A mentor to many area writers
NANCY SIMPSON TO READ HER POETRY, NOVEMBER 12
NANCY SIMPSON TO READ HER POETRY, NOVEMBER 12
Come hear a local favorite this month at Writers’ Night Out. Nancy Simpson will read from her new book, Living Above The Frost Line: New and Selected Poems on Friday, November 12 at 7:00 p.m. in Wilson Lecture Hall at Young Harris College. After the reading, those who’d like to share their own poetry or fiction can participate in the Open Microphone.
Living Above The Frost Line was nominated by NC Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer as the first book in the new Laureate Series at Carolina Wren Press. Nancy also penned Across Water, a chapbook and Night Student, a full length poetry collection, published at State Street Press. Her poems have appeared in One Hundred Years of North Carolina Poetry; The Poets Guide To The Birds, edited by Judith Kitchen and Ted Kooser (2009, Anhinga Press); the 50th Anniversary Issue of Southern Poetry Review: Don’t Leave Hungry (2009 U. of Arkansas Press); and the textbook, Southern Appalachian Poetry, edited by Marita Garin (2008 McFarland). Several literary magazines have also published Nancy’s work.
A well-respected teacher to many local writers, Nancy presently serves as Resident Writer at John C. Campbell Folk School. She is a long-time member of NC Writers’ Network (NCWN) and co-founded the western NC chapter, known as NCWN-West.
Living Above The Frost Line was nominated by NC Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer as the first book in the new Laureate Series at Carolina Wren Press. Nancy also penned Across Water, a chapbook and Night Student, a full length poetry collection, published at State Street Press. Her poems have appeared in One Hundred Years of North Carolina Poetry; The Poets Guide To The Birds, edited by Judith Kitchen and Ted Kooser (2009, Anhinga Press); the 50th Anniversary Issue of Southern Poetry Review: Don’t Leave Hungry (2009 U. of Arkansas Press); and the textbook, Southern Appalachian Poetry, edited by Marita Garin (2008 McFarland). Several literary magazines have also published Nancy’s work.
A well-respected teacher to many local writers, Nancy presently serves as Resident Writer at John C. Campbell Folk School. She is a long-time member of NC Writers’ Network (NCWN) and co-founded the western NC chapter, known as NCWN-West.
Writers’ Night Out takes place the second Friday evening of every month from 7-8:30 p.m. The November reading remains at Young Harris College in Wilson Lecture Hall, which is located in the Goolsby Center on the campus. The evening is free and open to the public, and parking is free. Look for an announcement about a new location in Hiawassee for December.
Those interested in reading at the Open Mic may sign up at the event. Each writer will have three minutes to read. For more information, please contact Writers’ Night Out coordinator, Karen Holmes at (404) 316-8466 or kpaulholmes@gmail.com.
We all appreciate very much all Nancy has done for the writers in this area. She's been a mentor and teacher to many of us. I love her new book of poetry.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to Nancy's reading for Writers Night Out. Her new book deserves much praise and Carolina Wren Press did a fantastic job compiling the best of Nancy's former books and her most recent poetry to create a book I read over and over, enjoying each poem as I understand more about my friend and mentor.
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