Writers' Night Out via Zoom
Lisa Ezzard
poet, writer & vinter
Reading & Discussion + Open Mic
For Zoom link and to sign up for Open Mic, please contact glendabeall@msn.com
Lisa Ezzard is a poet, writer, and the current vintner (wine maker and grower) at Tiger Mountain Vineyards. As the 6th generation on her family farm, which is now a boutique winery, she chose to write poems that follow the growing seasons for her book Vintage (Native Press). Through beautiful imagery and personal details, we learn much about the joys and toils of cultivating grapes, caring for vines, and producing handcrafted, award-winning wines in the N. Georgia mountains. She also writes prose and has an essay in Appalachian Adventure: From Georgia to Maine-a Spectacular Journey on the Great American Trail, a book nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism.
Lisa taught literature and writing for 25 years in places as varied as the University of Bordeaux in France and the Idyllwild School of Arts in Southern California. She is a member of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and has received writing grants from Casa Don Miguel in Mexico and Hambidge Art Center in Georgia. Most recently, her work appeared in the anthology, Mountains Piled Upon Mountains: Appalachian Nature Writing in the Anthropocene (WVU Press). Other publishing credits include Wild Goose, Exit 271: Your Georgia Writer’s Resource, The Squaw Valley Review, and From the Web: A Global Anthology of Women's Political Poetry.
ZOOM Helpful Hints: You can join Writers' Night Out by cell phone, notebook,
laptop, or computer and use audio only or audio and video. You can
do a test for yourself anytime at zoom.us, where you'll see yourself on
video and be able to test your audio too.
The night of WNO, try to get on before 7 pm to make sure everything is
working on your end. You will be in a waiting room until the host opens
the door.
Writers' Night Out is the second Friday of every month.
Unlike previous years, we will continue through the winter (via
Zoom):
March 12: Sally Mohney poet & writer, Eventide
April 9: Annette Clapsaddle, novelist, Even as We Breathe
The North Carolina Writers' Network is not allowing in-person events right now.
Some time In 2021, we hope to continue in person.
