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!
Sunday, March 4, 2018
Friday, March 2, 2018
Writers Karen Salyer McElmurray and Maryn McKenna to read and lecture at Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA, March 13, and April 5, 2018
Two talented writers who will be on the YHC campus in March
and April. Both are free and open to the public.
Karen Salyer McElmurray will deliver
the 2018 Heinze Lecture at YHC this year in Wilson Lecture Hall on March 13,
2018 at 6:30 pm. She will read from both her creative nonfiction work and new
fiction. McElmurray's work is set in Appalachia and looks critically at the
challenges of living in, leaving, and returning to the region as well as the
beauty and worth of such journeys. Her language is lyrical and her honesty
piercing. You will not be disappointed in spending an hour with her! Please
come if you are able! And share with any in our community that might be
interested.
Journalist and author Maryn McKenna
will give a lecture at YHC on Thursday, April 5th at 7 p.m. in the Hatcher
Room, Rollins Campus Center. McKenna's most recent book, Big Chicken, tracks
the evolution of poultry farming and discusses the dangers of the industry's
use of antibiotics. New York Times columnist Mark Bittman calls the book "A
must-read for anyone who cares about the quality of food and the welfare of
animals." Big Chicken also has local ties, as nearby Gainesville, Georgia,
plays a central role.
Check www.yhc.edu
for further details.
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