Sunday, October 6, 2024

Poet Mary Ricketson to Read at Cherokee County Arts Council Oct. 10

    Cherokee County Arts Council presents Mary Ricketson, acclaimed local poet and author of 8 books, for a poetry reading at Cherokee County Arts Council, 33 Valley River Avenue, Murphy, October 10, at 5:30 pm.
Mary Ricketson

    Featured will be poems from her latest book, "Stutters, A Book of Hope," and other selections.  Discussion time will be available immediately following the reading.  Everyone is invited.

    "Stutters" is the personal collection of poems Mary thought she would never write but she’s glad she did.  

    Julia Nunnally Duncan of the North Carolina Literary Review said of the collection,  "So, as I read Ricketson’s poetic account of her lifelong struggle to understand and overcome stuttering, I vicariously experienced this struggle with her…. I think Ricketson has accomplished her goal in Stutters, it is a book of hope, a stirring and enlightening book of hope."


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2 comments:

  1. Glenda BeallWednesday, October 9, 2024 at 11:57:00 AM EDT

    Mary is an excellent poet and her book, Stutters, deserves all the praise it is receiving.

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  2. AnonymousWednesday, October 9, 2024 at 9:26:00 PM EDT

    I concur with Mrs. Beale. Stutters is an excellent poetic book, straight from the heart of a true poet at heart.

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