Two Well-Published NC Poets to Read at Writers' Night Out, Blairsville
Ronald Moran, former
Clemson professor, dean, and a Fulbright Lecturer, joins editor Jonathan K.
Rice to share their work at Writers’ Night Out on Friday, June 10. The 7 p.m.
reading will be followed by an open microphone for those who’d like to share
their own work. The event is free and open to the public at the Union CountyCommunity Center in the heart of Blairsville, GA
Moran has published 13 collections
of poetry. The most recent, Eye of the
World, was just released by Clemson University Press. Of it, Poet David
Kirby writes, “…this grateful, gifted poet teaches us how to burrow into and
recognize the riches in our own lives.” Moran has also written two books of
criticism (one coauthored) and has had more than 500 poems, essays, and reviews
published in many journals, including Connecticut
Poetry Review, Emrys Journal, Evening Street Review, Louisiana Review,
Northwest Review, South Carolina Review,
Southern Poetry Review, Tar River Poetry, Thomas Wolfe Review, and The Wallace Stevens Journal. He has won several awards and was
recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Moran’s writings and memorabilia about them are archived in Special
Collections of the James B. Duke Library at Furman University. He lives in Simpsonville, SC. 
Rice is founding editor and
publisher of Iodine Poetry Journal,
as well as co-editor of Kakalak 2016.
His latest poetry collection is Killing
Time (Main Street Rag, 2015). Other books include Shooting Pool with a Cellist (Main Street Rag, 2003) and Ukulele and Other Poems (Main Street
Rag, 2006). His poetry has appeared in many publications. He’s also been a
longtime host of poetry readings in Charlotte, NC, where he lives with his
family. In 2012 he received the Irene Blair Honeycutt Legacy Award for
outstanding service in support of local and regional writers, awarded by
Central Piedmont Community College. As a visual artist, Rice’s work has been
featured as cover art on books, as well as in online magazines.
The next day, June 11, Rice will
teach a poetry class from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Writers Circle in Hayesville.
For more information on the class, please see http://www.glendacouncilbeall.com/p/schedule.html
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