Monday, April 11, 2016

NC Writers' Network West's poets, Janice Townley Moore and Joan M. Howard to read at the John C. Campbell Folk School, Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 7:00 PM




 
 

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On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 7:00 PM, John Campbell Folk School and NC Writers Network West are sponsoring The Literary Hour, an hour of poetry and prose reading held at Keith House on the JCFS campus. This event is normally held the third Thursday of the month unless otherwise notified. The reading is free of charge and open to the public. Poets and writers Janice Townley Moore and Joan Howard will be the featured readers. Both of these writers are widely published and their readings are always events that entertain.
 
Janice Townley Moore, Professor Emeritus of English at Young Harris College, published a chapbook, Teaching the Robins, with Finishing Line Press in 2005. Her poems have appeared in Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, Southern Poetry Review, Connecticut Review, Journal of the American Medical Association, and in many anthologies. Her latest poem was published in Coming Off the Line: The Car in American Culture, published by Main Street Rag. An active member of the North Carolina Writers’ Network, she is coordinator for the poetry critique group which meets at Tri-County Community College.

Joan M.Howard's poetry has been published in The Lyric, The Road Not Taken: The Journal of Formal Poetry, Lucid Rhythms, Victorian Violet, Our Pipe Dreams, Aurorean, The Deronda Review, Miller's Pond, Wild Goose Poetry Review, The Eclectic Muse, Red Fox Run: Writer's Workshop 2013, Georgia Poetry Society's Reach of Song 2012. She is a former teacher, member of North Carolina Writers' Network West, has studied German and English literature, goes birding, spends time in Athens and on the beautiful waters of Lake Chatuge in Hiawassee, Georgia. 

Thursday, April 7, 2016

NetWest Open Mic, City Lights Bookstore, Sylva, April 8, 7:00 p.m.

NetWest and City Lights Bookstore are hosting NetWest's third Jackson County Open Mic night tomorrow night, Friday, April 8th.  This time, poet, essayist, and activist Brent Martin will host the event.  Signup begins at City Lights Bookstore, in Sylva, at 6:45 p.m.; readings begin at 7:00 and have been averaging about ten minutes per reader.  There will be beverages (including wine) and baked goods.  Come on out and share your words!

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Friends of the Library, Hendersonville, NC, present Martha O. Adams' program, The Power of Poetry, Thursday, April 21, 2016


North Carolina Writers' Network 2016 Spring Conference on Saturday, April 23, 2016, University of NC at Greensboro, NC

NCWN2016 SPRING CONFERENCE

MHRA Building (Corner of Spring Garden and Forest Streets)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Saturday, April 23, 2016


The North Carolina Writers' Network and the Creative Writing Program at UNC Greensboro bring you a full day of Master Classes, breakout sessions, conversations, and more. This year’s Spring Conference again will be in UNCG’s MHRA Building, on the corner of Spring Garden and Forest Streets, and in the Curry Auditorium next door, offering classes on the craft and business of writing and publishing.
In addition, the “lunch” part of Lunch with an Author will be provided for those who register, so writers will be able to spend more time talking, and less time waiting in line.



Sunday, April 3, 2016

Fike and Moore Headline Writers' Night in Blairsville, April 8

Writers' Night Out (WNO) begins its 6th year with two popular poets:


Janice Townley Moore
Rupert Fike

Reading begins at 7 pm
Open mic follows -- sign up at the door to read poetry or prose for 3 minutes.

Janice and Rupert are highly published poets and entertaining readers. Janice is a favorite local poet, and Rupert wows crowds in Atlanta. The venue is lovely.
What's not to love?



Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Poet Maurice Manning to Present Annual Heinze Lecture at Young Harris College, Thursday, March 31, 2016, 7:00 PM

YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – American Poet Maurice Manning will present the annual Heinze Lecture at Young Harris College on Thursday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in Wilson Lecture Hall of Goolsby Center on the YHC campus. The event is free and open to the public. During the lecture, Manning will discuss the cultural and literary heritage of Appalachia as well as read from his own works.

Manning was born and raised in Kentucky, and often writes about the land and culture of his home. His first book of poems, “Lawrence Booth’s Book of Visions,” was chosen by poet and judge W.S. Merwin for the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award. His subsequent books include “A Companion for Owls: Being the Commonplace Book of D. Boone, Lone Hunter, Back Woodsman, &c.,” “Bucolics,” “The Common Man,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry, and “The Gone and the Going Away.”

He grew up listening to stories of his father’s childhood spent on a farm in Eastern Kentucky and has been inspired by the lives of his grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and a great-great-grandmother. Inventive and historical, his work reflects his heritage and a respect for the natural world.

Manning received fellowships from the Fine Art Work Center in Provincetown, Mass., and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has taught at DePauw University and Indiana University, and is on faculty in the MFA program at Warren Wilson College and the Sewanee Writing Conference. He is currently a professor of English at Transylvania University.

Established in 1974 in memory of YHC alumnus James R. Heinze, the annual Heinze Lecture brings speakers to campus to discuss themes and ideas that encourage college spirit and offer inspiration to the entire college community. Traditionally, the lecture focuses on Southern or Appalachian topics.

For more information about this event, call (706) 379-5104.

 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/maurice-manning