COFFEE WITH THE POETS AT CITY LIGHTS BOOK STORE IN SYLVA,NC

Thurs. 4/21 at 10:30 a.m.

Coffee with the Poet This Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
Coffee with the Poet will meet on Thursday, April 21st at 10:30 a.m. and will feature poet Rosemary Royston from Young-Harris, Georgia. The monthly third-Thursday-of-the-month event features an opportunity to meet a local poet and hear an informal reading. It is co-sponsored by NetWest and City Lights.

Rosemary received her MFA in Writing from Spalding University in Louisville, KY. Her poetry has been published in The Comstock Review, Main Street Rag,Alehouse, Literal Latte, Public Republic, and Dark Sky Magazine. A chapbook,Splitting the Soil, will be published in late 2011 or early 2012. Her essays on writing poetry are forthcoming in Women and Poetry: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing by Successful Women Poets. She was the recipient of the 2010 Literal Latte Food Verse Award, and she was the 2004 recipient of first and third place in poetry, Porter Fleming Literary Awards. She currently serves as the Program Coordinator for the North Carolina Writers Network-West. Her blog can be found at http://theluxuryoftrees.wordpress.com/