NCWN-West of Jackson's monthly Open Mic night will be hosted, as always, by City Lights Bookstore of Sylva, on Spring Street, on Friday, March 9th, at 7:00 p.m. There will be beverages and desserts; those who'd like dinner beforehand can find many good dining venues in Sylva, including City Lights Cafe on the floor below the bookstore (killer crepes.)
February's Open Mic night enjoyed a full house and record numbers, with over a dozen readings by poets, fiction writers, storytellers, and memoirists, including lively historical fiction, harrowing nonfiction from a Vietnam veteran, profound (I'm not kidding) reflections gained from a life in plumbing, and Gary Carden's always-striking renditions of the region as it once was. Authors included writers who were veterans, writers who experienced disabilities, younger and older, male and female. If we enjoy these numbers on Friday, we will ask authors to keep their readings relatively short.
Come on out and meet a supportive local writing community!
I plan to make it over to Sylva this summer when the days are longer to take part in this Open Mic at City Lights. Catherine Carter does a great job there.
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