There were over 30 of us -- members and potential new members -- at Brother's Restaurant in Young Harris, GA on Friday, May 11th. Scott Owens was the featured speaker, and he was prompted to do an encore, reading before and after open mike! Scott claimed he could not write funny poems, but that turned out not to be true at all, as he read a couple which had many of us laughing out loud. Thank you, Scott, for heading our way to share your poetry and to teach a class at Writers Circle!
To learn more about Scott, check out his website. His book, Something Knows the Moment has been named 1 of 5 finalists for
the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, and his poem,
"Rails" from his new book For
One Who Knows How to Own Land was featured on Garrison Keillor's NPR show
The Writers Almanac on April 29.
so happy it was a success. Thanks to Rosemary Royston and Bob Grove for hosting in my place and thanks to Scott Owens and all the open mikers and audience members for making it a great night.
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I love having WNO at Brothers restaurant.
ReplyDeleteIt was such fun to hear Scott Read and to talk with all the poets and writers who were present. Also, I had a good meal.
I look forward to the next one.
I'm so glad Writer's Night Out was such an overwhelming success. I sure wish I had been able to attend and hear Scott read. He always gives outstanding readings. Thanks for posting this news, Rosemary.
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