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| Mary Ricketson |
Coffee with the Poets and Writers
(CWPW) will feature poet Mary Ricketson and writer James F. Davis on Wednesday,
November 20, at 10:30 a.m. at the Moss Memorial Library in Hayesville, NC.
The
event is free and open to the public. An open mic will follow the presentations.
Bring a poem or a short prose piece to participate. CWPW is sponsored by North
Carolina Writers’ Network-West (NCWN-W) which also includes writers in Towns,
Union, Fannin, and Rabun Counties in Georgia.
Ricketson, from Murphy NC, is inspired by nature and by her work
as a mental health counselor. Her poetry is published in Wild Goose Poetry
Review, Future Cycle Press, Journal of Kentucky Studies, Lights in the
Mountains, Echoes Across the Blue Ridge, Red Fox Run, It’s All Relative,
Speckled Trout, Old Mountain Press, Whispers, Voices, and Disorgananza. Her
work also includes her chapbook I Hear the River Call my Name as well as
three full length collections, Hanging Dog Creek, Shade and Shelter,
and her newest, Mississippi: The Story of Luke and Marian, published in 2019.
She
writes a monthly column, “Women to Women,” for The Cherokee Scout.
She is a Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor in private practice and is
also an organic vegetable, herb, and blueberry farmer.
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| James Davis |
James Davis lives in Clay County, NC. He
is a member of the North Carolina Writers Network, Ridgeline Literary Alliance,
North Georgia Writer's Club, and the Mountain Area Story Tellers. He won second
place in a national literary contest. Most of his writing and stories have a
humorous bent about personal experiences with people he met.
Davis
grew up working on a family farm. He earned a degree in economics from Cornell
University. He earned an MBA in International Affairs and Business and served three
years in the Army, leaving as a Captain. The major part of his working life was
spent as an international banker.
He
traveled to over fifty countries while living in Europe and Latin America. Through
his profession, he had the opportunity to meet world leaders. Davis served
as an elected representative for twenty years in Darien, CT.
For
more information about this event, please contact Glenda Beall at: glendabeall@msn.com.
by Carroll S. Taylor, CWPW publicity chair and author of The Chinaberry Summer Series
