ish open mike for prose or poetry, limit 3 mins (please time yourself at home and make us want MORE)

Union County Community Center (at Butternut Creek Golf Course in the heart of Blairsville)
129 Union County Recreation Rd.
Blairsville, Georgia 30512
here's a map but note that the Holiday Inn on the map is now a Comfort Inn

2 comments:

  1. I hope to be there for this reading. Mary's book is excellent and her readings are always good to hear.
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  2. Mary Ricketson is not only a good poet, she gives an excellent presentation when she reads. I like that she doesn't stand glued behind a podium. She walks around and shows her personality when she reads her poems.
    Thanks Karen Holmes for hosting a most enjoyable evening with writers at WNO.

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